11.12.2014

Marco BrandstaetterBusiness Development, DE-CIX Management GmbHmarco.brandstaetter@uae-ix.net

UAE-IX - ASREN

UAE-IX

INTERNET HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

AND THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EUROPE, AFRICA, AND ASIA

#4UAE-IX Facts and Vision

…the only neutral Internet exchange platform for the Middle East that interconnects global networks, network operators, and content providers in the GCC region

…built on a fully redundant switching platform located in the secure world-class Datamena datacenter in the International Media Production Zone (IMPZ) in Dubai

…fully managed by DE-CIX, the world’s largest Internet exchange operator based in Frankfurt

…fully supported by the TRA-UAE, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the United Arab Emirates

UAE-IX is …

#5UAE-IX Facts and Vision

Before we started.....

#6UAE-IX Facts and Vision

Before we started.....

Example #1Tier1 #1 (Dubai) to Tier1 #2 (Fujairah)~ 25.000 km instead of 200 km255 msec instead of 10

#7UAE-IX Facts and Vision

Before we started.....

Example #2Tier1 #1 (Jeddah) to Tier1 #2 (Jeddah)~ 15.000 km instead of 0 km160 msec instead of 0

#8UAE-IX Facts and Vision

Before we started.....

Example #3Tier1 (Fuj) to L-Tier2 (Dubai)~ 20.000 km instead of 200 km250 msec instead of 10

#9UAE-IX Facts and Vision

UAE-IX Update

• Around 30 Members

• Almost 60% of Access Users in the GCC region are “peerable” at the UAE-IX thru it´s members

• International Content like Google, Akamai, CDNetworks and VALVE Software (Gaming)

• Regional Content like Selevision and MBC

• Enables local Content to be hosted in the GCC instead of Europe

#10UAE-IX Facts and Vision

UAE-IX Update

#11UAE-IX Facts and Vision

What does that mean for ASREN?

#12UAE-IX Facts and VisionThe unknown arguments for peering #12

Thanks for your attention!