Mumbai IX

Mumbai Internet Exchange (Mumbai IX) is a Mumbai-based Internet exchange point (IXP) founded in 15 August 2014 as Mumbai Convergence Hub (Mumbai CH) is an Open Carrier Neutral Internet Exchange & Peering Hub. As of 30 January 2019 it interconnects more than 160 members,[1] making it the largest IXP in India and surrounding region.

Mumbai Internet Exchange
Full nameMumbai Internet Exchange
AbbreviationMumbai CH ; Mumbai IX
Founded15 August 2014
Location India, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai
Websitewww.de-cix.in
Members162 as of January 2019[1]
Peak650 Gbit/s
Daily (avg.)175 Gbit/s

It's a subsidiary of Germany-based DE-CIX, not be confused with National Internet Exchange of India.

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 DE-CIX and are currently serving 160 members spread across all over India.

Network

As of 1 July 2018, Mumbai Internet Exchange network has 4 PoP in Mumbai Urban.

Upcoming Locations

Mumbai IX now holding national license will be expanding its facilities to new cities in 2019, all will be 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))[3]

Ports of connection

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

PortTraffic
1 Gbit/s LXtraffic up to 100Mbit/s
1 Gbit/s LX1G
10 Gbit/s LR10G
100 Gbit/s100G

Services

Mumbai Internet Exchange offers the following professional services:

  • Public peering: Unicast & multicast IPv4, unicast IPv6
  • 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 (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
  • IPTV Networks
  • Corporations
  • DNS Root Server
  • Email and Hosting

Awards and recognition

Mumbai Internet Exchange was Recognized as a Top Digital Innovator at 2016 Digital India Summit in the Digital Start-up Innovators category.[4][5]

Mumbai Internet Exchange was Recognized as a Top Digital Innovator at the 2017 Digital India 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.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Mumbai IX : Current Members". Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. "Mumbai-IX, powered by DE-CIX, expands footprint by adding a PoP at GPX". Mumbai-IX Blog. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. "DE-CIX India Announces new Internet exchange's in Delhi, Kolkata & Chennai". MUMBAI IX Blog. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "Mumbai Convergence Hub Recognized as a Top Digital Innovator at 2016 Digital India Summit". Thehansindia.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. "Welcome Pioneeralliance News | Hindi news portal in lucknow | News portal | Lucknow news portal|". Pioneeralliance.in. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. "Mumbai CH, a State-of-the-Art Internet Exchange in India Receives OIX-1 Certification from Open-IX Association". markets.businessinsider.com. MarketsInsider. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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