Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2012 Winner

Sudanese Internet Exchange Point

Description

Sudan Internet Exchange Point (SIXP) is established in August 2010 by
National Information Center to allow the members to exchange
traffic destination to each others. It encourages the use of local
resources and reduces the load on the global Internet. Each member
connects to the peering point and then agrees to allow other members
to transfer to and from their local network. SIXP started with only four Internet Service Providers (ISPs) (Sudatel, Zain, Canar, Vision Valley), connected via Fast Ethernet. SIXP mission is to connect all ISPs in Sudan to exchange the local traffic
inside Sudan and safe their international bandwidth.

Project website

http://www.sixp.sd

Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2012
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Coverage
Status

Unknown

Start date

Not set

End date

Not set

Entity name

National Information Center

Entity country—type

Sudan — Government

Entity website

http://nic.gov.sd

Partners

Ministry of communications and Information Technology, Sudan National Information Center, Sudan National Telecom. Corp., Sudan VisionValley, Sudan AfriNIC

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Address

ITU, Place des Nations,
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

Email Address
wsis-prizes@itu.int
wsis-info@itu.int
Phone Number
+41 22 730 5111
+41 22 730 6453