NIXI propelled internet growth in India by making access affordable and faster: Anil Kumar Jain, CEO

By establishing internet exchanges in the country, the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has contributed seminally in enabling more efficient use of international bandwidth, reducing the cost of internet access, and improving the quality of services for the internet users by avoiding multiple international hops and reducing latency.

In 2003, when NIXI was established the cost of internet access in India was highest in the world. By establishing internet exchanges in the country, NIXI has contributed seminally in enabling more efficient use of international bandwidth, reducing the cost of internet access, and improving the quality of services for the internet users by avoiding multiple international hops and reducing latency. Anil Kumar Jain, CEO of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), spoke with ETGovernment’s Anoop Verma on the work that NIXI has been playing in bringing down the cost of internet access and improving the quality of internet experience in the last 20 years.