Internet network operators' group

Internet network operators' groups (NOGs) are informal, country-based, or regional groups that exist to provide forums for Internet network operators to discuss matters of mutual interest, usually through a combination of mailing lists and annual conferences. Although these groups have no formal power, their members are typically influential members of the Internet service provider (ISP), Internet exchange point (IXP), regional Internet registry (RIR), operational security community, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) operations, Domain Name System (DNS) and root zone operations, and other network operations communities, and discussions within these groups are often influential in the overall process of ensuring the Internet remains operational, robust, secure, and stable. They also allow networking professionals and other members of the research and technical communities to update each other on their work, share news and updates, exchange best practices, discuss new technologies or protocols, teach and learn from each other, network with other members of the community, and discuss current network- and Internet-related issues and challenges.

List of Internet network operators' groups

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• GNA – Global NOG Alliance Template:Flagicon

Africa

• Af-IX – African Community for IXPs
• AfNOG – Africa Network Operators' Group
• SAFNOG – Southern African Network Operators' Group
• ZIMNOG – Zimbabwe Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• KZNNOG – Kwazulu Natal Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• AONOG Template:Webarchive – Angola Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• cmNOG – Cameroonian Network Operators' GroupTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon
• CGNOG Template:Webarchive – Congo Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ghNOG – Ghana Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ngNOG – Nigerian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• RWNOG Template:Webarchive – Rwanda Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• SnNOG - Senegal Network Operations Group Template:Flagicon
• SdNOG – Sudan Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• tzNOG Template:Webarchive – Tanzania Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• SomNOG - Somalia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ugNOG - Uganda Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• MaliNOG – Malian Network Operators' GroupTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon
• AFRINIC – African Network Information Centre
• AIS (African Internet Summit) & AFRINIC Regional Meetings – AFRINIC Service Region Meetings

The Americas

Latin America and the Caribbean

• CaribNOG – Caribbean Network Operators' Group
• LAC-IX – Latin America & Caribbean Community for IXPs
• LACNOG – Latin American & Caribbean Region Network Operators' Group
• NOG Ecuador – Ecuador Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ArNOG – Argentina Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NOG Chile Template:Webarchive – Chile Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NOG Bolivia – Bolivia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• BPF – Brasil Peering Forum Template:Flagicon
• NOG Colombia – Colombia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon

Northern America

• NANOG – North American Network Operators' Group
• ABQNOG – Albuquerque Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• CHI-NOG – Chicago Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NYNOG – New York Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• MBNOG Template:Webarchive – Manitoba Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• MTLNOG – Montreal Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon

Asia and Oceania

Asia-Pacific

Regional NOGs

• APNOG – Asia Pacific Network Operators Group
• PacNOG – The Pacific Network Operators' Group
• SANOG – South Asia Network Operators' Group

Specific NOGs

• AFNOG - Afghanistan Network Operators Group Template:Flagicon
• AusNOG – Australia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• BdNOG – Bangladesh Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• btNOG – Bhutan Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• CNNOG Template:Webarchive – China Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• HKNOG – Hong Kong Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• IDNOG – Indonesia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• INNOG – India Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• JANOG – Japan Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• KHNOG - Cambodia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• KRNOG - South Korea Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• LANOG - Lao Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• LKNOG - Lanka Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• MyNOG – Malaysia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• mmNOG – Myanmar Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• mnNOG – Mongolian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• npNOG – Nepal Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NZNOG – New Zealand Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• PANOG Template:Webarchive – Pakistan Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• PhNOG – Philippines Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• PNGNOG - Papua New Guinea Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• SGNOG – Singapore Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ThaiNOG – Thailand Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• TLNOG - Timor-Leste Network Operator Group Template:Flagicon
• TWNOG – Taiwan Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• VNIX-NOG – Vietnam Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon

Additional Asia-Pacific technical networking and peering communities

• APIX – The Asian Community for Internet Exchange Points
• APOPS – The Asia Pacific Operators Forum
• APRICOT – The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
• APIAP – The Asia Pacific Internet Association
• APIPv6TF Template:Webarchive – The Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force

Middle East

• MENOG – Middle East Network Operators' Group

• IRNOG – Iranian Internet Network Operators' Group - (گروه گردانندگان شبکه اینترنت ایران - ایرناگ) Template:Flagicon
• TRNOG – Turkish Network Operators' Group (Türk Network Operatörleri Grubu) Template:Flagicon

Europe

• CSNOG – Czech and Slovak Network Operators Group Template:Flagicon
• CEE Peering Days – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Peering Days
• ENOG – Eurasia Network Operators' Group (Russian Federation, CIS, and Eastern Europe) Template:Flagicon — suspended by RIPE community
• European Internet Exchange Association – Euro-IX (the European community for IXPs)
• NORDNOG Template:Webarchive – Nordic Network Operators' GroupTemplate:Efn
• RIPE – Réseaux IP Européens Network
• SEE – South East Europe / RIPE NCC regional meeting
• ALNOG – Albanian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ATNOG – Austrian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• BalticNOG – Baltic States Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon
• BHNOG – Bosnia and Herzegovina Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• BENOG – Belgium Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NOG.BG – Bulgarian Network Operations' Group Template:Flagicon
• DKNOG – Danish Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• ESNOG – Spanish Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• nog.fi – Network Operators' Group of FinlandTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon
• FRnOG – France Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• DENOG – German Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• GRnOG – Greece Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• HUNOG – Hungarian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• GTER – Spain Network Operators' Group (Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles, ESNOG) Template:Flagicon
• ITNOG – Italian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• iNOG – Ireland Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• LINXTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon
• NLNOG – Netherlands Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• NONOG – Norwegian Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• PLNOG – Polish Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• PTNOG – Portuguese Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• RSNOG – Republic of Serbia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• RONOG – Romania Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• SINOG – Slovenia Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• SOF – Swedish Operators' Forum Template:Flagicon
• SwiNOG – Swiss Network Operators' Group Template:Flagicon
• HRNOG – Croatian Network Operators' GroupTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon
• NOGUA – Network Operators Group of Ukraine Template:Flagicon
• UKNOF – United Kingdom Network Operators' Forum Template:Flagicon

Additional links

• The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre's (APNIC) list of NOGs in the Asia-Pacific region
• Bugest NOG list
• The Internet Society's (ISOC) development activities
• List of Internet exchange points
• The Network Startup Resource Center's Network Education and Training Calendar of Events, listing NOGs and their meeting dates
• NOG meeting dates and related Internet events
• RIPE NCC's NOG resource page
• Senki NOG list

See also

• Regional Internet registry
• Internet exchange point