Mumbai Internet Exchange (Mumbai IX) is a subsidiary of the German

Internet exchange point Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of Internet Protocol, IP networking, allowing participant Internet service provider, Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are ...

(IXP)

DE-CIX DE-CIX (Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange) is an operator of carrier- and data-center-neutral Internet exchanges (IXs), with operations in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. All DE-CIX activities and com ...

, founded on 15 August 2014 as Mumbai Convergence Hub (Mumbai CH) as an Open Carrier Neutral Internet Exchange & Peering Hub. it interconnects more than 375 members, making it the largest IXP in India and surrounding region. It's a subsidiary of

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-based

and is rebranded as DE-CIX Mumbai, not be confused with

National Internet Exchange of India The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a non-profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (now section 8 under Companies Act 2013) with an objective of facilitating improved internet services in t ...

Organisation

Mumbai Internet Exchange is composed of a non-profit association model focus on improving Internet experience of Indian users. It is currently run by

and are currently serving 375+ members spread across all over India.

Network

, Mumbai Internet Exchange network has 8 PoP in Mumbai Urban. * Web Werks Mum DC2, Rabale,

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. * Netmagic DC 5,Chandivali,

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. * STT Telemedia DC( Tata LVSB ) Prabhadevi,

. * GPX IDC, Chandivali,

*Sify Rabale, Navi Mumbai *Netmagic DC 6, Mumbai *Netmagic DC 7, Mumbai *GPX Mumbai 2, Mumbai

Other Locations

DE-CIX Mumbai formerly known as Mumbai IX now holding national license has expanded its facilities to new cities in 2019, all data center and carrier neutral and allow the settlement free exchange of traffic. The new locations are: * DE-CIX Delhi (ST Telemedia Banglasahib (Tata VSB)) * DE-CIX Chennai (Bharti Airtel Santhome) * DE-CIX Kolkata (ST Telemedia Kolkata (Tata Communications))

Ports of connection

Services are available through following types of port and several bandwidth options.

Services

Mumbai Internet Exchange offers the following professional services: * Public peering: Unicast & multicast

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, unicast

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* Private peering (Closed user group) * Routes servers (with the communities feature) * Web Portal: private login per member, personal detailed traffic statistics. * 24/7 NOC

Community

Mumbai Internet Exchange community comes from all around the world. Any organisation which owns an

Autonomous System Number An autonomous system (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators on behalf of a single administrative entity or domain, that presents a common and clearly defined rou ...

(also known as ASN) can be connected to Mumbai IX. The connected members of the Internet exchange point have various profiles: * Social media * Ecommerce * ISP / Internet Access Providers / Telcos * CDN Provider (Content Delivery Network) * Hosting companies * Cloud providers *

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Networks * Corporations *

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* Email and Hosting

Awards and recognition

Mumbai Internet Exchange was Recognized as a Top Digital Innovator at 2016

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Summit in the Digital Start-up Innovators category. Mumbai Internet Exchange was Recognized as a Top Digital Innovator at the 2017

Summit in the Digital Start-up Innovators category for the second year in a row. In September 2017 Mumbai IX received the prestigious Open-IX Certification from the Open-IX Association, making the Mumbai IX Asia's only IXP with Open-IX certification for its state-of-the-art technical standards.

References

External links

* __FORCETOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Mumbai Internet Exchange Internet exchange points in Asia Telecommunications in India Internet in India 2014 establishments in India