Customer Success Story
5G Networks powers the digital future of Australian businesses over a Juniper network
5G Networks is in growth mode as it empowers organizations to accelerate digital transformation. The Australian service provider offers enterprise and wholesale networking, cloud and data centre services, in addition to managed IT services.
5G Networks is investing heavily to accelerate a digital-first mindset, and it relies on Juniper for a flexible, scalable network as the key foundation for rapid service expansion.
Overview
| Company | 5G Networks |
| Industry | Service Provider |
| Products used | MX Series, QFX Series, EX Series, SRX Series, Wireless Access Points |
| Region | APAC |
47%
Revenue growth in first half of 2021
100-Gbps
Network provides foundation for rapid growth
Launched new software-defined network service
Expand digital services to meet growing customer need
A number of targeted acquisitions have created massive growth opportunities for 5G Networks. The 2021 majority acquisition of Webcentral Group, a web hosting and domain name registrar, has now added more than 300,000 customers. A few months later, the company acquired Intergrid, a leading provider of bare-metal cloud services.
To capitalise on digital opportunities, 5G Networks is expanding its nationwide fibre footprint to link Australia’s capital cities and directly connect 80 data centres. The company is also growing its cloud and managed IT business, anchored in five state-of-the-art data centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Scalable, efficient network as the foundation for rapid service growth
5G Networks relies on Juniper solutions for the foundation of its national network, data centre and cloud services, and managed IT services.
Juniper Networks® MX Series Universal Routing Platform underpins its 100-Gbps core network, easily transporting massive amounts of data at high speed and low latency. Juniper Networks QFX Series Switch and EX Series Switch serve as the spine and leaf nodes for the IP network fabric in its data centres. Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateway provides next-generation firewall services to protect its data centres and other points of presence.
“The Juniper team are always on hand, from sales and solution enablement through to providing solid commercial outcomes, allowing us to be competitive in the marketplace,” says Karla Chiappazzo, Partner Manager at 5G Networks.
5G Networks appreciates the operational efficiency of Juniper’s high-density routers and switches, enabling the provider to serve more customers at a lower the cost of operations. Less rack space and lower power consumption also mean that its data centres have a lower carbon footprint.
Serving the digital needs of a broader customer base
5G Networks forecasts strong growth for its newest managed IT service offering: software-defined local area network (SD-LAN). Customers can stay focused on their business priorities while 5G Networks handles network operators. Customers can count on fast, reliable, and secure wired and wireless connectivity to power their digital activities.
In addition, 5G Networks have recently expanded its wholesale business, selling data centre, cloud, and IP transit services to managed service providers across the country. This expansion delivers huge opportunities to expand its private and hybrid cloud services.
5G Networks continues to seek accretive acquisitions and investment opportunities that will fuel its growth trajectory. “With open, scalable Juniper solutions as our network foundation, the company is well positioned to accelerate digital transformation for customers” Marco Mattiuzzo, CTO, 5G Networks.
The Products
With a robust portfolio of SDN-enabled routers, the MX Series provides industry-leading system capacity, density, security, and performance with unparalleled longevity.
QFX network switches deliver industry-leading throughput and scalability, a comprehensive routing stack, the open programmability of Junos OS, and the broadest set of EVPN-VXLAN and IP fabric capabilities. Juniper offers a wide range of switches for data center spine and leaf switches, campus distribution and core, or data center gateway and interconnect.
The EX Series Ethernet Switches are cloud-ready, high-performance access and aggregation/core layer switches designed for enterprise branch, campus, and data center networks. Wired access networks don’t have to be complex—you can reduce risk and cost without compromising performance, quality, and innovation.
Protect your network edge, data center, and cloud-based applications with Juniper next-generation physical, virtual, and containerized firewalls, all managed via Juniper Security Director Cloud.
Juniper is leading the convergence of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® LE, and IoT with our enterprise-grade Access Points. The Juniper Access Points work in conjunction with the Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture and Mist AI to collect and analyze metadata in near real-time from all wireless clients.
Published August 2021