National Internet Exchange of India

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National Internet Exchange Of India
The logo of National Internet Exchange of India
Full nameNational Internet Exchange of India
AbbreviationNIXI
Founded19 June 2003[1]
LocationIndia
Websiteix.nixi.in
Members132[2]
Peak in393 Gbit/s[3]
Peak out392 Gbit/s[3]
Daily in (avg.)370 Gbit/s[3]
Daily out (avg.)365 Gbit/s[3]

The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a

non-profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the India Companies Act, 1956 (now section 8 under Companies Act 2013
) with an objective of facilitating improved internet services in the country.

History

Registered on 19 June 2003,

latency.[5]

Utilising servers routed through and administered by

NSA and GCHQ.[citation needed] NIXI is managed and operated on a neutral basis and currently has 40 operational network operations center (NOCs) located in multiple parts of the country.[6]

Since 2005, NIXI has also created INRegistry (.in domain) as its autonomous body for maintenance of .IN domain.[7]

Since December 2012, NIXI also manages the

IPv4 and IPv6
) and autonomous system numbers to its affiliates.

Effective from December 27, 2021, bulk domain registrations, with individuals registrant registering for more than 2 or an entity registering for more than 100 .in domains are required to seek prior approval from the CEO of National Internet Exchange of India.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NIXI | About Us". Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ "NIXI Member List". Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "NIXI MTRG". Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ^ "NIXI- deity.gov.in". Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  5. ^ "India's 1st 'Net exchange' to be ready soon". Rediff.com. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. ^ "NIXI | NOC Location". ix.nixi.in. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. ^ ".IN Registry". Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  8. ^ Mathi, Sarvesh (4 January 2022). "Want to buy more than two .in domains? Get approval from NIXI CEO". MediaNama. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. ^ https://www.registry.in/registry/images/page/Bulk-Booking.pdf [bare URL PDF]

External links

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