NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA

NATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE OF INDIA

National International Exchange of India (NIXI) is a not for profit organization under section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 and was registered on June 19, 2003. NIXI was set up for peering of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of routing the domestic traffic within the country, instead of taking it all the way to US/ or abroad, thereby resulting in better quality of service (reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth charges for ISPs by saving on international bandwidth. NIXI is managed and operated on a neutral basis, in line with the best practices for such initiatives globally. .IN is India’s Country Code Top Level domain (ccTLD). The Government of India delegated the operations of INRegistry to NIXI in 2004. The INRegistry operates and manages India’s .IN ccTLD. Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN) in India that provides allocation and registration services of IP addresses and AS numbers and contributes to the society. The logo for NIXI is a word mark comprising of text, typeface, and unique typographic elements. The ‘X’ in NIXI has been made with tricolour of the Indian Flag to provide the organisation an identity of the Indian Government.