PTA is soliciting proposals for Consultancy Services on the issue of establishment of local Internet Exchange Points in Pakistan.
The last date of submission of such proposal is around the end of Feb 2008. Let us hope PTA gets good consultants to get them going in the right direction and speed.
In this relation, here is an interesting presentation on IXP by Guarab Raj of SANOG and PCH fame.
March 29, 2008 at 5:53 am
[...] This cup of tea was served by: Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues [...]
March 29, 2008 at 5:53 am
[...] This cup of tea was served by: Tee Emm on Pakistan Next Gen Issues [...]
April 3, 2008 at 2:42 am
My Uncle (Mahmood Baweja) started an IXP back in 1999-2000 by the name of NAPCOM but his service never took off due to regulatory reasons. PTA/PTCL just killed the entire idea of his IXP and then later they setup their own PIE.
Thats how dirty Bureaucracy is.