NEW DELHI: 42 Internet Exchanges (IXs) of the National Internet Exchange of India<\/a> (NIXI<\/a>) have been installed and are operational as of date, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Internet Exchanges primarily provide peering services to Internet Service Providers<\/a> (ISPs), content providers and other networks. Establishing Internet Exchanges reduces the path of the internet traffic coming from one Internet Service Provider to other ISPs, and participating networks like content delivery networks<\/a> (CDNs), Data Centres<\/a>, etc.
Internet Exchanges reduce latency, improve response time, and potentially reduce costs to deliver internet services and content.
NIXI, setup by the Central government has a mandate of setting up new Internet Exchanges in select locations depending on need assessment.
“In line with this, NIXI takes up the setting up of new exchanges from time to time including Sify Data Centre, Visakhapatnam with 1 GBPS connectivity between Chennai and Visakhapatnam,” Chandrasekhar said.
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) create shorter routes for Internet traffic. “They offer better resilience, stability, efficiency, and quality improvements, all at a lower cost. Internet Exchanges establish an eco-system for faster delivery of contents at a reduced cost,” the minister said.
This is expected to benefit the IT sector, service sector, and society including concerned sectors in Vishakhapatnam, he added.
“Establishing more IXPs not only helps in managing traffic but encourages more local content development, creates incentives for local hosting of Internet services due to the larger pool of local users, who will be able to access online content faster and cheaper. This will enable Visakhapatnam to emerge as an IT hub,” Chandrasekhar said.
<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":96116342,"title":"Debt burden, lack of 4G services reasons for BSNL, MTNL losses: Devusinh Chauhan","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/debt-burden-lack-of-4g-services-reasons-for-bsnl-mtnl-losses-devusinh-chauhan\/96116342","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":96116409,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"42 Internet Exchanges of NIXI operational today: Chandrasekhar","synopsis":"\u200bInternet Exchanges primarily provide peering services to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), content providers and other networks. Establishing Internet Exchanges reduces the path of the internet traffic coming from one Internet Service Provider to other ISPs, and participating networks like content delivery networks (CDNs), Data Centres, etc.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/42-internet-exchanges-of-nixi-operational-today-chandrasekhar","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":217,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":936000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2022-12-09 20:48:13","lastupd":"2022-12-09 20:48:14","breadcrumbTags":["nixi","data centres","policy","National Internet Exchange of India","Internet Service Providers","policy news","content delivery networks"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/42-internet-exchanges-of-nixi-operational-today-chandrasekhar"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/42-internet-exchanges-of-nixi-operational-today-chandrasekhar/96116409">