IXPN to host intensive CCNA hands-on training @Lagos - ITREALMS

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The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has announced plans to host a five-day Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Hands-On and Practical Lab Training in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

The training, which is billed to run from Monday, September 15 to Friday, September 19, 2025, will hold at the IXPN Training Room, 8th Floor, 6 Broad Street, Marina, Lagos, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.

ICANN, NCC, IXPN, ISOC rally support for 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum - ITREALMS

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) through the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) is supporting the 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series is organised by ITREALMS Media and hosted under DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), an At-Large Structure certified ICANN, in collaboration with other stakeholders.

The Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa and Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Ogbuefi Remmy Nweke revealed this and said that the upcoming Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) holding on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the prestigious Welcome Centre Hotels, MM International Airport Road, Lagos.

IXPN marks historic 1 Terabit of domestic traffic milestone - ITREALMS

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Nigeria’s leading Internet Exchange Point (IXPN) has crossed the 1 Terabit per second (1Tbps) in aggregate peak domestic internet traffic for the first time, reports ITREALMS.

Making this disclosure, the Chief Executive Officer, IXPN, Mr Muhammed Rudman, said the milestone signified a major leap forward in developing Nigeria’s internet infrastructure.

IXPN outlines 2024 achievements @MEF25 - ITREALMS

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The critical infrastructure for keeping Nigerian internet traffic within the country, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has announced its achievements in previous year and plans for 2025, report ITREALMS.

The chief exexutive officer (ceo) at IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, made this known at the 2025 Members Engagement Forum (MEF2025) in Lagos, noting that it provides a valuable platform for collaboration, interaction, and sharing IXPN milestones with its members. 

ISOC study: Nigeria rakes in USD40m from IXPN services - ITREALMS

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The recent study by the Internet Society (ISOC) has rated the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) high, especially for saving the country some United States Dollars (USD) to the tune of 40 million, reports ITREALMS.

As at the time of this report, USD40m is about N31,200,000,000.

IXPN records yearly peak traffic growth - ITREALMS

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The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has continued to record yearly peak traffic growth, reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this to ITREALMS in Lagos, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman said that the exchange has confidently grown peak traffic annually for the past 10 years.

IXPN, MedallionDC conclude workshop on Internet Peering, Interconnectivity @FCT - ITREALMS

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The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Medallion Datacentres have concluded an Internet Peering and Interconnectivity workshop in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports ITREALMS.

IXPN is a membership-based organisation, which provides a platform where networks interconnect directly within Nigeria, whereas the Medallion Datacenters, West Africa’s most connected facilities in the region.

IXPN highlights collaboration, peering and local hosting benefits - ITREALMS

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A non-for-profit and membership-based organisation, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), has highlighted the benefits that come with collaboration among operators, peering in carrier and cloud-neutral data centres and the hosting of content locally in Nigeria, where it is believed does more downloads of content than uploads, reports ITREALMS.

IXPN, ITREALMS recalled provides a platform for networks to interconnect directly within Nigeria.

NCC, IXPN thud support for 2023 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum

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Foremost telecom regulator on the continent, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) are thudding support for the 2023 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) slated for Thursday, June 8, in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this at the weekend, the Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa and Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Mr. Remmy Nweke said that this year’s NDSF comes with the theme "5G: Data Governance, Safety and Security."

Galaxy, ALTON, IXPN drum support @2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue - ITREALMS

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The trio of Galaxy Backbone Plc, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have drummed up support for the 2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue, reports ITREALMS.

The event scheduled for Thursday, December 8 at the Welcome Centre Hotels, Lagos under the theme, ‘e-Waste: Recycle it all, no matter how small!’ according to the Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Mr. Remmy Nweke, who made these disclosures at the weekend in Lagos, revealed that the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Backbone Plc, Prof. Muhammed Bello Abubakar, would be speaking to ‘Recycle it all for e-governance’.

IXPN, NgNOG to host 2022 Nigeria Peering and Interconnection Forum - ITREALMS

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The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and the Nigerian Network Operators Group (NgNOG) will host the 2022 Nigeria Peering and Interconnection Forum (NgPIF), reports ITREALMS.

The NgPIF 2022 will bring together Telecom Operators, Internet Service Providers, Content Providers, Data Center Operators, Educational Institutions, Policy-Makers, Investors and all other Internet-related organizations to network, collaborate and share experiences in an effort to enhance Nigeria's internet ecosystem.

IXPN's network surpasses 100-member milestone - ITREALMS

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The Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has surpassed a 100-member milestone, just as its peak traffic exceeds 300Gbps, reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, informed ITREALMS that this milestone is worth celebrating.

Rudman, IXPN boss to preside DigitalSENSE forum 2018

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The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Mr. Muhammed Rudman, would early next month, June, preside over the annual 2018 edition of Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, reports ITRealms.

Confirming this to ITRealms at the weekend, the convener of NDSF Series and Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, disclosed in Lagos, that this year’s theme is on ‘Internet Governance, Sustaining Development.’

She disclosed that the 2018 NDSF series slated for Wednesday, June 6, would see the morning session focusing on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and afternoon session on the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, at the Cooperative Hall, Oshodi-Isolo Secretariat, Oshodi-Lagos.

Mrs Nweke pointed out that Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series which is on its 9th year has remained a distinguished annual rallying point for Internet stakeholders in the country with particular interest on students, youth, women and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs).

This year, she said would have Mr. Rudman, a veteran Information Technology (IT) professional with over 18-year extensive experience and pioneer Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), presiding NDSF.

She noted that Mr. Rudman, is the chairman of IPv6 Council Nigeria and equally serving on the Board of Nigerian Internet Registration Association, the .ng  ccTLD custodians, as the Vice President as well as  the Chairman, Communication and Publicity Committee, in addition to being a member of the National Broadband Council tasked with the evaluation, review and monitoring of the National Broadband Plan, among others.

Mrs Nweke recalls that NDSF series, is hosted by DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Nigeria Internet Group, Internet Society, Nigeria chapter and IPv6 Council Nigeria, as well as the Africa Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS), to name a few.

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IXPN migrates network to IPv6

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The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has successfully migrated its network to the Internet Protocol Version Six (IPv6), an evolutionary upgrade of the Internet protocol born out of concern that the demand for IP addresses would exceed the available supply, reports ITRealms.

The migration and subsequent implementation of IPv6 on the IXPN’s network follow the official announcement of the depletion of the Internet Protocol Version Four (IPv4). IXPN members like Web4africa, MainOne and Google presently exchange IPv6 content at the Exchange.

According to a statement signed by the Managing Director, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, the implementation of the IPv6 on IXPN’s network mean that members who have migrated to IPv6 can now come on board with their IPv6 as they have been provided with a platform that will enable such.

“Apart from giving our members the platform to experience enhanced connectivity, the implementation of IPv6 on our network will place Nigeria on the international map where other countries that have implemented IPv6 are,” the statement reads.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) had officially announced the depletion of the Internet Protocol Version Four. This led to the setting up of an IPv6 council in Nigeria whose sole responsibility was to ensure that the operators and Nigeria as a whole migrates to the use of IPv6.

IPv6 is the successor to Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4). It was designed as an evolutionary upgrade to the Internet Protocol and will allow the Internet to grow steadily, both in terms of the number of hosts connected and the total amount of data traffic transmitted.

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ISOC, IXPN collaborate on enhancing Internet Exchange Points

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The Internet Society (ISOC) and Internet eXchange Point in Nigeria (IXPN) recently collaborated on a workshop with focus on enhancing Internet Exchange Points in the country, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this to ITRealms, the chief executive officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman said the five-day workshop is in line with the Internet Society (ISOC) Internet Exchange, Access, and Infrastructure System Project.

The workshop with the theme “Internet Routing Technologies and IXP interconnection” he said was held between November 16 and 20, 2015 to increase local technical capacity and use of the Internet exchange points (IXPs) in the country.

He also said the workshop is a follow-up to the Internet Society’s access, connectivity and infrastructure work to support the growth of IXPs across Africa. 

ISOC objectives for Africa, he said in a press statement signed by Betel Hailu, are to work with local Internet partners to realize Africa’s potential to deliver locally 80 per cent of the continents Internet content.  

“In partnership with local stakeholders, we support capacity building efforts and extend technical assistance to facilitate IXP development, domestic and cross-border interconnection in Africa. As countries establish and utilize their IXPs, both domestic and cross-border Internet traffic will be routed locally, creating downward pressure on costs, increasing quality of service, and as a result stimulating economic growth and distribution of local Internet content,” Hailu said.

ITRealms gathered that over 24 network engineers from the telecom companies, academics, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) attended the workshop, designed to teach the technical skills needed to maximize their benefits from domestic and cross-border interconnections at IXPs. 

Equally, it is expected that participants will increase requisite local technical expertise to support interconnections at the IXP. Hence the workshop incorporated hands-on training for the participants to familiarize themselves with interconnection technologies and techniques that increase the efficiency of network interconnections and traffic exchanged at the IXP.  

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Task force key for utilization of IPV6--- says Rudman

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The Managing Director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Vice President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Mr. Muhammed Rudman has called for the formation of a joint task force that will ensure  the deployment and utilization of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPV6) across stakeholders, ITRealms reports.

Rudman took this position on the 2^nd day of 2015 DigitalSENSE Africa Media organized event titled: IPV6 and Broadband Penetration, a Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable, in commemoration of the World IPV6 Day.

He chronicled the events leading to the emergence of IPV6, while informing participants that IPV6 which has about a zillion IP spaces was designed because the IP spaces on the IPV4 which has 4.3 billion IP address spaces was about to be exhausted and there was need to ensure that there is continuation of internet usage globally.

He said that Nigeria in particular and Africa in general, still have an abundant unutilized IPV4 addresses and therefore are very hesitant to migrate to the latest version of IP addresses. Consequently, he made an advocacy for a joint task force to ensure that all core stakeholders including internet service providers migrate to the IPV6, adding that the latest technology comes with devices like security devices, high speed and capacity which were lacking in its predecessor, ITRealms gathered.

He stated that Nigeria will continue to lag behind if there is no application of force especially from the regulatory body like the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), even though it does not assign addresses. Besides government he saud should make sure that equipment supplied to it are IPV6 compliant, even as he informed participants which included industry stakeholders, students and the press, that the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is responsible for allocating IP addresses, saying that South Africa has continued to maintain a dominant position in the utilization of IP addresses in Africa with about 22 per cent of IPV6  addresses allocated to it and Nigeria coming third from a distant 7^th  position on the IPV4 which, Rudman admitted, was an indication of great improvement.

The Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, while stating that the issue of migration from IPV4 to IPV6 is not a regulatory matter, called for advocacy from stakeholders to enlighten and sensitize the core stakeholders to migrate to the latest version, saying that IPV6 is faster and more improved than IPV4.  

Mrs. Nkem Nweke, the Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, publishers of  DigitalSENSE Business News, ITRealms and NaijaAgroNet, the organizers of the event, had earlier welcomed the guests while thanking Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Microsoft Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria Phase3, and other partners too numerous to mention, for their immense supports, ITRealms reports.

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IXPN, CITS endorse EduNet confab’12

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The annual Education Network (EduNet) conference is to hold at the Golden Gate Ikoyi-Lagos on July 30, says the organizers.

According to the Managing Director, Emerging Media publishers of TechTrendsng.com, Mr. Kenneth Omeruo,  this year’s edition is the third in the series and is enjoying the endorsement of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Centre for Information Technology and Systems (CITS) at Moshood Abiola University Lagos (MAUL).

He said that the 2012 session is in response to the ongoing need for a platform to share knowledge, ideas and network amongst stakeholders in Research and Education community in Nigeria.

EduNet , he said, focusing at exploring the impact and use of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICTs) in the country’s higher education community.

Also, he said that Communication Week Media Limited, publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek is the official media partner.

“The conference is a forum to share knowledge, ideas, collaborate amongst stakeholders, service providers; research and education community; ICT directors of Nigerian Universities;  Government; IT based businesses; equipment manufacturers; researchers, education application developers; e-learning providers;  local and international organizations.
 

 He said, the aim is to foster further development of infrastructure, technologies, application and services for the education and research community in Nigeria.

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This year, EduNet has been structured as an interactive, workshop-centric experience to exchange ideas and receive actionable guidance from all stakeholders involved in research, ICTs, and education, with the theme ‘Research and Education Networks (RENs) In Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges.”

While subthemes would include ‘The role of government, institutions and organisations in the formation
of RENs; Structure and formation of RENs; Broadband and connectivity issues; Quality Access Networks and related Technologies; Infrastructure and Original Equipment management; Technology Enhanced learning; Insight on Research in Nigeria; e-learning Cloud services and data management and Education focused Applications (EduApps).

Speaking on the event, Director of Centre for Information Technology and Systems, University of Lagos, Prof. Charles Uwadia said they are happy to be part of EduNet conference 2012.

“We will give all the support we can to make the conference a success since it touches a very vital aspect of education which is research and the theme this year is quite apt,” he said.
 

Also speaking, chief executive, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria(IXPN), Mr. Muhammed Rudman said his firm would support the event since it covers a major area of what the company does which is connecting institutions, research centres and higher education through the Research Education Networks.

 “Our focus now is on RENs, so we will be part of the event,” he said.

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