AUTORITETI RREGULLATOR I KOMUNIKIMEVE ELEKTRONIKE DHE POSTARE

REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS

REGULATIVNI AUTORITET TELEKOMUNIKACIJE

IXP UPDATE

KOSOVO INTERNET EXCHANGE POINTKOSIX

Valon GrabanicaRegulatory Authority for Electronic and Postal Communications

RIPE NCC Regional MeetingSkopje, 2013

REPUBLIKA E KOSOVËS/REPUBLIKA KOSOVA/REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO

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

KOSOVO AT A GLANCE

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CAPITAL PrishtinaAREA (KM2) 10,908.00

RESIDENTS 1,739,825

GDP PER CAPITA €2,650

CURRENCY EUR

CCTLD/GTLD, ASN n/aINTERNET EXCHANGE KOS-IX

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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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)

KOSIX NETWORK

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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

ISP MARKET SHARES (AS OF END OF 2012)

PTK, 24.76%

IPKO, 48.11%

Kujtesa , 19.45%

Vip Trading , 0.22%

Ati-Kos , 0.35%

Elkom F , 0.08%

Orange NET , 0.24%

Drinia Net , 0.34%

Meb Comunications , 0.25%

ITS, 0.10%Others, 5.85%

INTERNET – NO. OF SUBSCRIBERS

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97,338

138,723 136,711

103,040 104,365 105,061

126,415 133,425 135,425 136,867145,348 141,519 142,970 142,573

151,694

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120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

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2007 2008 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012

Total number of internet subscribers

INTERNET – SUBSCRIPTIONS AND HOUSEHOLD PENETRATION

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27.81%

39.64% 39.06%

29.44%29.82% 30.02%

36.12%

45.22% 45.90%46.38%49.26% 47.96%48.45% 47.99%

51.06%

4.70%6.70% 6.60%

4.98% 5.04% 5.08% 6.11%7.69% 7.81% 7.89% 8.38% 8.16% 8.25% 8.19% 8.72%

0.00%

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20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

2007 2008 2009 Q1 2010

Q2 2010

Q3 2010

Q4 2010

Q1 2011

Q2 2011

Q3 2011

Q4 2011

Q1 2012

Q2 2012

Q3 2012

Q4 2012

Household penetration %

Penetration for 100 population

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KOSIX TRAFFIC

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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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Thank you!

RIPE NCC Regional MeetingSkopje, 2013

valon.grabanica@art-ks.org

Valon GrabanicaRegulatory Authority for Electronic and

Postal Communications<www.art-ks.org>