Moez Chakchouk keynote at AfPIF 2013 in Casablanca http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2013/

1. The 4th Africa Peering &
Interconnection Forum
Casablanca, Morocco, September 3 — 5, 2013
Is Policy the Missing Link to Interconnection ?
Moez Chakchouk, Chairman & CEO of ATI

2. Before the revolution #14Jan
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ENEMY of internet despite the huge work done by high
skilled engineer operating the IP transit network available
for all ISPs in TN.
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UNCLEAR role and a lot of tensions with the civil society.
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LACK of Transparency and openness to civil society.
#Censorship
#Ammar404
#Surveillance
#CyberPolice
#...
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3. Before the revolution #14Jan
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Monopoly: 1 AS for the whole country operated by ATI/TT International.
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Routing internet traffic via ATI is a regulatory obligation for all ISPs/Operators.
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International IP transit services: Expensive tariffs (End of 2010: 30€/Mbps).
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Coarse economic model: Total revenue of IP Transit services in Tunisia was
shared between ATI (30%) and TT International (70%).
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Routing local traffic is free.
ATI/TT Intl
AS 2609
Tunisie
Telecom
Topnet
Planet
Orange
Tunisie
3
Tunet
Hexabyte
Tunisiana
G-Net
IRESA
CCK
CIMSP
JES
CNI
CNTE

4. After the revolution #14Jan: A lot of Change
Implement an ambitious action plan
based on openness and best practices.
Clarify the role of ATI and its relation
with the government.
Modify the economic model for the
provision of IP transit services.
Stop net censorship and support
online freedom and privacy.
Promote the registration of Tunisian
cctld .tn & IDN .‫ﺗﻮﻧﺲ‬
mirror.tn: Promote open source
mirror servers.
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#TunIXP
#Netfreedom
#Privacy
#Mirror.tn
#Openness
#Transparency

5. TunIXP, the 1st IXP in the Maghreb Arab Region
Member of
Af—IX
5
Vendredi 17 Septembre 2010

6. le Maps
04/09/13 02:37
Tunisian Internet eXchange Point
TunIXP Tunis
— 2/3 sites connected via Dark Fibers
— 7 members (12 more with no public AS)
— 1 ROOT Name Server (L-Root).
TunIXP Enfidha (110 km from Tunis)
— 1 site: Meninx Data Center
— 3 members
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Vendredi 17 Septembre 2010
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7. Reshaping the existing infrastructure (1)
V4
LEVEL3
AS3356
ATI/TT Intl
AS2609
CNI
Interoute
AS8928
SPARKLE
AS6762
TT
IRESA
Tunisiana
CIMSP
Gnet
CCK
Hexabyte
Meninx
AS37504
CNTE
Tunet
JES
V6
Topnet
ATI/TT Intl
AS2609
HE
AS6939
SpaceNet
AS5539
Orange Tn
AS37492
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Orange Tn
AS37492
Orange SA
AS5511
Orange SA
AS5511

8. Reshaping the existing infrastructure
ATI will operate independently from Tunisie Telecom (AS2609) and will run two AS:
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AS31245 – Internet Service Provider.
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AS5438 – national/international IP Transit Service Provider.
LEVEL3
AS3356
TT Intl.
AS2609
Meninx
AS37504
ATI
AS5438
ATI-ISP
31245
SPARKLE
AS6762
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?
Orange SA
AS5511
Orange Tn
AS37492
?
Tunisiana
AS ?
8
Interoute
AS8928
Algérie
Telecom

9. Reshaping the existing infrastructure
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Layer 2 platform for TunIXP will be operated by an association to be created before
the end of 2013.
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ATI, the founder of TunIXP, will act as any other member of TunIXP.
ICANN
AS 20144
Orange Tn
AS 37492
Afrinic
AS33764
TT—Intl.
AS 2609
Meninx
AS 37492
ATI-ISP
AS 31245
ATI
AS 5438
Tunisiana
Tunet
TT
CIMSP
IRESA
CNI
Gnet
Hexabyte
Topnet
CCK
CNTE
JES
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10. L-Root Name Server
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First ROOT server in the Maghreb Region,
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11. TunIXP linked to open innovation & measurements
measurementlab.net
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12. Interconnection in the Maghreb Arab Region
Mauritania
— 1 Submarine Cable
— 1 Landing Station
— 2 AS
Morocco
— 5 Submarine Cables
— 3 Landing Stations
— 4 AS
Algeria
— 4 Submarine Cables
— 4 Landing Stations
— 10 AS
Tunisia
— 4 Submarine Cables
— 2 Landing Stations
— 3 AS
Libya
— 3 Submarine Cables
— 2 Landing Stations
— 4 AS
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Only Tunisia and Algeria are connected physically via SEA-ME-WE4.
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Implementation of cross border interconnection could be via the existing terrestrial
Fiber infrastructure, including alternative one owned mainly by the electricity
company, etc.
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Lack of IXPs, local traffic is routed via international IP Transit Operators
With regards to the Maghreb Arab Union, what can be done by policy makers to promote
the cross border interconnection in the Maghreb Arab Region ?
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13. Interconnection in the Maghreb Arab Region
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IP Transit SP (AS)
Orange / AS5511
TI Sparkle / AS6762
Tinet / AS3257
Cogent / AS174
Level3 / AS3356
Telefonica / AS12956
Avanti / AS39356
Deutsche Telecom / AS3320
Interoute / AS8928
OTE / AS12713
ORAN Link / AS57023
Cable & Wireless / AS1273
British Telecom / AS5400
WIS Telecom / AS21175
Maroc Telecom / AS6713
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Why do you pay foreign carriers to carry domestic traffic to Europe and exchange it there?
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Think about saving ≈50ms of round-trip latency and keeping purely domestic traffic incountry.
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Thanks …
Email: moez.chakchouk@ati.tn
Twitter: @mchakchouk