Korea Internet Neutral Exchange

Korea Internet Neutral eXchange
Full name Korea Internet Neutral eXchange
Abbreviation KINX
Founded 2000
Location  South Korea
Website Official website
KINX(Korea Internet Neutral eXchange)
Public
Traded as KRX: 093320
Industry Internet
Founded June 17, 2000
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Key people
 Sun-Young Lee
(CEO)
Revenue USD 32 million (2014)
Parent Gabia
Subsidiaries KGRID, A2Company
Website kinx.net

Korea Internet Neutral Exchange (KINX Inc.), the only carrier-neutral Internet exchange (IX) in South Korea, is a B2B company that specializes in Internet infrastructure. KINX provides Internet data center (IDC), Content Delivery Network (CDN), and Cloud computing services to customers.[1] The headquarters is in Seoul, South Korea. As of October 2014, KINX has 94 employees.

Services

IX(Internet exchange)

KINX operates a Layer 2-based Internet exchange in South Korea. Its data center is carrier-neutral, which means that domestic and international Internet Service Providers (ISP), as well as Content Providers (CPs), are independent of any network providers and could freely select their peering partners. KINX is expanding its international coverage by establishing Point of Presence (PoP) in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, United States.[2]

IDC(Internet data center)

KINX is currently operating four IDCs - all carrier-neutral - in and near the Seoul area.[3] Its IX participants include Daum-Kakao, whose popular messenger service KakaoTalk boasts more than 140 million users.[4]

CDN(Content delivery network)

KINX's CDN solution, based on peering with domestic and international ISPs, delivers contents in a fast and stable manner. It provides streaming, cache, and downloading services. Main customers of KINX’s solution are gaming companies, such as Com2uS and Neowiz Games, that need to deliver contents to end-users, and media outlets, such as the Korea Economic Daily and the Financial News, that provide real-time news updates to their audience.[5][6]

Cloud(Cloud computing)

In 2012, KINX introduced 'IXcloud', becoming the first Korean company to provide public cloud service that utilizes OpenStack. It also provides support for both public and private companies' efforts to establish private cloud service. Since 2011, KINX, in partnership with AppCenter, has provided cloud service to mobile web developers for free-of-charge. In 2014, KINX signed the MOU with NEOPLY, a program managed by Neowiz Games to support startups and to provide infrastructure for cloud service.[7][8]

History

In the early days of the Internet in South Korea, domestic Internet traffic had to go via overseas Internet exchange Points. As the demand for the Internet rose dramatically, the government had to find a way to address the network’s low quality and rising costs; furthermore, they were particularly concerned with the rapid rise in volume of Internet traffic. With these issues in mind, NCA(National Computerization Agency) established the Korea Internet eXchange (KIX), the first IX in South Korea. Due to various circumstances, however, NCA privatized KIX. In December 1996, Korea Telecom (now KT Corporation) began operating Korea Telecom Internet eXchange (KTIX), and Dacom (now LG Uplus) founded Dacom Internet eXchange (DIX). Rather than solving problems, KTIX and DIX brought out other challenges such as the rising service charges IX customers had to pay. In 1998, to address these issues, 16 ISPs, excluding KT and Dacom, hosted the 'Korea Internet Interconnection Conference', which led to the establishment of Korea Internet Neutral eXchange (KINX) in June 2000.[9][10]

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2000s

2010s

See also


References

  1. ↑ "알아봅시다 IX 코로케이션". Digital Times. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "케이아이엔엑스, 홍콩POP 개설 후 해외 IX서비스 추진". Edaily. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "가비아, 자회사 KINX 상장 추진". Money Today. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "카카오톡 IDC 운영사, 클라우드 서비스 본격화". Digital Daily. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Case of Download Services". KINX. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Case of Streaming Services". KINX. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "모바일 앱 개발에 클라우드 서버 무상 제공". Digital Daily. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "네오플라이, 케이아이엔엑스와 스타트업 지원 MOU 체결". Electronic Times. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ↑ ""회원사와 윈윈모델 만들겠다"... 김병렬 KINX 신임사장". Inews24. 12 January 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "(주)KINX... '선진 중립서비스'로 IX시장 재편 나서". The Korea Economic Daily. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

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