BhashaNet Portal : National Internet Exchange Of India
The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has successfully launched the BhashaNet portal during the Universal Acceptance (UA) Day event.
- The BhashaNet portal endeavours to establish a multilingual internet, where website names and email addresses in local languages function seamlessly worldwide.
- The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), established in 2003 as a not-for-profit organization.
- It is a statutory body established under the Companies Act 2013.
- NIXI was created to enhance the use of Internet Service Protocols (ISPs) within India.
- Instead of routing domestic internet traffic abroad, NIXI facilitates routing it within the country.
- This results in better service quality (reduced latency) and lower bandwidth charges for ISPs by saving on international bandwidth.
- It aims to increase internet penetration and adoption in India by managing and enabling the internet ecosystem for the masses.
- NIXI manages India’s Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), which is.IN.
- The Government of India delegated the operations of INRegistry to NIXI in 2004.
- The INRegistry oversees and manages India’s .IN ccTLD, ensuring its smooth functioning.
- NIXI also operates the Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN), which serves as the National Internet Registry.
- IRINN plays a crucial role in allocating and managing IP addresses and domain names within India.
- NIXI actively promotes the establishment of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across India.
