Saudi Telecom Selects Juniper Networks Technology to Build and Deploy Largest Internet Gateway Backbone in Middle East

Juniper Networks

today announced that Saudi Telecom Company http://ctt.marketwire.com/... (STC),the largest telecommunications company by market capitalization, total revenue and number of employees in the Arab world, has for the first time in the region deployed Juniper Networks® PTX5000 Series Packet Transport Routers http://ctt.marketwire.com/... to expand its fixed and mobile Internet backbone. The new backbone will enable STC to handle services and functions that can scale seamlessly in order to keep pace with growing customer demand. The expansion project is designed to provide ultra-high speed Internet access to 3G/4G and fixed subscribers in many locations throughout the Middle East. In addition to the PTX Series, the project also includes Juniper's SDN-ready MX2020 3D Universal Edge Router http://ctt.marketwire.com/... ,the industry's highest throughput edge router. This choice of systems was especially valuable to STC, as the company was able to easily integrate the new equipment running on the Juniper Networks Junos® operating system without disruption to existing network operations. News Highlights: *The new multi-terabit per second magnitudes will meet the fast-rising demand for high-speed Internet connectivity. *The new expanded network will provide a major increase in capacity with international providers. This will also help accommodate national and international customers who share critical voice, data and multimedia applications between facilities.