Somalia has created plinth establishing the country’s Internet Exchange Point (IXP), the ministry for Technology confirmed on Wednesday.
The Process launched in Mogadishu facilitates cooperation and exchange within the internet service providers.
In a statement, the ministry said IXP will allow local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to connect their networks and exchange Internet traffic locally.
It will also provide high-bandwidth and low-latency access.
Speaking at a workshop held for telecom operators, ISPs, academia, content providers, government and Somali Network Operators Group, Abdi Ashur Hassan, the Minister of Post, Telecom and Technology said establishing the first IXP is a very positive step forward in building Somalia’s ICT infrastructure.
He wished that it will really enhance the digital services being offered by local institutions in business, education, health, government services.
“We want this infrastructure to be owned and managed by the stakeholders. I hope you will discuss and come up with the best governance model for MogIX and form an interim committee from the community that will run the facility,” he said, “The Ministry and its partner organizations, such as World Bank and PCH, would only help establish the facility, but we want you to run it in the best interest of both the sector and consumers.”
According to the Ministry, the Participants will have a plenty of time in discussing the best practices in governance models for the IXP and on how to form a management committee that will be tasked to run this facility.
An Internet Exchange Points (Ixp) is a physical infrastructure through which Internet Providers (ISPs) and content delivery networks (CDNs) exchange internet traffic between their networks.
IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP’s traffic that should be delivered via their upstream transit providers.
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