Customer Success Story
Avantel Uses Network Slicing to Deliver Low-Cost Mobile Services for Millennials in Colombia
Avantel is a rising star in Colombia. The mobile service provider is a favorite among university students and Millennials who expect a great mobile experience at an affordable price. The company aims to capture 10 percent of the market, facing down far bigger rivals.
Overview
| Company | Avantel |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products used | EX4300 Multigigabit, MX480, MX960, QFX5100 |
| Region | Americas |
Business Challenge
Avantel deployed a state-of-the-art Juniper network, and is the first in Latin America to use Junos Node Slicing. With efficient, scalable data center infrastructure from Juniper, Avantel is ready to meet its growth plan and deliver excellent services as mobile data volumes grow and 5G and IoT rise.
The Products
The SDN-enabled MX960 Universal Routing Platform is a high performance, carrier-grade, multiservice edge platform with unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud applications. The MX960 enables inline MACsec support without performance penalties on 10, 40 GbE and 100 GbE, and delivers 12 Tbps of system capacity in a 12 slot chassis supporting dense 100 GbE, 400 GbE interfaces. Similar to the other MX Series Universal Router Platforms, the MX960 has extensive carrier-grade capabilities.
The QFX5100 line of top-of-rack 10/40GbE switches for the data center offers low latency, deployment versatility, and rich automation features. These switches provide universal building blocks for industry-standard architectures such as spine-and-leaf fabrics.