Establishment of Internet Exchange takes place in Visakhapatnam

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New Delhi:

Forty-two (42) Internet Exchanges of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) have been installed and operational as on date. Details are enclosed in Annexure ‘A’.

Internet Exchanges primarily provides peering services to Internet Service Providers, Content providers and other Networks. Establishing Internet Exchanges reduces the path of the internet traffic coming from one Internet Service Provider (ISP) to other ISPs & participating networks like content delivery networks (CDNs), Data Centres etc. Internet Exchanges reduces latency, improves response time and potentially reduces cost to deliver Internet services& contents.

NIXI, setup by Government has a mandate of setting up of new Internet Exchanges in select locations depending on need assessment. In line with this, NIXI takes up setting up of new exchanges from time to time including Sify Data Centre, Visakhapatnam with 1 GBPS connectivity between Chennai and Visakhapatnam.

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) creates 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 reduced cost. This is expected to benefit IT sector, Service Sector and Society at large including concerned sectors at Visakhapatnam. 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 emergence as an IT hub.

Annexure A

Details of Internet Exchanges of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) are installed and operational in India

S. No.

Location

State

1

Triupati

Andhra Pradesh

2

Guwahati

Assam

3

Patna

Bihar

4

Raipur

Chhattisgarh

5

New Delhi

Delhi

6

Panjim

Goa

7

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

8

Rajkot

Gujarat

9

Surat

Gujarat

10

Vadodra

Gujarat

11

Gurgaon

Haryana

12

Shimla

Himachal Pradesh

13

Srinagar

Jammu & Kashmir

14

Jammu

Jammu & Kashmir

15

Bangalore

Karnataka

16

Mangalore

Karnataka

17

Indore

Madhya Pradesh

18

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

19

Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh

20

Vashi, Mumbai

Maharashtra

21

Chandiwali, Mumbai

Maharashtra

22

Pondicherry

Pondicherry

23

Jaipur

Rajasthan

24

Jodhpur

Rajasthan

25

Chennai -1

Tamil Nadu

26

Chennai – 2

Tamil Nadu

27

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

28

Hyderabad

Telangana

29

Agartala

Tripura

30

Noida

Uttar Pradesh

31

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

32

Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh

33

Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh

34

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

35

Agra

Uttar Pradesh

36

Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

37

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

38

Dehradun

Uttrakhand

39

Haldwani

Uttrakhand

40

Kolkata

West Bengal

41

Burdwan

West Bengal

42

Durgapur

West Bengal