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| Ope Odusan, NIRA COO |
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| Rudman, CEO, IXPN |
The Nigeria Internet Registration
Association (NIRA) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) on outsourcing a part of its
Registry functions.
ITRealms
Online recalls that NIRA manages Nigeria’s identity on cyberspace and its
associated sub-level domain names and ensures cost-effective administration of
the .ng Top Level Domain. IXPN on the other hand, provides core infrastructure
that allows several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network operators to
exchange traffic between their networks locally otherwise known as peering.
A joint press statement made
available to media and endorsed by the management of the two organisations
indicated that the MoU enables the outsourcing of administration of some
technical aspects of .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) operations and ancillary
services to IXPN.
Commenting after the signing session
held recently at the IXPN, the Chief Operating Officer of NiRA, Mr. Opeoluwa
Odusan, said that the MoU is to improve the ease of access to, and availability
of the .ng Registry.
He also said that signing of the MOU
formally supports the current arrangement of the Internet Exchange point
managing some technical operations of .ng registry while NiRA work to increase
its in-house technical resources.
On his part, the Managing Director, IXPN,
Mr. Muhammed Rudman, said that his organisational involvement in the management
of some technical aspect of .ng ccTLD registry operations would enhance
local content creation, and bring the .ng ccTLD closer to the operators
and service providers.
“The operator neutral nature of the
eXchange Point provides further advantages to NIRA’s technical operations,” Rudman
said.
An
excerpt of the MoU entered last month, March, shows that NIRA is to fund the
MoU while both parties have other non-funding obligations in addition to performance
threshold in line with industry practice for the provision of the services.
Remmy Nweke
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