NTTPC Communications Selects Juniper Networks to Improve Security and Scalability of VoIP Service; NAT Traversal Solution Reduces Costs and Speeds Implementation by Eliminating Customer Premise Equipment.

BOSTON -- At the 2005 Fall VON Conference and Expo, Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:JNPR) today announced that NTTPC Communications, Inc., one of Japan's leading Internet service and network integration providers, has deployed Juniper Network's VF-series session border controllers to support voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) for its customers. The VF-series provides hosted network address translation (NAT) and firewall traversal to improve the security, performance and scalability of NTTPC's CUNets Plus Talk VoIP service.

"The Juniper Networks solution enables us to increase the scale of our CUNets Plus Talk VoIP application securely, with minimal network changes and no additional customer premises equipment," said Masayoshi Hosokawa, executive vice president, network services for NTTPC. "All of our CUNets Plus Talk business customers can now benefit from the cost-savings and additional features of our VoIP service, without making changes to their network infrastructure."

The Juniper Networks VF-series is an industry leading solution for hosted NAT traversal, hosted VPN/VLAN and network protection for hosted IP telephony services such as IP Centrex and managed IP PBX. With over 100 worldwide customer deployments, the award-winning VF-series is the most powerful and scalable family of carrier-grade session border controllers available.

The VF-series was deployed at NTTPC by NTT-AT, a Juniper systems integration partner. Though this deployment, NTTPC aims to deliver the best total solution through an advanced combination of people, technology and Japan's largest IP backbone network. NTTPC offers a vast lineup of business-oriented Internet services from highly reliable dedicated line access to fixed IP addresses for broadband and mobile access, as well as the CUNets Plus Talk voice service.

"Our VF-series is a great fit with the CUNets Plus talk service," said Opher Kahane, vice president, voice technologies for Juniper Networks. "We are pleased to be working with NTTPC, one of Japan's leading ISPs, to enable VoIP for its customers."

About NTTPC

NTTPC Communications has been pioneering cutting-edge services since 1985. It provides a wide variety of network services and server housing/hosting services connected to the largest domestic high-speed/large capacity IP backbone network of its class, and various integration services. The company continuously, quickly and flexibly innovates and improves network productivity to generate customer profits through the optimal combination of advanced technologies and services to meet various business requirements. For more information, visit www.nttpc.com.

About NTT-AT

NTT Advanced Technology Corporation (NTT-AT) was founded in 1976 as a subsidiary of NTT, the largest telecommunications service provider in Japan. Since then it has grown rapidly, largely due to its close links with NTT Laboratories and its success in the technology transfer business. In the 1990s, the advent of the multimedia age caused our business to expand explosively. It now covers almost the entire range of information and telecommunications technologies, including a variety of research/consulting services, sales of new products and system/network integration services based on state-of-the-art technologies.

About Juniper Networks, Inc.

Juniper Networks is the leader in enabling secure and assured communications over a single IP network. The company's purpose-built, high performance IP platforms enable customers to support many different services and applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and research and education institutions worldwide rely on Juniper Networks to deliver products for building networks that are tailored to the specific needs of their users, services and applications. Juniper Networks' portfolio of proven networking and security solutions supports the complex scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most demanding networks. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

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