This week cloud partnerships seem to be all the rage.  The latest strategic partnership features Openet and  Juniper Networks, and will result in reselling Openet’s policy management and charging platforms as part of Juniper’s MobileNext solution. The two partners will optimize network resources to increase visibility and control over network resources in real time.

“Openet’s partnership with Juniper continues to identify the need for intelligent and dynamic control over network resources,” said Michael Manzo, chief marketing officer, Openet. “This partnership showcases the reputation and reliability of our solutions in the market, as well as a growing mobile foothold for Juniper Networks. The demand for policy and charging solutions has drastically increased with the release of dynamic next-generation devices and applications.”

Speaking of Juniper and mobile, a recent report from their Research division reveals a considerable increase in global data traffic transferred from mobile devices to complementary fixed-device networks. In 2010 these figures were of 43.1% and are expected to amount with 47% reaching 63.25 by 2015.

The largest amount of data will come from Western Europe and afterwards from North America, Far East and China. It seems that developed markets will score highest in the amount of traffic data that will reach rates of over 70% by the end of 2015 and the highest increase is expected from emerging markets such as India, Latin America, Africa and Middle East with a compound annual growth rate of 137.8% and respectively 126%.

The most powerful trigger in this increase in transferred mobile data traffic is the rapid growth of 4G wireless devices and networks on all continents. This was suggested by a Nielsen survey carried out in the US indicates that 3 in 10 consumers plan to acquire a 4G device in the next 12 months.