Register for Internet Society Peering RoadShow India Edition on June 6

Registrations for the Internet Society’s Peering RoadShow – India Edition on June 6 are closing soon. If you haven’t registered yet, do so now. The event will feature a workshop on peering and interconnection, followed by a roundtable discussion on the state of interconnection in India.

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Following a recent consultation, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended an authorisation framework for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in the country. This includes regulatory obligations such as monitoring intrusions, attacks, and frauds in technical facilities; blocking websites and subscribers; and restrictions on operating in specific areas in India.

The ongoing discourse has revealed significant fault lines between telecom operators and other stakeholders in the ecosystem—especially around licensing, quality-of-service compliance, and peering arrangements. The event will explore a range of themes, including peering best practices, the current state of interconnection in India, and the impact of TRAI’s recent recommendations on IXP authorisation.

 Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 

Time: 10:30 AM – 04:30 PM

Venue: The LaLiT, New Delhi

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Updated Agenda and confirmed speakers:

• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Registration, Tea and Networking
• 11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Workshop on Peering
  • Gurshabad Grover, technologist and legal researcher
  • Hanna Kreitem, Director, Internet Technology and Development, Internet Society
  • Raunak Maheshwari, Executive Director, Extreme Labs

• 1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Lunch and Networking
• 2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Roundtable on Interconnection in India
  • Rahul Vatts, Chief Regulatory Officer, Bharti Airtel
  • Raunak Maheshwari, Executive Director, Extreme Labs
  • Debashish Bhattacharya. Sr. Dy. Director General, Broadband India Forum
  • Amrita Choudhury, Director, CCAOI
  • Anurag Bhatia, Network Researcher, Hurricane Electric
  • Ajai Kumar, Chief Information Security Officer, DE-CIX
• 4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tea

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

The following broad themes will be discussed during the event—

• What some of the practices in routing, traffic engineering, interconnection architecture, DNS, and network operations that the industry needs to adopt for better peering?
• How would licensing or regulatory oversight of IXPs affect Internet performance, costs, and user experience in India?
• What can India learn from international models of interconnection regulation, such as South Korea’s SPNP regulation?
• The role of NIXI, private IXPs, and CDNs in India’s Internet connectivity ecosystem
• Impact of additional IXP regulation on competition
• Should CDNs and IXPs be subjected to quality-of-service standards? If so, how can accountability be fairly distributed?
• How can content-to-content peering at IXPs foster innovation and reduce costs without compromising regulatory objectives?

Note: 

• Registration does not guarantee attendance. If you fit the mandate for the intended audience, we’ll send you a confirmation before June 6, 2025.
  Registrations close at 5:00 PM today.
• Your contact information will never be shared with anyone outside of MediaNama.

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