Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) and Korea Telecom (KT) are deploying Juniper Networks’ M-series routing platforms to launch the world’s first production inter-carrier Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) over Metro Ethernet between Hong Kong and Korea. The advanced VPN service, which will make its commercial debut in the first half of this year, harnesses the M-series VPLS capabilities based on the IETF draft standard draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-bgp-01.txt. Juniper Networks described the deployment as a global first for inter-city Metro Ethernet LAN connectivity based on BGP signaling, a proven and scalable protocol used by the world’s largest service providers for inter-carrier routing and policy exchange.
Juniper Networks said BGP-based VPLS services deliver a high level of automation that dramatically reduces provisioning requirements and increases operational efficiency. The Juniper VPLS solution provides Inter-Autonomous Systems (Inter-AS) VPLS functionality between independent service providers. This means that service providers with limited geographical coverage can partner with complementary service providers to provide inter-metro VPLS services with global reach. For end-users, VPLS provides simple multipoint-to-multipoint Ethernet connectivity across geographically dispersed enterprise sites, delivering the high performance and low management costs of Ethernet. http://www.juniper.net
