Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange (LU-CIX)

Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange
Full name Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange
Abbreviation LU-CIX
Founded 2009
Location

4, rue A. Graham Bell,

3235 Bettembourg, Luxembourg
Website www.lu-cix.lu
Members 62

The Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange (stylised as LU-CIX) is a carrier and neutral internet exchange point (IX) located in Luxembourg.

History

LU-CIX was founded in February 2009[1] under the initiative on cross-industry players. These members (listed below) keep running the technical backend requested for LU-CIX to provide its services portfolio.

LU-CIX gathers together national and international telecommunications operators, data centre operators, ISPs and online businesses.[2]

LU-CIX is a member of Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association).

LU-CIX' president is Marco HOUWEN.[3]

Mission

LU-CIX has been created to support the development of the Internet industry in the heart of Europe and increase the attractiveness of Luxembourg as an ICT Hub in the middle of the so-called "Golden Ring".[4]

Its philosophy is based on a strong neutrality concept.

To carry out these missions, LU-CIX organises the Luxembourg Internet Days,[5] an event that brings ICT professionals together for conferences and exhibitors.[6] In 2016, the Luxembourg Internet Days took place in Luxembourg city, on November 22 & 23.[7]

LU-CIX also manages the website datacenters-in-europe.com, which lists all the data centers located in Luxembourg.

Infrastructure

LU-CIX is hosted in 8 data centers, PoPs, across the country to facilitate the membership of a majority of Internet related players.

It also leverages strong partnerships with other IX in Europe[8] (ECIX & FranceIX[9]).

References

  1. ↑ Lancement de LU-CIX, IT nation, 13/10/2009
  2. ↑ Optimiser la transmission des données, L'essentiel, 13/03/2014
  3. ↑ Marco HOUWEN, president of LU-CIX
  4. ↑ LU-CIX déploie ses ailes, Paperjam, 19/11/2010
  5. ↑ Luxembourg Internet Days
  6. ↑ Xavier Bettel veut faire de Luxembourg une "smart nation", Soluxions, 19/11/2014
  7. ↑ Luxembourg Internet Days 2016
  8. ↑ LU-CIX and IX Reach open up connectivity to major Internet exchanges, Chronicle, 02/04/2013
  9. ↑ France IX et LU-CIX scellent leur partenariat dans le monde des points d'échange Internet, Paperjam, 29/11/2011
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