A UTORITETI R REGULLATOR I K OMUNIKIMEVE E LEKTRONIKE DHE P OSTARE R EGULATORY A UTHORITY OF E LECTRONIC AND P OSTAL C OMMUNICATIONS R EGULATIVNI A UTORITET T ELEKOMUNIKACIJE IXP UPDATE KOSOVO INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT KOSIX Valon Grabanica Regulatory Authority for Electronic and Postal Communications RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Skopje, 2013 R EPUBLIKA E K OSOVËS /R EPUBLIKA K OSOVA /R EPUBLIC OF K OSOVO

I DEA OF ESTABLISHING KOSIX A GENDA K OSOVO IN A NUTSHELL 2 KOSIX IMPLEMENTATION M EMBERSHIP & TECHNICAL POLICIES KOSIX NETWORK KOSIX TRAFFIC I NTERNET M ARKET A NALYSIS C ONCLUSION OF KOSIX MAIN OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS ISP MARKET SHARES ( AS OF END OF 2012) I NTERNET – NO. OF SUBSCRIBERS I NTERNET – SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLD PENETRATION

K OSOVO AT A GLANCE 3 C APITAL Prishtina A REA ( KM 2 ) 10, R ESIDENTS 1,739,825 GDP PER CAPITA €2,650 C URRENCY EUR CC TLD/GTLD, ASN n/a I NTERNET E XCHANGE KOS-IX

I DEA 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. 4

KOSIX PROJECT I MPLEMENTATION Second time at an IXP Update KOSIX = 2 years old ( –Uses CISCO switching fabrics 4 local ISP members –IPKO ( –PTK ( –Kujtesa ( –Artmotion ( 5

6 M EMBERSHIP & 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) 0x IPv4 0x ARP 0x86dd - IPv6 –Layer-3 (IP)

KOSIX NETWORK 7

8 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 trafficOutbound traffic Maximum Mbps Mbps Average62.58 Mbps34.82 Mbps

ISP MARKET SHARES ( AS OF END OF 2012)

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I NTERNET – SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLD PENETRATION 11

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KOSIX TRAFFIC 14

O BJECTIVES : 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 A CHIEVEMENTS : Established a working group (in cooperation with ISP’s) Finalized KOSIX regulations. Finalized the KOSIX website ( ISP’s Investments in modern infrastructure Significant potential for growth through innovative marketing and sales strategies C ONCLUSION OF KOSIX MAIN OBJECTIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS 15

Thank you! RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Skopje, 2013 Valon Grabanica Regulatory Authority for Electronic and Postal Communications