History

The Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange Point (CATNIX), was born in 1999 as a result of the Catalan Information Society Strategic Plan 'Catalunya en Xarxa', a joint initiative of the Catalan Government and Localret.

The agreement for its creation was signed in the April 7th, 1999 as an initiative of the Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya (CESCA), and the sponsorship of the formally known as Commissioned for the Information Society.

The founders of CATNIX, besides the ones already mentioned, are the following:

• BT Telecomunicaciones.
• Catalana de Telecomunicacions SOX (Al-Pi).
• Datagrama.
• Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca.
• Infase Comunicaciones.
• Institut Català de Tecnologia.
• Internet Network Services.
• Menta.
• Retevisión.
• Sarenet.