Juniper Networks said that which Yahoo Brasil has deployed its【S1】______M-series routers t

Juniper Networks said that which Yahoo Brasil has deployed its 【S1】______

M-series routers to lay off the groundwork for new premium 【S2】______

services. It's for the first time that Juniper gear has been installed 【S3】______

in the portal's network, the company said.

The project was overseen by Brazilian systems integrator M13, which specializes in complex

technological projects in data, 【S4】______

voice, image communication and infrastructure, security and 【S5】______

converged networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.

"The M-series platform. is the foundation of our long-term strategy to transition to a value-

added services model," Daniel Carvalho,

a marketing manager at Yahoo, said in a statement. Yahoo Brasil 【S6】______

also expects if gains in security and scalability by using Juniper's 【S7】______

network equipment.

Like its counterparts in the United States and in other countries, 【S8】______

Yahoo Brasil offers search, shopping, dating, jobs and news content among other services.

In all, the Sunnyvale, although 【S9】______

Calif. -based Yahoo's network includes 25 worldwide properties available in 13 languages.

Yahoo also recently took steps to enter onto the online music 【S10】______

offering arena with its $160 million purchase

http://www. internetnews. com/bus-news/article. php/3407751 of MusicMatch.

The Yahoo-Juniper deal represents another win for network vendors in Latin America.

But earlier this month, Lucent Technologies notched 【S11】______

two deals.

First, it installed within 80,000 ADSL access ports for a subsidiary of 【S12】______

Telefonica in Argentina. And in Mexico, Maxcom Telecommunications

hired Lucent to increase the network's ability to deliver IP services.

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