The telecommunications company Avatel has connected to CATNIX at 10 Gbps at the bitNAP PoP (Point of Presence), one of the four nodes that the IXP has in Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

CATNIX has launched a new out-of-band access device for entities connected to the IXP at the Campus Nord node.

CSUC has installed a new Network Time Protocol server (NTP) at the Campus Nord node. This server, a Meinberg Lantime M320, allows synchronization of both the Anella Científica equipment and the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange (CATNIX).

The global internet service provider Hurricane Electric upgraded its connection in December from 10 Gbps to 20 Gbps. This was achieved through a 100 Gbps port at the point of presence that CATNIX has at Equinix.

The telecommunications operator Infinity has joined to the CATNIX. The connection, at 10 Gbps, was established at the CATNIX point of presence (PoP) located at Equinix, one of the IXP’s four locations.

Glutec has joined to the CATNIX. The connection was established at the bitNAP Point of Presence (PoP), one of the four locations the IXP operates in Barcelona and its metropolitan area, with a transmission speed of 5 Gbps on a 10 Gbps port.

On Friday, November 29, the CATNIX Technical Committee was held at the CATNIX facilities in Barcelona.

The Spanish Network Operators Group (ESNOG) held the 32nd edition of the ESNOG forum on October 24-25. The event took place in the Auditorium of the Vèrtex Building at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and gathered around 90 attendees. CATNIX, the Catalonia Neutral Internet Exchange Point managed by CSUC, was one of the primary organizers and sponsors.