News

October 2, 2020
MSK-IX is 25 years old
MSK-IX is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In 1995, representatives of seven providers signed an agreement to create a platform for exchanging IP traffic to unite the Russian internet segment, and in November 1995, the first hub of the Moscow Internet eXchange opened at the M9 telephone station.

September 18, 2020
MSK-IX platforms adapted for market players’ tasks
The msk-ix.ru website is beginning the new business season in a new format. Now it will be easier for participants in the telecommunications market to interact with MSK-IX multiservice platforms.

September 8, 2020
DNS is a valuable source of information about websites and domains
The second day of TLDCON 2020 opened with the session “Internet analytics using DNS,” co-hosted by Yelena Voronina, MSK-IX Director General, and Alexei Rogdev, Director General of the Technical Center of Internet. Session participants included Alain Durand (ICANN), Alexei Lukatsky (Cisco), Pavel Khramtsov (MSK-IX), Quoc-Anh Pham (GoDaddyRegistry) and Alexander Venedyukhin (Technical Center of Internet).

September 7, 2020
The TLDCON 2020 conference has opened
Yelena Voronina: DNS location must be as close to the customer as possible.

July 6, 2020
Internet of the future in "lucky" issue of Internet Inside
The 13th issue of Internet Inside came out in June

May 29, 2020
Yelena Voronina, Pavel Khramtsov receive presidential awards
MSK-IX executives were honored for their longstanding efforts and achievements in shaping and developing the internet in Russia.

April 22, 2020
MSK-IX Helps Internet Companies Cope With Rapid Burden
From March 17 to April 22, MSK-IX held a promotion MSK-IX vs. COVID-19 in support of internet companies and telecom operators who were faced with a sharp increase in user load. Each contacting MSK-IX participant got the opportunity to use an additional 10G, 40G or 100G port on any peer-to-peer VLANe in a free test mode for a period of 3 months from the moment of connection.

March 31, 2020
Internet traffic peak hit on March 30
MSK-IX recorded the record maximum of 4Tbit/sec of traffic at Internet eXchange at 19:35, Moscow time. The networks still have reserves for the increasing burden.

January 28, 2020
MSK-IX launches new logo for its Medialogistics project at CSTB.TELECOM&MEDIA 2020
On January 28, the CSTB.TELECOM&MEDIA 2020 exhibition kicked off in Moscow, with MSK-IX Medialogistics taking part and launching a new project logo.

December 5, 2019
Yelena Voronina: «There is high demand for cloud services and IP networks among users, businesses and government»
The 15th MSK-IX Peering Forum took place on December 5 at the World Trade Center in Moscow. More than 1,000 people registered for the event, including speakers and special guests.

October 21, 2019
MSK-IX introduces BGP Large Community
MSK-IX has introduced support of BGP Large Community attributes at its Route Server. This technology is user-friendly and easy to deploy and scale, and it helps today’s businesses achieve their objectives quickly and efficiently.

October 9, 2019
Registration is open for the MSK-IX Peering Forum 2019
Registration for the MSK-IX Peering Forum 2019 is now open. The Forum is the annual meeting of customers, partners and friends of MSK-IX to be held on December 5, 2019 in the Congress Hall of the World Trade Center.