The
Internet Society (ISOC) and Internet eXchange
Point in
Nigeria (IXPN) recently collaborated
on a workshop with focus on enhancing Internet Exchange Points in the country,
reports ITRealms.
Disclosing
this to ITRealms, the chief executive officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman said
the five-day workshop is in line with the Internet Society (ISOC) Internet
Exchange, Access, and Infrastructure System Project.
The
workshop with the theme “Internet Routing Technologies and IXP interconnection”
he said was held between November 16 and 20, 2015 to increase local technical
capacity and use of the Internet exchange points (IXPs) in the country.
He
also said the workshop is a follow-up to the Internet Society’s access,
connectivity and infrastructure work to support the growth of IXPs across
Africa.
ISOC objectives for
Africa, he said in a press statement signed by Betel
Hailu, are to work with local Internet partners to realize Africa’s
potential to deliver locally 80 per cent of the continents Internet
content.
“In partnership with
local stakeholders, we support capacity building efforts and extend technical
assistance to facilitate IXP development, domestic and cross-border
interconnection in Africa. As countries establish and utilize their IXPs, both domestic
and cross-border Internet traffic will be routed locally, creating downward
pressure on costs, increasing quality of service, and as a result stimulating
economic growth and distribution of local Internet content,” Hailu said.
ITRealms gathered
that over 24 network engineers from the telecom companies, academics, and
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) attended the workshop, designed to teach the
technical skills needed to maximize their benefits from domestic and cross-border
interconnections at IXPs.
Equally, it is
expected that participants will increase requisite local technical expertise to
support interconnections at the IXP. Hence the workshop incorporated hands-on training
for the participants to familiarize themselves with interconnection technologies
and techniques that increase the efficiency of network interconnections and traffic
exchanged at the IXP.
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