Johor Bahru, Malaysia serves as an important internet gateway and point of interconnect between Singapore, Malaysia, and other countries in Indochina. Locating infrastructure and content delivery in Johor Bahru allows internet service providers, over-the-top players, and global internet providers to reduce costs by avoiding expensive long-haul or Singapore transit bandwidth and interconnecting in Johor Bahru instead through low-cost dark fiber connections. The Johor Bahru internet exchange point JBIX further enhances Johor Bahru's role as a strategic gateway for internet traffic between these regions.

1. The Gateway Known
As
Johor Bahru
An Introduction to JBIX

2. INDONESIA
INDONESIA
VIETNAM
THAILAND
Malaysia Demographic
KUALA
LUMPUR
JOHOR
BAHRU
Population: 32 million
Median age:28
Largest city: Kuala Lumpur
Fixed Broadband: 2.6 million (119%)
Mobile Broadband: 35.9 million (135%)
SINGAPORE

3. Malaysia Internet Infrastructure
Cherating
Kuantan
Mersing
Melaka
Penang
Kuching
Kota
Kinabalu
MyIX
(since 2006)
95 ASN
JBIX
(since 2018)
25 ASN
SK1RM
CLS & Undersea cable:
• Cherating: MCT, SK1RM
• Kuantan: APCN-2, APG
• Mersing: ASE, AAG, SEAX-1, SMW3, SK1RM
• Melaka: SMW4, SMW5
• Penang: SMW3, FLAG
Terrestrial Cable:
North-South Backbone (Thai-SG cable)
East-West Backbone

4. Johor Bahru – the gateway to SG
Johor Bahru
Causeway
Second Link
Johor Bahru:
§ 4th largest city in Malaysia
§ 900,000 population
§ Connected to SG via a Causeway
§ Second link bridge provide alternative route to SG
Datacenter:
Open DC - JB1 Data Center @ Johor Bahru
Singapore

5. The Gateway to MY & Indochina
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Johor Bahru
Malaysia
Domestic
Traffic
Indochina
Traffic
Causeway
§ Large proportion of domestic Malaysian traffic pass through the
Causeway
§ JB is also the preferred gateway for Indochina traffic to reach SG
Singapore
§ All major Malaysia telco, mobile, ISP
have fiber infrastructure in JB
§ Fiber from Singapore and Malaysia
providers meet at the mid Causeway
§ JBIX is located 2km from the
Causeway Point of Interconnect (POI)

6. Fiber over the Causeway
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** Dark fiber is available across the Causeway that provides cross
connect to anyone who needs connectivity from Main Causeway to JB

7. Malaysia – Telco gateway to Indochina
§ The Indochina is known to be one of
the fastest growing broadband
population in the region
§ The North South fiber backbone in
Peninsular Malaysia is an important
backbone for Indochina traffic destined
to the regional hub in Singapore
Year-Month
Thailand
International
Bandwidth (Mbps)
2018-05 6,627,608
2018-04 6,078,608
2018-03 5,953,730
2018-02 5,293,910
2018-01 5,236,310
Source: http://internet.nectec.or.th/webstats/bandwidth.iir?Sec=bandwidth

8. Value Proposition for JB Gateway
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9. Background
• SG has solidify as a base for OTT players
• OTT with content in SG needs to distribute to eyeballs in countries
northbound from SG
ü Stopping by in JB offers cost saving for OTT
ü Long-haul bandwidth cost is replaced by Causeway-Connect
fixed cost
Content Provider

10. SG
OTT Player SG Hub
Content Provider
MY
MY ISP Node
MY long-haul circuit
SG circuit
Without JB Gateway
SG
OTT Player SG Hub
With JB Gateway
SG circuit
MY
Distribution Cost =
Dark fiber cross connect cost
+
Singapore Dark fiber
Distribution Cost =
Malaysia Long-haul Circuit
+
Singapore Circuit
Dark fiber

11. Background
§ Indochina traffic is growing at nearly 100% per year
§ Thailand & Myanmar growth
§ Traffic approaching 3Tbps
üJB Gateway offers option for Indochina ISP to offload traffic
without crossing SG border
üEstimated at least 30% saving in longhaul cost
Regional Telco – Malaysia & Thai ISP

12. SGSG
MY
Without JB Gateway
TH
TH ISP SG Node
TH ISP TH Node
TH
MY
Regional Telco – Malaysia & Thai ISP
MY long-haul circuit
SG circuit
With JB Gateway
Distribution Cost =
Malaysia Long-haul Circuit
+
Singapore Circuit
Distribution Cost =
Malaysia Long-haul Circuit
+
Singapore Circuit
MY long-haul circuit
TH ISP TH Node
TH ISP SG Node
SG circuit
50%
50%
10%
90%
30%
70%

13. Background
• Internet wholesales is an ultra-competitive business in Singapore
• Price continue to trend downward below USD1/Mbps
• Indochina and Malaysian ISP are the natural prospect for Global ISP
ü JB1 telco hub/JBIX offers option for Global ISP to intercept the
customers before they enter SG
ü Saving in the customer’s IPLC cost can be used to buy more IP
transit bandwidth
Global ISP

14. TH
MY
SG
Global ISP SG Node
Global ISP
MY
Without JBIX With JBIX
TH
TH ISP Node
SG
TH ISP TH Node
MY ISP Node
Global ISP SG Node
MY ISP Node
Global ISP JB1 Node
Intercepting
customer in JB1
instead of ultra-
competitive SG

15. Johor Bahru Gateway – Benefit to all
For OTT/Content Provider
• JB gateway provide an optimum meeting point to meet the eyeball
players
• Eliminate the need to incur expensive long distance to extend to Kuala
Lumpur
• Dark fiber provides unlimited capacity to stream content
• Most providers have infrastructure in JB, will not add any cost to
connect to OTT here
For Malaysian & Indochina Internet service providers
• Cost saving on trunk cost as content can now be obtained in JB
• Save on SG transit cost
For Global Provider
• JB PoP provides a cost-effective and scalable solution to groom
Malaysian traffic
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