The Libyan International Telecommunication Company (LITC) announced the signing of a partnership contract with DE-CIX, to build the first international content exchange point in North Africa.
LITC explained that the contract, which was signed on Friday, came with the support of the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC) and its implementation will be completed by mid-May next year.
The company added that the project will be called LYB-IXP and will be hosted in a high-level secure data center in Libya. LYB-IXP will improve the quality of Internet services in the Libyan market.
LPTIC was established in accordance with the decision of Prime Minister number 63 for the year 2005, to form a holding company as the owner of major communications companies, Libyana, Madar, Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT),Aljeel Aljadeed for Technology, International Communications Company, and Hatef Libya.
These companies play a significant role in the development of mobile phones, telephone communications, and internet connection. This has raised the efficiency of communications in Libya and allowed the largest possible number of citizens to get online service, whether by phone companies phones such as Libyana and Almadar or through the main internet services provider such as LTT or Hatef Libya who provide wired and wireless telephone and internet services.
LPTIC was established for the purpose of investment in telecommunications infrastructure in the country and abroad. The company owns a group of investments inside and outside the country, some dating back to the General Company for post and telecommunications, which was dissolved in 2010.
DE-CIX (Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange) is a carrier- and data-center-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) situated in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the single largest exchange point worldwide in terms of average traffic throughput of 6.9 Tbit/s in April 2021.
In addition to DE-CIX in Frankfurt, DE-CIX operates internet exchange points in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich (ALP-IX), New York City (DE-CIX New York), Dallas (DE-CIX Dallas), Dubai (UAE-IX), Palermo (DE-CIX Palermo), Marseille (DE-CIX Marseille), Istanbul (DE-CIX Istanbul), and Mumbai (Mumbai Convergence Hub).