Lahore · Pakistan
PeeringDB lists one internet exchange in Lahore, PKIX Lahore, with no participants recorded against it. The city's documented networks sit in colocation instead, six facilities holding eight between them, the most at KK Networks Private Limited with four. An address geolocating to Lahore reflects how an operator registered the block rather than where a device sits.
Internet exchanges in Lahore
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
PKIX Lahore Pakistan Internet Exchange Lahore | 0 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| KK Networks Private Limited | 4 | A1-506, Jeff Heights Gulberg III |
| PKIX Lahore | 3 | PITB Arfa Karim Technology Park |
| Nexlinx Lahore | 1 | 37-C1-C Gulberg III Pakistan |
| The Infinity Broadband Private Limited | 0 | 510-A1 Jeff Heights Main Boulevard, Gulberg III |
| Homenet Lahore | 0 | Central Plaza Garden Town |
| Samz Broadband Networx | 0 | H. # 13, St. # 4, Noorani Park Singhpura |
What a Lahore IP address tells you
PKIX Lahore is the only exchange PeeringDB lists in the city, filed in full as Pakistan Internet Exchange Lahore, and the registry records no participants against it, so the city's peering count stands at zero. The networks that do appear sit in colocation, eight of them across six facilities. KK Networks Private Limited reports four, the PKIX Lahore building three and Nexlinx Lahore one, while The Infinity Broadband Private Limited, Homenet Lahore and Samz Broadband Networx report none. No carrier ASN is attached to the exchange, and the carrier data behind this page holds no Pakistani mobile operator, so no mobile network shows as peering here.
An address that a database places in Lahore need not be a device in Lahore. Operators announce blocks from a registry record that carries one address for a whole allocation, and mobile traffic leaves through a small number of gateways that can sit far from the subscriber. Geolocation databases follow the operator's own published location, so a phone connected anywhere in Pakistan can resolve to Lahore in a lookup while never touching PKIX Lahore or any of the six facilities on record.
Someone checking an address gets more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from the city name. The ASN says which network announced the block, and the netname says how that network chose to describe it, including whether the range holds mobile subscribers. With no participants recorded at PKIX Lahore, a Lahore city label cannot even imply the traffic passed through the exchange; the eight networks in the six listed buildings are what the registry documents.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Lahore?
PeeringDB lists one, PKIX Lahore, filed in full as Pakistan Internet Exchange Lahore. No participants are recorded against it, so the city's documented peering count is zero. The same name also appears as a colocation facility, and that entry holds three networks.
Do Pakistan mobile carriers peer in Lahore?
The registry attaches no carrier ASNs to PKIX Lahore, and no Pakistani mobile operator appears in the carrier data behind this page, so none is recorded as peering in Lahore. That gap in the record says nothing about how those operators actually carry traffic.
Does an IP that geolocates to Lahore mean the device is there?
No. The city comes from the registration on the address block and the operator's published location, not from the device. Someone connected elsewhere in Pakistan can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered in Lahore, and every database copying that record will place them there.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants