NIXI is the National Internet Exchange of India that facilitates the exchange of domestic internet traffic between peering ISP members. It also manages the .in domain and IP address allocation. NIXI has expanded significantly, with 38 internet exchange points now connecting 144 ISPs with aggregate traffic of 740 Gb/s. It aims to further expand to tier 2 and 3 cities in India to interconnect more ISPs and reduce latency and costs for end users across the country.

2. NIXI
[National Internet Exchange of India]
Internet
Exchange
Facilitates
exchange of
domestic Internet
traffic between
the peering ISP
members
.IN Registry
.in domain - India’s
country code top level
domain name (ccTLD),
and Internationalized
Domain Name (IDN)
.Bharat
Indian Registry
for Internet
Names and
Numbers (IRINN)
Co-ordinates IP
Address allocation
and other Internet
resource
management
functions at national
level
NIXI Business verticals

3. NIXI CURRENT FOOTPRINT
NETWORK
• 38 Internet Exchange Points
• 144 ISPs
• 13 CDNs
• Aggregate traffic of NIXI IX – 740 Gb/s
• Telcos
• State Data Centres
• NIC
SUPPORT
• Dedicated customer care unit
• Node officers at local level
• Northern Technical Support Team: Telewire
• Southern Technical Support Team: Peercast

4. Growth of NIXI IX Points
7 7 8 8 8
20
38
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 As on date
No. of NIXI IX PoPs

5. Growth of ISP Members
50
56
63 64 60
97
144
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 As on date
ISP Members

6. NIXI Kolkata IX Point
Network:
• 8 ISPs
• Kolkata is connected with Mumbai IX through NLD, so as to
provide traffic of all CDN’s & ISP’s connected at Mumbai IX
• Major CDNs traffic available :
• Google
• Facebook
• Cloudflare
• Netflix
• i3D
• Akamai
• Zenlayer
• Tenacent
• Microsoft
• Rediff
• Sugar Box
• Wangsu
• Fastly

7. NIXI IXP Partner Program
• The IXP Partner program is referral Program for ISP’s
• The IXP Partner will get 10% commission on Port Charges for every new member
referred to NIXI.
• The referral commission will be paid after 3 months after peering is established of new
member
• For consecutive years, 5 % commission will passed to IXP member

8. NIXI FUTURE PLAN
• NIXI is expanding & opening IX point across India in FY22-23 in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities
• A robust interconnected network will be created at NIXI’s own cost to support the
smallest ISP present in the tier 2/3 cities of India
• Connecting with NIXI across India will enable an ISP to pull content from all over
India at their local level
• This will reduce cost & latency to the ISP and ultimately to end user in small cities
• NIXI will connect all CDNs to the NIXI network

9. Q & A
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