The Internet Society and MediaNama are gearing up for the Internet Society’s Peering Roadshow — India Edition in Delhi on June 6. The event will feature a workshop and a roundtable discussion on interconnection and peering.

Date: Friday, 6th June 2025

Time: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Venue: The LaLit, New Delhi 

Below is a curated reading list to help you get up to speed with the topics we intend to discuss during the workshop and roundtable:

ISOC’s Learning Plan on Internet Exchanges (IXPs): [more here]

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Understanding interconnection and peering:

  • Policy Brief: Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) [Read]
  • All About Peering: What It Is, How It’s Done, and Why We Need It [Read]
  • Internet Exchanges in India: A Legal Anomaly [Read]
  • Key takeaways: What it’s like running an internet exchange in India [Read]
  • What a community internet exchange is, and why IIFON is running one [Read]
  • DE-CIX India SVP Sudhir Kunder on India’s Internet Exchange Ecosystem  [Read]

TRAI’s thoughts on IX and CDN regulation:

  • 2025: Lowdown — TRAI Proposes IXP Authorisation, Leaves CDNs Unregulated [Read]
  • 2022: TRAI Recommendations on Regulatory Framework for Promoting Data Economy Through Establishment of Data Centres, Content Delivery Networks, and Interconnect Exchanges in India [Read]

International Trends in Peering and Interconnection: 

  • In Net Neutrality Setback, South Korea Lays Service Quality At Content Providers’ Feet [Read]
  • How bad policy led South Korea into a Net Neutrality nightmare [Read]
  • Dispelling the myths surrounding Korea’s network fee arrangement: An interview with Professor KS Park [Read]
  • Why Countries Should Not Mess With Interconnection Agreements [Read]
  • When is Regulation of Peering or Usage Fees Warranted? [Read]
  • Internet Impact Brief: South Korea’s Interconnection Rules [Read]

Developments in the peering ecosystem in India:

  • Internet Exchange NIXI now peering with Google, Web Werks, CtrlS [Read]
  • National Internet Exchange of India starts allowing content providers to peer [Read]
  • Netflix begins directly peering with large Internet exchange in India [Read]
  • Extreme IX, Amaravati IX Challenge Govt’s Misclassification of Internet Exchange Points [Read]
  • How NIXI Getting an ISP License Impacts the Internet Exchange Point Regulation Debate [Read]
  • Why CCI Dismissed Extreme IX’s Anti-Trust Complaint Against NIXI in India’s IXP Market [Read]
  • Will Regulating Internet Exchanges Slow Down India’s Broadband Expansion? Extreme IXP Director Raunak Maheshwari weighs in [Read]
  • The European Union’s proposal to get Big Tech to pay an interconnection fee threatens net neutrality. [Read]
  • Content Delivery Networks Should Remain Unregulated, NASSCOM and IAMAI Tell TRAI [Read]
  • Battle lines drawn for regulating Internet Exchange Points in India: Extreme and NIXI vs Vodafone Idea [Read]
  • CDN Authorisation Will Impact Service Rollouts: Motion Pictures Association at TRAI Discussion [Read]
  • Akamai to TRAI: Leave us out of Net Neutrality regulations [Read]

Our community partner for this event is the Internet Society, Delhi Chapter.

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