SUNNYVALE, Calif. and BRUSSELS, Belgium -- BELNET, Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, and its partner Telindus, part of the Belgacom Group, today announced that BELNET plans to build its next-generation research network based upon Juniper Networks T1600 Core Routers and M-series Multiservice Edge Routers. The high-performance Juniper infrastructure, to be installed and maintained by Telindus, will enable BELNET to cost-effectively deliver a range of high-speed, flexible IP-based services to universities, research centers and government agencies across Belgium.

"The new BELNET research network is designed to ensure we continue to meet customer demand for bandwidth-intensive, mission-critical services, which enable numerous national and international research and academic projects to flourish," said Jan Torreele, CTO at BELNET. "Juniper's single-image approach to JUNOS will enable us to introduce multi-terabit performance with the T1600 without back-tracking on previous investment in other Juniper platforms. Complemented by Telindus' deployment expertise, Juniper's best-in-class technology will enable BELNET to meet our reliability, performance and functionality goals and protect our long-term investment."

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