Presentation by Katsuyasu Toyama at APRICOT 2019 on Tuesday, 26 February 2019.

1. APIX update and Peering Asia
Katsuyasu Toyama, APIX Steering Committee
Raja Mohan Marappan, MyIX/Peering Asia 3.0 Hosts

2. What is APIX?
• Asia-Pacific Internet Exchange
–An association of
Internet Exchange Providers
in Asia-Pacific region
•Started in 2010
•a member of IX Foundation
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3. • Doing the same business in each country/economy
• Having almost the same kind of issues
• Worth creating an IXP community
to share information and experiences about
technical, operational, and business issues and its solutions
regarding Internet Exchange
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Why an association for IXP in Asia Pacific?

4. APIX Steering Committee (as of APIX #19)
• SC members
– Chairperson: Katsuyasu Toyama -- JPNAP (JP)
– Secretary: Ajai Kumar -- NIXI (IN)
– Treasurer: Vijayakumar Sethuraman -- Equinix (AP)
– Meeting Arrangement: Zulfadly Syam -- IIX (ID)
– Website Management: Harijanto Pribadi -- IIX (ID)
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5. APIX Members
• 30 IXPs, from 18 countries and economies (+5 IXPs, +1 Country in 2018)
– Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippine, Singapore,
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
VNIX
SOX
IIX
NZIX
TPIX
CNX
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Ryukyu-IX
TWIX
JBIX
MM-IX
AMR-IX

6. APIX members: 30
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AMR-IX (IN) IIX (ID) NIXI (IN)
AMS-IX Hong Kong (HK) IX Australia (AU) NPIX (NP)
BBIX (HK/JP/SG/TH) JBIX (MY) NZIX (NZ)
BDIX (BD) JPIX (JP) PhOpenIX (PH)
BKNIX (TH) JPNAP (JP) Ryukyu-IX (JP)
CHN-IX (CN) KINX (KR) SGIX (SG)
CNX (KH) Megaport-IX (AU/HK/SG) SOX (SG)
Dix-ie (JP) MM-IX (MM) TPIX (TW)
Equinix AP (AU/HK/JP/SG) MumbaiIX (IN) TWIX (TW)
HKIX (HK) MYIX (MY) VNIX (VN)

7. New APIX Steering Committee
• SC members
– Katsuyasu Toyama JPNAP (JP) (Chairperson)
– Vijayakumar Sethuraman Equinix (AP) (Treasurer)
– Tom Paseka NZ-IX (NZ)
– Vivin Varghese Meleadan Mumbai IX(IN)
– Rupesh Bhakta Shrestha NP-IX (ID)
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9. PEERING ASIA 2.0
HONG KONG CO-HOST BY
HKIX AND HKNOG
24th – 25th October, 2018
By Base64 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

10. Thanks for Hosts and Sponsors!

11. Peering Asia 1.0 at Kyoto, Japan
114 AS / 239 attendees

12. Peering Asia 2.0 @ Hong Kong
149 AS / 328 attendees
Both ASN and attendees increased

13. Asia Pacific,
279, 85%
North America,
26, 8%
EMEA,
22, 7%
Africa,
1, 0%
Country/Ecomony Attendees Ratio
Hong Kong 111 34%
Japan 59 18%
Singapore 21 6%
China 16 5%
Thailand 14 4%
Malaysia 11 3%
South Korea 12 4%
Taiwan 9 3%
Australia 7 2%
Philippine 5 2%
Indonesia 5 2%
Macau 4 1%
Vietnam 2 1%
Mongolia 2 1%
Butan 1 0%

14. Survey result
Overall response looks good.

15. Peering Asia 3.0

16. Peering Asia 3.0
6 -7 November, 2019
Intercontinental Hotel
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

17. Host
www.myix.my
www.mynog.org
The Malaysia Internet Exchange ("MyIX") was established in
2006 by the Government of Malaysia and the Malaysian
Communications and Multimedia Commission ("MCMC"), in
partnership with 16 ISP (Internet Service Providers) to operate
Malaysia’s first neutral Internet Exchange ("IX"). MyIX is one of
regional largest non-profit IX operated & managed by the
local ISP consortium. Currently hosting 98 members
comprises of local ISP, foreign ISP, domestic & international
content providers exchanging more than 350Gbps of traffic.
** A Member of APIX
The Malaysia Network Operators Group (MyNOG) is an
initiative to bring together network operators in Malaysia to
encourage sharing of knowledge, learning and co-operation
among fellow counterparts. The main objective is to build a
forum to discuss operational issues and technologies of
interest among the network operators in Malaysia.

18. About Malaysia
A Multi-cultural city, speaking language is English
and others (Mandarin, Cantonese, Bahasa…)
Variety of food selection, ranging from Asian,
Western and Middle Eastern. Not to mention
popular local foods and fruits.
Walking distance to various hotspots from
conference hall.
Lower cost of participation in term for food,
accommodation and public transport.
Visa Free access for most countries.
Strategic location in APJ. Avg time travel between
6-8 hours via international flights.

19. Conference Hall
Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
6 minutes walk to Malaysia Iconic
building, Petronas Twin Tower.
Accessible via Public Transport such as
Train (LRT and MRT), Ride Hailing
(GRAB) and Taxi.
Walking distance to malls, night life,
foods and hotspots.

20. Conference Hall
Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Surrounded by various Hotels such as
Traders, Grand Hyatt, Ascott,
Pullman, Mandarin Oriental and some
boutique hotels.
Special rate offer to attendee who
stay at Intercontinental Hotel (Deluxe
Room)

21. What Else
Iconic Building HolidaysFoods

22. Thank you!
See you in Kuala Lumpur 2019
Contact Person:
Raja Mohan
raja.mohan@myix.my
+6012 371 8029
Paul Ooi
cj@mynog.org
+6012 883 3263

23. Thank you!!
Any questions?
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