This research paper examines the formation of an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in a country with a low level of telecommunications competition in the Global South. The research applies the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) framework to the policy dynamics around the first IXP formed in Mexico,...

We address the implications of GAFA’s choice of points of interconnection in the global North versus the global South to understand the degree to which the global South is underserved, if at all. We find that more than twice as many countries in the global South have no GAFA presence at all...

This article examines the formation of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in Mexico amid the implementation of telecommunication reforms and asymmetric regulations in a market with low level of competition. An IXP is defined as a shared interconnection facility and a key internet governance...