[see-regional] BHIX = Bosnia and Herzegovina IXP = opening soon!

Dear all,

I'm happy to share the news I got from Emir Beganovic,
about the BHIX (Bosnia and Herzegovina IXP) opening soon!

Regards,
Vesna


This is what Emir Beganovic, founder of BHIX initiative, let me know:

> I am glad that it is finally done after 8 years of me as a student
> speaking about the idea, and then it getting traction now.

In the end, as it goes, all really positive things that occurred in a a
relatively short timespan:

- IGF (Internet Governance Forum) meeting was held in December last
year, mentioning importance of IXP
(http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3568/979)

- a really nice Minister from the Ministry of Communications & Transport
understands the importance of IXP

- NIC in Bosnia and Herzegovina gets selected as neutral point

- three biggest providers gather together, as they have ever-growing
traffic, and IXP makes sense for them

- NIC managed to sign a founding Memorandum with three ISPs

- 4G is finally coming to the country this year after so many
unreasonable delays and law changes!

Name is BHNIX, website will be available at bhnix.ba, nothing there yet
except a default placeholder, but it should be a main page for all the
news and statistics in future.

Looking forward to see changes in the matrix at

http://sg-pub.ripe.net/emile/ixp-country-jedi/latest/BA/geopath/index.html

:-)


Here is the official news statement in Bosnian, use Google Translate:
http://www.utic.unsa.ba/2018/04/17/memorandum-o-uspostavljanju-prve-neutralne-tacke-za-razmjenu-internetskog-saobracaja-u-bosni-i-hercegovini/


All the best,
Emir