Thread: DoT wants control over India's internet registry

Over three years after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued its recommendation on transition to the next generation internet protocol in India (from IPv4 to IPv6), the Department of Telecom (DoT) has said that a National Internet Registry (NIR) should be set up under its own purview for the purpose.

Trai had in its recommendation of January 2006 said NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India) could perform the role of the national registry for enabling the transition to the next-gen protocol. But the government in a recent communication struck the proposal down.
DoT said NIXI has commercial contracts with internet service providers for providing exchange of internet traffic, and does not satisfy the criterion for NIR set by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC). Australia-based APNIC is responsible for IPv6 resource allocation in the region.

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Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Looks like a power play of some sort, but I really have no clue what the practical implications are...

Originally Posted by Jeff

Thanks! Looks like a power play of some sort, but I really have no clue what the practical implications are...

This issue has morality as to Internet Registry has to be operated by a organization which is unbiased.

NIXI has commercial contracts whereas DOT is a Govt Operated neutral body.

They reason why NIXI was given control of Registry in first place was to give a headstart to delaying process of opening registry for public, as that time no other org was prepared to handle registry.

So TRAI recommended NIXI, Now things have changed. and Dot waking up from its hibernation:P

unbiased is the key

Thanks for clarify things - that makes a lot of sense.

It ideally makes sense for a government organization to be in charge of such a responsibility..however, this might not be the case here..the Indian Government, for one, is not new to corruption and that might affect the overall decision making which might hamper the prospects of the TLD..