APIX Update. A presentation given at the APNIC 40 APNIC Member Meeting session on Thu, 10 Sep 2015.

1. APIX update
Che-Hoo Cheng
APIX association

2. APIX association
• “Asia-Pacific Internet Exchange”
– An association of Internet Exchange Providers in
Asia-Pacific region.
– Objectives:
To share information about
technical, operational, and business issues and
solutions regarding Internet Exchange
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3. APIX Members
3
VNIX
Dix-ie
SOX
– NZ: NZIX (Auckland, Christchurch,
Dunedine, Hamilto, Wellington)
– SG: SGIX(Singapore),
SOX(Singapore)
– TH: BKNIX(Bangkok)
– VN: VNIX(Hanoi/HCMC)
– AP: Equinix (Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo,
Sydney)
– AP: Mega IX (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Auckland, Singapore, Hong Kong)
• 18 IXPs
– BD: BDIX(Dhaka)
– HK: HKIX(Hong Kong)
– JP: BBIX, Dix-ie, JPIX, JPNAP
– KR: KINX(Seoul)
– ID: IIX
– IN: NIXI
– MY: MyIX (KL)
– NP: NP-IX(Katmandu)
IIX NZIX Mega IX
Two New members:
BKNIX (TH)
Mega IX(AP region)
Potential member:
TWIX (TW)

4. Steering Committee
• Steering Committee (SC) members
– Katsuyasu Toyama (Chairperson) –JPNAP (JP)
– Che-Hoo Cheng (Treasurer) --HKIX (HK)
– Ajai Kumar (Secretary) --NIXI (IN)
– Gaurab Raj Upadhaya –NP-IX (NP)
– Brian Kim –KINX (KR)
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5. Meeting history
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# Date Place Attendees IXPs in AP
12th 6 Sept. 2015
Sunday
Jakarta
(Indonesia)
20 people
(18 from IXPs)
11 IXPs in AP
11th 1 Mar. 2015
Sunday
Fukuoka
(Japan)
61 people
(38 from IXPs)
14 IXPs in AP
10th 14 Sep. 2014
Sunday
Brisbane
(Australia)
32 people (6 remote)
(26 from IXPs)
11 IXPs in AP
(2 remotely)
9th 23 Feb. 2014
Sunday
Petaling Jaya
(Malaysia)
~50 people 14 IXPs in AP
8th 25 Aug. 2013
Sunday
Xi’an
(China)
26 people
(19 from IXPs)
13 IXPs in AP
7th 24 Feb. 2013
Sunday
Singapore
(Singapore)
40 people
(36 from IXPs)
14 IXPs in AP
6th 29 Aug. 2012
Wednesday
Phnom Penh
(Cambodia)
26 people
(24 from IXPs)
12 IXPs in AP
(1 remotely)
5th 26 Feb. 2012
Sunday
New Delhi
(India)
27 people
(22 from IXPs)
11 IXPs in AP
(2 remotely)
4th 30 Aug. 2011
Tuesday
Busan
(Korea)
23 people
(21 from IXPs)
12 IXPs in AP
3rd 20 Feb. 2011
Sunday
Hong Kong
(Hong Kong)
31 people
(23 from IXPs)
10 IXPs in AP
2nd 23 Aug. 2010
Monday
Gold Coast
(Australia)
11 people
(9 from IXPs)
7 IXPs in AP
1st 1 Mar. 2010
Monday
Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia)
15 people
(14 from IXPs)
7 IXPs in AP
Pre-liminary 25 Aug. 2009
Tuesday
Beijing
(China)
14 people
(8 from IXPs)

6. Attendees
Attended (10 IXPs)
BKNIX Dix-ie
Equinix HKIX
IIX JPIX
JPNAP NIXI
NP-IX VNIX
Not attended (8 IXPs)
BBIX BDIX
KINX Mega IX
MyIX NZIX
SGIX SOX
Potential members of APIX
• TWIX
Patrons
• APNIC 6

7. Agenda (1)
• Technical Session
– Updates from IXPs
• BKNIX, Dix-ie, Equinix, HKIX, IIX, JPIX
• JPNAP, NIXI, NP-IX, VNIX, TWIX
• Topics
– BKNIX: started operation this year
– Dix-ie: trying SDN technologies into IX
– HKIX: renumbering /23 to /21
– TWIX: IXPs in Taiwan

8. Agenda (2)
• Administrative session
– Steering Committee reported:
• MoU with APIA has been signed, so APIX can use APIA’s
shared bank account
• Discussing to copy Euro-IX website software for those of
APIX with Euro-IX people.
We may need some budget for customizing the appearance
for APIX
– Discussed a legal entity and membership fee of APIX.
• Membership fee will be discussed and its decision will be
made at next meeting.
• Continuously investigating a legal entity.
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9. Agenda (3)
• Administrative session
– Discussed recent ITU activities on IXP
• ITU’s Council Working Group on International Internet-
related public policy issues is picking up IXP as discussion
topic.
• They requested comments by August 28, 2015
– IX Foundation, which consists of Euro-IX, APIX, LAC-IX, Af-IX,
submitted a comment
– Japanese IXPs also submitted a comment
• Discussed what can be done by APIX
– Attendees support APIX and APNIC collaborate to help to
establish an IXP in a country in bottom-up way.
– Also collaborate among IXPs regarding ITU issues and Internet
Governance.
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10. Thank you!
• Contact: sc_at_apix.asia
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