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THE INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT EXPERIENCE IN BURUNDI

THE INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT EXPERIENCE IN BURUNDI. DO NOT HAVE YET AN IXP. IXP. THE INTERNET STORY IN BURUNDI STARTED IN 1996 WITH THE FORMER CENTRE NATIONAL DE L’INFORMATIQUE ‘CNI ’ WHICH BECAME CBINET USING THE DIAL UP TECHNOLOGY. IXP.

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THE INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT EXPERIENCE IN BURUNDI

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  1. THE INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT EXPERIENCE IN BURUNDI DO NOT HAVE YET AN IXP

  2. IXP • THE INTERNET STORY IN BURUNDI STARTED IN 1996 WITH THE FORMER CENTRE NATIONAL DE L’INFORMATIQUE ‘CNI’ WHICH BECAME CBINET • USING THE DIAL UP TECHNOLOGY

  3. IXP • MORE ISP WERE LICENCED DURING THE DECADE 2000 - 2010 AND NOW HAVE MORE THAN 6 ISP • CBINET • USAN • SPIDERNET • OSA • UCOM • ONATEL

  4. IXP • AFRICELL AND ECONET ARE LICENSED BUT HAVE NOT YET STARTED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES NOW ALL MOBILE OPERATORS HAVE OBTAINED 3G FREQUENCIES TO PROVIDE 3G SERVICES WHICH MEANS MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE LOCAL TRAFFIC

  5. IXP • UNDER THE SWEEDEN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPPMENT CENTER ‘SIDA’ IXP EQUIPMENTS WERE DONATED TO THE ISP ASSOCIATION AND THE EQUIPMENTS WERE TO BE INSTALLED IN THE INCUMBENT OPERATOR’S PREMISES ‘ONATEL’ • THE ISP ASSOCIATION IS NOT AN ACTIVE ONE • THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PAY CUSTOMS DUTIES

  6. IXP • THERE WAS A DEBATE AS THE MINISRTY OF FINANCE WAS TO GIVE EXEMPTIONS AS INCENTIVES BUT THEY ANSWED THAT THE ACTIVITIES WERE COMMERCIAL ONES TO MAKE PROFIT:REASON WHY THEY HAVE TO PAY

  7. IXP • NOW THE NATIONAL BACKBONE HAS INCLUDED THE IXP IN THE PROJECT AS THE VIRTUAL LANDING POINT COMPONENT • THE ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE NATIONAL BACKBONE IS LEGALLY DESIGNED AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTENERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVENMENT AND OPERATORS ‘BBS’:

  8. IXP • UCOM • ONATEL • AFRICELL • ECONET • CBINET • OTHERS ARE ASKING TO JOIN

  9. IXP • THE BACKBONE IS FUNDED BY THE WORLD BANK UNDER THE RCIP 2 PROJECT ‘REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES PROJECT • THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED WITH A CHINESE COMPANY ‘ZTE’ AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY JUNE 2012

  10. IXP • WHILE WAITING FOR FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIVITY LOCAL ISPs ARE CONNECTED TO RWANDA OR TANZANIA VIA MICROWAVE LINKS WHICH HAVE IMPROVED THEIR PERFOMANCES • THIS MAY BE USED AS A WAY TO REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY

  11. EAST AFRICAN IXP • TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIMBANET EXPERIENCE • LEARN OTHER REGIONAL EXPERIENCES BEFORE RECORDING TO THE CONGRES IN MAY: • SOUTHERN AFRICA • WESTERN AFRICA

  12. THANK YOU hermenta@yahoo.fr

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