National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)

NIXI is a not for profit organization set up under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (now section 8 under Companies Act, 2013) for peering of ISPs among themselves and routing the domestic traffic within the country. NIXI is performing the following three activities. Internet Exchange .IN Registry and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) National Internet Registry (NIR) Internet Exchange: Seven Internet Exchange Nodes are functional at Delhi (Noida), Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad. The Internet Exchange nodes have ensured peering of ISPs among themselves for routing domestic Internet traffic within India, resulting in better quality of service (reduced latency, reduced bandwidth charges for ISPs) saving on international bandwidth. .IN Registry: .IN Registry functions with primary responsibility for managing Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs). Registration of .IN domain has crossed the 2.16 million mark in October, 2016. Presently, 117...