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

Global Scope & Supporting Network Operator Groups (NOGs) & tech communities around the world, amplifying the voice of Network Operators, and identifying and fixing common operational problems

• GNA – Global NOG Alliance

Africa

• Af-IX – African Community for IXPs
• AfNOG – Africa Network Operators' Group
• SAFNOG – Southern African Network Operators' Group
• KZNNOG – Kwazulu Natal Network Operators' Group
• AONOG – Angola Network Operators' Group
• cmNOG – Cameroonian Network Operators' Group
• CGNOG – Congo Network Operators' Group
• ghNOG – Ghana Network Operators' Group
• ngNOG – Nigerian Network Operators' Group
• RWNOG – Rwanda Network Operators' Group
• SnNOG - Senegal Network Operations Group
• SdNOG – Sudan Network Operators' Group
• tzNOG – Tanzania Network Operators' Group
• SomNOG - Somalia Network Operators' Group
• ugNOG - Uganda Network Operators' Group
• AFRINIC – African Network Information Centre
• AIS & AFRINIC Regional Meetings – AFRINIC Regional 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
• ArNOG – Argentina Network Operators' Group
• NOG Chile – Chile Network Operators' Group
• NOG Bolivia – Bolivia Network Operators' Group

Northern America

• NANOG – North American Network Operators' Group
• CHI-NOG – Chicago Network Operators' Group
• NYNOG – New York Network Operators' Group
• MBNOG – Manitoba Network Operators' Group
• MTLNOG – Montreal Network Operators' Group

Asia and Oceania

Asia-Pacific

• PacNOG – The Pacific Network Operators' Group
• SANOG – South Asia Network Operators' Group
• AusNOG – Australia Network Operators' Group
• BdNOG – Bangladesh Network Operators' Group
• btNOG – Bhutan Network Operators' Group
• CNNOG – China Network Operators' Group
• HKNOG – Hong Kong Network Operators' Group
• INNOG – India Network Operators' Group
• IDNOG – Indonesia Network Operators' Group
• JANOG – Japan Network Operators' Group
• LKNOG - Lanka Network Operators' Group
• MyNOG – Malaysia Network Operators' Group
• MMNOG – Myanmar Network Operators' Group
• MNNOG – Mongolian Network Operators' Group
• NPNOG – Nepal Network Operators' Group
• PANOG – Pakistan Network Operators' Group
• PHNOG – Philippines Network Operators' Group
• SGNOG – Singapore Network Operators' Group
• THNOG – Thailand Network Operators' Group
• NZNOG – New Zealand Network Operators' Group

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 – The Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force

Middle East

• MENOG – Middle East Network Operators' Group

• IRNOG – Iranian Network Operators' Group - (گروه گردانندگان شبکه ایران - ایرناگ)
• TRNOG – Turkish Network Operators' Group (Türkiye Network Operatörleri Grubu)

Europe

• CSNOG – Czech and Slovak Network Operators Group
• CEE Peering Days – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Peering Days
• ENOG – Eurasia Network Operators' Group (Russian Federation, CIS, and Eastern Europe)
• European Internet Exchange Association – Euro-IX (the European community for IXPs)
• NORDNOG – Nordic Network Operators' Group
• RIPE – Réseaux IP Européens Network
• SEE – South East Europe / RIPE NCC regional meeting
• ALNOG – Albanian Network Operators' Group
• ATNOG – Austrian Network Operators' Group
• BENOG – Belgium Network Operators' Group
• NOG.BG – Bulgarian Network Operations' Group
• DKNOG – Danish Network Operators' Group
• ESNOG – Spanish Network Operators' Group
• TREX Workshops – Finland Network Operators' Group
• FRnOG – France Network Operators' Group
• DENOG – German Network Operators' Group
• GRnOG – Greece Network Operators' Group
• GTER – Spain Network Operators' Group (Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles, ESNOG)
• ITNOG – Italian Network Operators' Group
• iNOG – Ireland Network Operators' Group
• LINX
• NLNOG – Netherlands Network Operators' Group
• NONOG – Norwegian Network Operators' Group
• PLNOG – Polish Network Operators' Group
• PTNOG – Portuguese Network Operators' Group
• RSNOG – Republic of Serbia Network Operators' Group
• RONOG – Romania Network Operators' Group
• SINOG – Slovenia Network Operators' Group
• SOF – Swedish Operators' Forum
• SwiNOG – Swiss Network Operators' Group
• UANOG – Ukraine Network Operators' Group
• UKNOF – United Kingdom Network Operators' Forum

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