Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Kosix Update Final Presentation in RIPE NCC Meeting, Skopje
1. AUTORITETI RREGULLATOR I KOMUNIKIMEVE
ELEKTRONIKE DHE POSTARE
REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL
COMMUNICATIONS
REGULATIVNI AUTORITET TELEKOMUNIKACIJE
IXP UPDATE
KOSOVO INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT
KOSIX
Valon Grabanica
Regulatory Authority for Electronic and Postal Communications
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting
Skopje, 2013
REPUBLIKA E KOSOVËS/REPUBLIKA
KOSOVA/REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
2. IDEA OF ESTABLISHING KOSIXIDEA OF ESTABLISHING KOSIX
AGENDA
KOSOVO IN A NUTSHELLKOSOVO IN A NUTSHELL
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KOSIX IMPLEMENTATIONKOSIX IMPLEMENTATION
MEMBERSHIP & TECHNICAL POLICIESMEMBERSHIP & TECHNICAL POLICIES
KOSIX NETWORKKOSIX NETWORK
KOSIX TRAFFICKOSIX TRAFFIC
INTERNET MARKET ANALYSISINTERNET MARKET ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION OF KOSIX MAIN OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENTSCONCLUSION OF KOSIX MAIN OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS
ISP MARKET SHARES (AS OF END OF 2012)ISP MARKET SHARES (AS OF END OF 2012)
INTERNET – NO. OF SUBSCRIBERSINTERNET – NO. OF SUBSCRIBERS
INTERNET – SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLD PENETRATIONINTERNET – SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLD PENETRATION
3. KOSOVO AT A GLANCE
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CAPITAL Prishtina
AREA (KM2
) 10,908.00
RESIDENTS 1,739,825
GDP PER CAPITA €2,650
CURRENCY EUR
CCTLD/GTLD, ASN n/a
INTERNET EXCHANGE KOS-IX
4. IDEA OF ESTABLISHING KOSIX
• KOSIX was established by Regulatory Authority for
Electronic and Postal Communications
• The project was supported by Norwegian government
and CISCO.
• Expert support provided by/through USAID and PCH.
• Premises made available by the University of Prishtina,
Kosovo.
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5. KOSIX PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
• Second time at an IXP Update
• KOSIX = 2 years old (www.kosix.net)
– Uses CISCO switching fabrics
• 4 local ISP members
– IPKO (www.ipko.com)
– PTK (www.ptkonline.com)
– Kujtesa (www.kujtesa.com)
– Artmotion (www.artmotion.net)
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MEMBERSHIP & TECHNICAL POLICIES
• Membership:
– One off membership tariff - 500€
• Tariffs for connection to the KOSIX ports for the ISP’s:
– each 100 Mbps Ethernet 100 € per month
– each 1 Gbps Ethernet 200 € per month
– each 10 Gbps Ethernet 500 € per month
• Technical policies:
– Layer-2 (Ethernet)
• 0x0800 - IPv4
• 0x0806 - ARP
• 0x86dd - IPv6
– Layer-3 (IP)
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KOSIX IN NUMBERS
• Peak traffic:
– 160 Mbps
• 51 active ISPs in the market
– Incumbent ISP’s overall market share is lower than alternative
operator both by revenue and number of subscribers
Inbound traffic Outbound
traffic
Maximum 113.78 Mbps 114.67 Mbps
Average 62.58 Mbps 34.82 Mbps
9. ISP MARKET SHARES (AS OF END OF 2012)
PTK, 24.76%
IPKO, 48.11%
Kujtesa , 19.45%
VipTrading , 0.22%
Ati-Kos, 0.35%
Elkom F , 0.08%
Orange NET , 0.24%
Drinia Net, 0.34%
MebComunications ,
0.25%
ITS, 0.10%
Others, 5.85%
15. OBJECTIVES:
• Become RIPE NCC member.
• Become Euro-IX member.
• To maintain good relationship with major ICT players in Kosovo, and in the
region.
• Prepare a strategy for expansion, collocation services with local and
regional players
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Established a working group (in cooperation with ISP’s)
• Finalized KOSIX regulations.
• Finalized the KOSIX website (www.kosix.net)
• ISP’s Investments in modern infrastructure
• Significant potential for growth through innovative marketing and sales
strategies
CONCLUSION OF KOSIX MAIN OBJECTIVES &
ACHIEVEMENTS
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16. Thank you!
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting
Skopje, 2013
valon.grabanica@art-ks.org
Valon Grabanica
Regulatory Authority for Electronic and
Postal Communications
<www.art-ks.org>
