SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 31, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that TTK (TransTeleCom), a major communication provider in Russia that operates one of the country's largest fiber networks, has chosen Juniper Networks(R) MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers to provide the Ethernet bandwidth required to ensure high-speed connectivity while delivering innovative applications and services such as IP-VPN, L2-VPN, video conference across Russia and IP-transit to its subscribers across 75,000 km of cables running along railway lines and 1,000 access nodes.

"We continue to modernize our network to meet the needs of our clients," says Vitaly Kotov, vice-president, head of TTK's Backbone unit. "We selected the new generation routers from Juniper Networks to deliver a high-performance network infrastructure that can cope with exponential traffic growth while containing cost and maximizing service agility."

"To gain competitive advantage, increase market share and remain profitable, service providers need to maximize network performance and availability while improving operational efficiency," said Mike Marcellin, vice president, systems strategy and marketing, Platform Systems Division, Juniper Networks. "TTK turned to Juniper's Universal Edge Routing portfolio to meet the experience expectations of their divergent subscriber base while building in the scalability necessary for future growth with an architecture that fully monetizes the network for the long term."

Powered by the Junos(R) operating system, the MX Series provides a consistent operating environment that streamlines network operations and improves the availability, performance and security of all types of services supported at the Universal Edge. The MX Series delivers the most advanced routing features, including QoS features, multicast support and industry-leading MPLS capabilities, with the ability to scale functionality without compromising performance. The MX960 3D Universal Edge Router is a high density Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet platform designed for deployment in a number of enterprise and service provider scenarios.

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