Taiwan Peering Scene
Chief Telecom – William Lu
7,500
2006
1,480
349
2011
2016
Who is William Lu?
• Chief Telecom 2005-now
AKA- Taiwan IDC Little Prince
– Form Global sales team. PM for expansion of HD 10MW IDC. Supporting
more than 50 carries, ICPs, enterprises setting POP in Taiwan.
– Found TPIX and major stake-holder for TPIX service.
• SingTel 2004-2005
– Channel Manager for all Taiwan Type I, Type II operators for all SingTel
products.
• CQi 2003-2004
– Develop SmartCabinet integrates UPS/battery, A/C, EMS and security in
one cabinet. And, develop smart center for energy saving.
• Chief Telecom 1999-2003
– Witnessing Taiwan Telecom Liberation and responsible for PM/ Sales for
first comers’ (MCI WorldCom, Equant) Taiwan POP and LLC one-stopservice. In charge of Chief TF IDC (3MW), LY IDC(10MW) and HD (3MW).
Who is Chief Telecom?
Chief Telecom- founded in January 1991.
• Biggest carrier neutral IDC in Taiwan with over 360,000 sqft floor space and 30MW
capacity in 3 IDC buildings.
• The 1st and #1 IDC to customize-build and lease IDC to Global Carriers, ICPs, CDNs,
ECs and Enterprises.
• Services: IDC/ Telehouse, VoIP E.164, Global MPLS VPN (more than 30 PoPs in
China), IPLC, Taiwan domestic LLC, VPN, Internet, Cloud , Company Registration and
Telecom License Application.
• Operate the only Neutral/ Open Internet Exchange in Taiwan- TPIX.
• Acquired by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) in 2006.
• Certified ISO 27001 and ISO 27011 since 2011.
This is Chief.
Not Chung Hwa.
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Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
IXs in Taiwan
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
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1912-1932 Ministry on Communication Telecom Policy Division
1932-2006 DGT (Directorate General of Telecommunications )
2006-now NCC (National Communications Commission)
1996 3 Laws of Telecom- DGT/ CHT/ Telecom Laws, Type I and Type II License Opened
1998 TWM (GSM), FET(GSM)
1999 TWNIC, TWIA founded
2000 Submarine License Opened (Special Type I)
TFN (Type I), EBT (Type I),
2001 NCIC (Type I), EBT founded APBW (3G)
ISR, VoIP License Opened
2002 3G License Opened
2003 MVNO License
2004 EBT changes name to APBT(APTG)
2006 CHT invested in Chief Telecom
2007 TWM merge TFN
APT merge APBW
2008 TWM merge TTN
2009 NCIC merge SeedNet (Digital united)
2010 TWM merge Kbro (#2 MSO)
FET merge NCIC
2011 APT merge APOL
2014 Foxconn merge APT
2016 APT merge TBC (#3 MSO)
2016 FET merge KBT(#1 MSO)
Major Telecom ISP AS# Groups
• CHT Group– HiNet 3462, TWGate 9505, emome(CHT mobile) 17421, HINETUSA
9680, HINET-IPV6-TW 17419
• TWM Group– TFN 9924, TWM 24158, Kbro 38841, TTN 4747
• FET Group– NCIC 9919, FET 9674, SeedNet 4780, KGEx 9918, KBT 9416,
• APT Group- APOL 7842, EBT 17709,
• Government– TANet 1659+ ASNet 9264+TWAREN 4782
– NTU, NCTU 9916
– GSN 4782
• CHIEF– Chief 10133, Abovenet TW 17408, Unigate 9831
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Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
IXs in Taiwan
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
Government Role- NCC
• NCC (National Communications Commission)
• Web: http://www.ncc.gov.tw/english
• Established on February 22, 2006, National Communications Commission
(NCC) is the authority responsible for regulating telecommunications and
broadcasting services.
• The four policy goals of the NCC are (1) promote the sound development
of communications, (2) safeguard the rights of the people, (3) protect the
interests of consumers, and (4) raise multicultural diversity. These four
policy goals constitute the administrative principles of NCC.
• The four administrative beliefs of the NCC are (1) independence, (2)
responsibility, (3) balance, (4) maximum benefits for the public. The NCC
carries out the four policy goals in accordance with its administrative
beliefs. Together, they make up the administrative framework of NCC.
Government Role- NCC
• Type I: Total 77 operators
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4 General Type I- CHT, TWM, NCIC(FET), APT
66 local cable Providers (Multiple-System Operator MSO)
5 3G operators- CHT, TWM, FET, APT, T-star
4 Submarines- GCX (FNAL), TIGC (TSE1), Telstra(EAC, C2C),
PCCW (RNAL)
– 4 satellite providers
• Type II: Total 432 operators
– 221 Internet Access Licenses
– 4- E.164 VoIP Licenses (Chief is #1)
Government Role- NCC
Tariff Control
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According to Type I Tariff Regulation, Service Charge adjustment shall follow the following formula:
[(Pt － Pt-1) ÷Pt-1] ×100% ≦ (△CPI － X)
Each X is valid for 3years
Since 2000, X=CPI
2007 ADSL X=5.35%, Voice X=4.88%, Peering X= 0
2010 ADSL, Peering X=4.816%; Voice X=5%
2013 till now X=5.1749%
Paid Peering Price
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Before 1995 not sure…
1995 NTD7,500($250)/Mbps
2009 NTD1,500($50)(<500M); 3000($100)(>500M)
2009 April TWM refuse to pay CHT peering, CHT limit TWM peering to 2G, 5M users impacted
2009 Aug. NTD1,480
2012 NCC tried to intervene Peering Price and push for CHT/ TWM/ FET free peering
2012 NTD1,480->NTD900->NTD600
2013 NTD600->NTD540
2014 NTD540-> NTD430->NTD411
2015 NTD411->NTD394
2016 NTD394->NTD349 (NOW)
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
• NCC will continuously using X value to push HiNet and all ISP
lower their tariff. ARPU and Margin Rate will decrease.
• ISP’s traffic with HiNet• #1 Chief 64G, #2 TANET 53G, #3 TWM 51G, # 4 FET 41G, # 5 GSN 36G, (2015
Q4 by TWNIC)
• Total traffic to MSO is around 200G @200K/user*1M users• #1 Kbro(60G), #2 KBT(50G), #3 TBC(40G), #4 TINP(10G).
• International bandwidth from TW is 1,611G in total.
• USA 845G, Japan 207G, HK 220G, China 180G, SG 30G, Korea 14G, Phillipines
10G (Q4 2015 by TWNIC)
• International bandwidth• HiNet 856G, TWGATE 161G, TFN 158G (Q4 2015 by TWNIC)
Distribution of Telecom Revenue by Services in 2014
Note 1: Total revenue of telecom services reached NTD377 billion in 2014.
Note 2: 4G service has been provided since May 2014.
Source: National Communications Commission
MOD-Multimedia on Demand
CHT’s IPTV service
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Data Communication Revenue - as proportion of
Total Telecom Revenue
Note : The items of data communication revenue include revenue of mobile data service, internet service, value-added
services and leased circuit service.
Source: National Communications Commission
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Mobile Data Service Revenue - as proportion of
Total Mobile Revenue
Note : Total revenue of telecom services includes revenue of 4G service; mobile data service revenue includes revenue of
WAP, GPRS, SMS, WBA, PHS and 3G data service, but excluded 4G data service revenue.
Source: National Communications Commission
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Telecom Subscribers by Services
Note 1: Mobile cellular subscribers added subscriptions of WBA from 2010, and 4G from 2014.
Note 2: Mobile Broadband subscribers refers to subscribers of 3G and 4G who can access the internet and WBA.
Note 3: Fixed Broadband subscribers refers to subscribers of ADSL, FTTx, Cable Modem, Leased Line and PWLAN.
Source: National Communications Commission
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Telecom Services Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Note 1: Mobile cellular subscribers added subscription of WBA from 2010, and 4G from 2014.
Note 2: Mobile Broadband subscribers refers to subscribers of 3G and 4G who can access the internet and WBA.
Note 3: Fixed Broadband subscribers refers to subscribers of ADSL, FTTx, Cable Modem, Leased Line and PWLAN.
Source: National Communications Commission
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Fixed Broadband Subscribers -by Technologies
2015
1.25
3.26
1.16
Note: “others” include the subscribers of PWLAN, Leased Line.
Source: National Communications Commission
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Internet access via 3G and 4G mobile networks
835
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709
2015.8
Source: National Communications Commission
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) of Mobile Services
Note: ARPU of mobile phone refers to total amount of mobile phone revenue per month divided by the number of mobile phone
subscribers
Source: National Communications Commission
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WWW server growth
Source: TWNIC
Internet Host
2015.12
2015.10
2015.08
2015.06
2015.04
2015.02
2014.12
2014.10
2014.08
2014.06
2014.04
2014.02
2013.12
2013.10
2013.08
2013.06
2013.04
2013.02
2012.12
2012.10
2012.08
2012.06
2012.04
2012.02
2011.12
2011.10
2011.08
2011.06
2011.04
2011.02
Source: TWNIC
.org.tw
.gov.tw
.edu.tw
.com.tw
.net.tw
21,000,000
19,000,000
17,000,000
15,000,000
13,000,000
11,000,000
Number of .tw Domain Names
.tw Domain Name
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
.tw
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Source: TWNIC
Agenda
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Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
IXs in Taiwan
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
IXs in Taiwan- TWIX (HiNet)
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TWIX: http://www.twix.net/
Members: 23 Traffic : 40G
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Qualifications:
1.with Type II telecommunications license issued by DGT (Directorate General of
Telecommunications) or special permission license from the case of Ministry of
Transportation and Communications.
2.with legal IP addresses assigned directly by NIC or an ISP with NIC delegation.
3.with a legal AS number assigned directly by NIC.
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Quoted by a senior Type I Peering Manager : “99% of TWIX’s function is for connecting with
HiNet”
IXs in Taiwan- TWIX (by HiNet)
• Member List
IXs in Taiwan- TWIX (by HiNet)
http://www.cht.com.tw/enterprise/iib-rate.html
Rate
Item
Price (NTD/USD)
Monthly rent fee for racks (Remark 1)
FE/GE
Monthly rent fee for ports
TWIX
Monthly Maintenance
fee for ISP circuits XC
Monthly
Maintenance
Fee for ISP
Interconnections
HiNet
11,000/ 333
20,000/ 606
10GE
120,000/ 3,636
T1
3,000/ 100
T3 or above
10,000/ 303
FE
5,000/ 151
STM-1 or above
10,000/ 303
Public Peering
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Private Peering (Remark 2)
NTD349(USD10.6)/ M
Remark 1. The specification of one rack is 19 inches in width, 7U (about 30 cm.) in height,
85 cm in depth, and with 6A/110V power supply.
Remark 2. ISP Public Peering Bandwidth shall be 1/3 of the paid bandwidth between
each party. If there is no paid bandwidth or the 1/3 of the paid bandwidth is
less then 100Mbps, the Public Peering Bandwidth shall be limited to
100Mbps.
IXs in Taiwan- TWIX (HiNet Free Peering???)
Item
ISP : HiNet
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Taiwan Domestic Main POP Trunk Int’l Peering
POP#
Capacity
B/W
>1:3
>1:4
>1:3
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Traffic Ratio
(Inbound)
<1:2
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Traffic Volume
ISP : HiNet
>622M
# IP Address
>1:3
Remark: If all 6 conditions of free peering are met, the ASN for
free peering will be negotiated separately.
IXs in Taiwan- TPIX (by Chief)
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TPIX: http://www.tpix.net.tw/
Members: 20 Traffic : 29.5G
Traffic
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Qualifications:
NO
• Our Goal: Becoming the No 1 IX in Taiwan in 2016
IXs in Taiwan- TPIX (by Chief)
• Member List
We are welcoming:
HE(AS6939)/Cloudflare(13335)/ Akamai(20940)/ HYA(131602)(MSO) / DCTV
(MSO)/ Abovenet-TW-iQiyi Video(17651)
IXs in Taiwan- TPIX (by Chief)
$500/GE
$2,000/10G
IXs in Taiwan- EBIX (by APT)
• EBIX- http://www.ebix.net.tw/index.html
– Operated by APT
– Member- unknown,
– Traffic:
Item
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12.1
12.2
13.1
13.2
13.3
Service
Cache & Casting Domestic
Cache & Casting International
OTC
1/4Rack
Transit FE
Transit GE
Peering FE
Peering 1/3 GE
Peering GE
14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4
15.1
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ISP Circuit XC
ISP interconnection
Unit
Mb/Month
Mb/Month
set
unit/Month
port/Month
port/Month
port/Month
port/Month
port/Month
T1/Month
T3/Month
Charge(NTD/USD)
Case by case
Case by case
1,500/45
6,000/181
3,000/90
5,000/151
60,000/1,818
168,000/5,090
424,000/12,848
2,400/72
8,000/242
STM-1/Month
8,000/242
STM-4/Month
FE /Month
GE /Month
Case by case
4,000/121
8,000/242
IXs in Taiwan- TWNAP (by Savecom)
• TWNAP- http://www.savecom.net.tw/Nap.htm
– Operated by Savecom who used to be Pager SP
and now an ISR enterprise voice provider.
– Member- unknown,
– Traffic: NO
– Tariff: No
Agenda
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Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
IXs in Taiwan
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Global T1 Carriers
Global T1 Carriers
CHT
TWIX
TWM
FET
Chief
APT
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Mobile
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MSOs
Type 2 ISPs
Global ICP
CDN
TPIX
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Local ICP
Schools/ Gov.
Agenda
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Taiwan Telecom Development Mile Stones
Taiwan Telecom Market Status
IXs in Taiwan
Taiwan ISP Interconnection, Peering Status
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
Future of Taiwan Telecom Market
• New government DPP- USA > China
• Paid Peering Price continuously drop by 5-10%
annually.
• Chief will build its 1st flr from office to IDC with
600KW capacity.
• TPIX- Needs your help!
– Taiwan is one of the countries with most New Tech.,
heavy users.
– You can help Taiwan IP Environment healthier, help ISPs
getting direct peering opportunities, and avoid paying
unreasonable charges.
Please come to Taiwan, set your PoP at the biggest
Carrier Neutral IDC, Join TPIX and ask your Peers to Peer
at TPIX.
Welcome to Taiwan!!!
http://www.tpix.com.tw
http://www.chief.com.tw
https://www.facebook.com/chieftelecom/
https://www.facebook.com/williamluyau
William_lu@chief.com.tw