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Telefonica, Juniper Networks Work Together to Overcome 5G Network Obstacles

Telefonica, Juniper Networks Work Together to Overcome 5G Network Obstacles Image Credit: Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks said it will continue to work with Telefónica, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, to help the service provider overcome the challenges of its planned 5G mobile services rollout.

Juniper participated in the recent "Telefónica Talks" technology overview event for the company's 17 global operating units to address the topic of 5G with thousands of Telefónica employees globally. During the online event, Juniper discussed the hurdles of the surging connectivity, traffic density and security demands that 5G will place on networks, balanced against the increasing pressure of rising expectations from organizations undergoing business transformation that will look to 5G-driven services as a significant enabler of new digital business models and revenue streams.

Juniper also highlighted the importance of agile, scalable, intelligent and secure IP networking as the foundation for effective 5G services that will help Telefónica to deliver innovation and excellence in areas such as large-scale IoT, mobile broadcast, connected vehicles and mobile broadband in densely populated areas.

For 5G architecture to be sufficiently flexible, secure, agile and automated to meet its goals, it must fully embrace interoperable Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies for the elasticity to scale and deploy network functions on demand and with reduced risk.

This week, Juniper Networks also announced that it has been selected as a Vodafone Global Approved Vendor for its Contrail Networking software defined networking (SDN) solution.

Enrique Blanco, Global CTO, Telefonica Group
Telefónica believes that 5G will have a tremendous impact on network infrastructure, which will only be mitigated by disruptive emerging technologies, such as NFV and SDN that can enable automated, flexible and secure services at scale. 

Rami Rahim, CEO, Juniper Networks 
Juniper anticipates a journey towards an era we term Digital Cohesion, where mega-services will come together seamlessly, intelligently and automatically to predict and provide each user's unique work and lifestyle requirements online, using 5G infrastructure for ubiquitous service delivery. 

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