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Equity, Stock Repurchase Activities (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Jul. 23, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
agreement
institution
Oct. 31, 2014
Feb. 28, 2014
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]          
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount       $ 3,400,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 $ 2,100,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Stock repurchased and retired   17.4us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares      
Common stock repurchased under stock repurchase program average purchase price (in dollars per share)   $ 23.05jnpr_CommonStockRepurchasedUnderStockRepurchaseProgramAveragePurchasePrice      
Common stock repurchased and retired under stock repurchase program, value   400,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue 900,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue    
Number of accelerated share repurchase agreements     2jnpr_Numberofacceleratedsharerepurchaseagreements    
Number of financial institutions for ASR     2jnpr_NumberoffinancialinstitutionsforASR    
Accelerated share repurchases, aggregate payments made during period     1,200,000,000us-gaap_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesSettlementPaymentOrReceipt    
Shares repurchased under ASR 16.0jnpr_StockRepurchasedunderASRShares        
Accelerated share repurchases, shares repurchased 49.3jnpr_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesSharesRepurchased        
Accelerated share repurchases, weighted average repurchase price (in USD per share) $ 24.35jnpr_AcceleratedShareRepurchasesAveragePricePaidPerShare        
Intended stock repurchases   600,000,000jnpr_IntentStockRepurchases      
2014 Stock Repurchase Program [Member]          
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]          
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount     1,200,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Additional amount authorized under Stock Repurchase Plan       1,300,000,000jnpr_AdditionalamountauthorizedunderStockRepurchasePlan
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Stock repurchased and retired     33.3us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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Accelerated share repurchases, remaining amount recorded in equity 300,000,000us-gaap_AcceleratedShareRepurchaseProgramAdjustment
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Stock repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount   $ 775,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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