Juniper Networks announced that SoftBank Corp. (SoftBank), the Japan-based telecommunications subsidiary of global technology player SoftBank Group Corp. has deployed Juniper’s MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers together with the Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) automation framework in order to upgrade and future-proof its commercial core network.
SoftBank has experienced exponential traffic growth in Japan over the past few years, driven by their continued market success, as well as the increased adoption of mobile devices, cloud services and high-definition video content. To address this ongoing traffic growth, SoftBank required an infrastructure that could provide industry-leading performance and capacity for today and tomorrow, coupled with the reliability for always-on service delivery.
At the same time, SoftBank was seeking to modernize its operations environment, and wanted an agile and automated network solution that would reduce complexity and increase speed of service delivery.
After an extensive review process, SoftBank identified Juniper Networks MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers alongside the JET automation framework as the clear choice for their next-generation network. With this new, state-of-the-art commercial core network, SoftBank has dramatically increased network capacity while at the same time implementing automation across its operations with the opening of new network connections while significantly improving long-term service agility.
“We’re delighted that SoftBank has once again selected us as their networking partner of choice for their new commercial core network – a testament to the strength of our MX Series router portfolio which has been widely deployed and well proven across top service providers and cloud builders globally. Alongside SoftBank, we look forward to a strong partnership building networking infrastructure for the future, capable of supporting the exponentially-growing Internet traffic through our reliable and agile solutions,” Tomohiro Furuya, country manager, Juniper Networks Japan.
