SYDNEY and SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR - News), the leader in high-performance networking, and Australia’s leading service provider Telstra, today announced the first multi-site carrier field implementation of the TM Forum’s IPsphere framework. Built on a solution powered by Juniper Networks and partner Net One Systems, Telstra’s IPsphere field implementation in Sydney and Melbourne will be showcased as part of the TM Forum’s IPsphere worldwide field trial.

The TM Forum IPsphere Field Trial brings together leading service providers, hardware and software suppliers and systems integrators, to demonstrate a new level of business flexibility for advanced IP services -- with the assurance of a standards-based approach. The TM Forum’s IPsphere framework enables frictionless collaboration between all service providers in the value chain, including network service providers and content providers.

Combining Net One Systems’ integration and software customization capabilities and Juniper Networks routing and Session and Resource Control (SRC) portfolio, Telstra’s IPsphere field deployment features:

Telstra’s multi-site IPsphere field implementation will play an integral role in developing its Application Assured Network (AAN) initiative. Telstra’s AAN initiative defines a vision for a network capable of dynamically dimensioning itself to support any customer application requirement, such as bandwidth, delay, jitter and QoS. IPsphere capabilities complement and extend the AAN vision by enabling new ways of creating advanced services across partner boundaries.

“Developing a framework that will both enhance our current services portfolio and enable future offerings is a key priority for Telstra,” said Ian Stanley, National Manager, at Telstra. “The intelligent interaction between the network and service frameworks will be a critical success factor in the deployment of Application Assured Networking. Our multi-site IPsphere implementation enables us not only to test our own service delivery environment, but also to validate it with other service providers as part of the TM Forum’s worldwide IPsphere field trial.”

Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR)