Asia Pacific Watch

Korea Telecom upgrades national network

Juniper Networks, a leading provider of trusted infrastructure for the new public network, has announced that Korea Telecom, the world’s largest provider of advanced broadband services, has selected Juniper’s M20 Internet routers to enhance performance and alleviate capacity demand throughout their national high speed backbone network, PUBnet.

With more than four million subscribers, Korea Telecom is the world’s largest provider of advanced broadband services. Korea Telecom’s PUBnet offers over 10,000 government and public institutions, advanced data services across the national superhighway network. Juniper’s M-series Internet routers will enhance the performance, stability and scalability of the growing Korean public network supporting fast, reliable connections in the PUBnet’s points of presence (PoPs) using 1Gbps circuits.

Korea Telecom’s PUBnet provides mission critical communication services to the country’s largest public networks. With growing demand, the need for IP routing platforms to provide network security and performance along with the scalability to offer further advanced IP services such as MPLS VPNs has increased significantly.

Juniper Networks has been chosen as a trusted and proven supplier whose routing platforms meet the demands of Korea Telecom’s PUBnet.