Africa Data Centres (ADC) has partnered Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Workonline Communications Limited to seek for collaboration between stakeholders in the ICT Ecosystem for growth.
This was stated at the peering workshop hosted by the three organisations held at the weekend in Lagos.
They stated that “most major cities in developed countries have an internet exchange or two, because as data travels across the internet, it is rerouted and re-directed between different networks. Often, traffic on one network has to switch to a different network which might be owned and controlled by another party.
“Internet exchange points (IXPs) enable this type of data transfer through a process called ‘peering’, which enables networks to hand off customer traffic between each other’s networks without the cost of having to pay a third party to carry it across the web for them.”
