With the backing of the African Union (AU), Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point (IXPN) has become a hub for West Africa.In 2016, following a response to a call from the AU Commission

The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has grown traffic on its network by over 10,000 per cent in the last five years, and currently exchanges over 110 gigabits per second of traffic.

Nigeria has made giant stride in its quest to make local internet traffic local by achieving 30 percent of domestication of local internet traffic, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt.

Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), said that a smart water metering solution enables the automated collection of utility meter data...

•Move will reduce cost, improve traffic • Nigerian operator saves N20m monthly Ghana Internet Exchange Point has connected to Nigerian’s Internet Exchange Point (IXPN) to route traffic locally within the region.While this process is on a vice-versa and partnership basis, The Guardian learnt that the move is expected to enhance the chances of Nigeria becoming the regional…

Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has provided link with Ghana Internet Exchange Point thereby making it the first of such interconnection in the sub-region, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt.

MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and Data Center solutions provider, has successfully integrated to the new Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)...

The IXPN is a physical infrastructure that allows several Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and network operators to exchange traffic between their networks, generally referred to as autonomous systems.

The partnership seeks to take advantage of the numerous networks and content providers already connected to MainOne (wwwMainOne.net) to grow traffic in the Nigerian Internet Exchange.

Ayotunde Coker, managing director, Rack Centre, delivered a well-researched presentation on ‘The Challenges & Importance of Building a Knowledge-Led Economy through ICT.’

Efforts at encouraging local hosting of internet content as well as the survival of interconnect clearing houses in the country are been frustrated by GSM operators through interconnectivity issues.

Worried by barrage of problems militating against provision of broadband internet in the country especially on transmission link, stakeholders in the ecosystem have urged the federal government as a matter of urgency to intervene by addressing the challenges.