Internet network operators' groups (NOGs) are informal, country-based, or regional groups that exist to provide forums for Internet network operators to discuss matters of mutual interest, usually through a combination of mailing lists and annual conferences. Although these groups have no formal power, their members are typically influential members of the Internet service provider (ISP), Internet exchange point (IXP), regional Internet registry (RIR), operational security community, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) operations, Domain Name System (DNS) and root zone operations, and other network operations communities, and discussions within these groups are often influential in the overall process of ensuring the Internet remains operational, robust, secure, and stable. They also allow networking professionals and other members of the research and technical communities to update each other on their work, share news and updates, exchange best practices, discuss new technologies or protocols, teach and learn from each other, network with other members of the community, and discuss current network- and Internet-related issues and challenges.

List of Internet network operators' groups

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Global Scope[a]

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  • GNA – Global NOG Alliance  

Africa

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The Americas

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Latin America and the Caribbean

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Northern America

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  • NANOG – North American Network Operators' Group
  • ABQNOG – Albuquerque Network Operators' Group  
  • CHI-NOG – Chicago Network Operators' Group  
  • NYNOG – New York Network Operators' Group  
  • MBNOG – Manitoba Network Operators' Group  
  • MTLNOG – Montreal Network Operators' Group  

Asia and Oceania

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Asia-Pacific

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Regional NOGs
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  • PacNOG – The Pacific Network Operators' Group
  • SANOG – South Asia Network Operators' Group
Specific NOGs
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  • AFNOG - Afghanistan Network Operators Group  
  • AusNOG – Australia Network Operators' Group  
  • BdNOG – Bangladesh Network Operators' Group  
  • btNOG – Bhutan Network Operators' Group  
  • CNNOG Archived 2022-05-01 at the Wayback Machine – China Network Operators' Group  
  • HKNOG – Hong Kong Network Operators' Group  
  • IDNOG – Indonesia Network Operators' Group  
  • INNOG – India Network Operators' Group  
  • JANOG – Japan Network Operators' Group  
  • KHNOG - Cambodia Network Operators' Group  
  • KRNOG - South Korea Network Operators' Group  
  • LANOG - Lao Network Operators' Group  
  • LKNOG - Lanka Network Operators' Group  
  • MyNOG – Malaysia Network Operators' Group  
  • MMNOG Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine – Myanmar Network Operators' Group  
  • MNNOG – Mongolian Network Operators' Group  
  • NPNOG – Nepal Network Operators' Group  
  • NZNOG – New Zealand Network Operators' Group  
  • PANOG Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine – Pakistan Network Operators' Group  
  • PHNOG – Philippines Network Operators' Group  
  • PNGNOG - Papua New Guinea Network Operators' Group  
  • SGNOG – Singapore Network Operators' Group  
  • ThaiNOG – Thailand Network Operators' Group  
  • TWNOG – Taiwan Network Operators' Group  
  • VNIX-NOG – Vietnam Network Operators' Group  
Additional Asia-Pacific technical networking and peering communities
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  • APIX – The Asian Community for Internet Exchange Points
  • APOPS – The Asia Pacific Operators Forum
  • APRICOT – The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
  • APIAP – The Asia Pacific Internet Association
  • APIPv6TF – The Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force

Middle East

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  • MENOG – Middle East Network Operators' Group
  • IRNOG – Iranian Internet Network Operators' Group - (گروه گردانندگان شبکه اینترنت ایران - ایرناگ)  
  • TRNOG – Turkish Network Operators' Group (Türkiye Network Operatörleri Grubu)  

Europe

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  • CSNOG – Czech and Slovak Network Operators Group  
  • CEE Peering Days – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Peering Days
  • ENOG – Eurasia Network Operators' Group (Russian Federation, CIS, and Eastern Europe)   — suspended by RIPE community
  • European Internet Exchange Association – Euro-IX (the European community for IXPs)
  • NORDNOG Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine – Nordic Network Operators' Group[d]
  • RIPERéseaux IP Européens Network
  • SEE – South East Europe / RIPE NCC regional meeting
  • ALNOG – Albanian Network Operators' Group  
  • ATNOG – Austrian Network Operators' Group  
  • BHNOG – Bosnia and Herzegovina Network Operators' Group  
  • BENOG – Belgium Network Operators' Group  
  • NOG.BG – Bulgarian Network Operations' Group  
  • DKNOG – Danish Network Operators' Group  
  • ESNOG – Spanish Network Operators' Group  
  • nog.fi – Network Operators' Group of Finland[e]  
  • FRnOG – France Network Operators' Group  
  • DENOG – German Network Operators' Group  
  • GRnOG – Greece Network Operators' Group  
  • HUNOG – Hungarian Network Operators' Group  
  • GTER – Spain Network Operators' Group (Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles, ESNOG)  
  • ITNOG – Italian Network Operators' Group  
  • iNOG – Ireland Network Operators' Group  
  • LINX[f]  
  • NLNOG – Netherlands Network Operators' Group  
  • NONOG – Norwegian Network Operators' Group  
  • PLNOG – Polish Network Operators' Group  
  • PTNOG – Portuguese Network Operators' Group  
  • RSNOG – Republic of Serbia Network Operators' Group  
  • RONOG – Romania Network Operators' Group  
  • SINOG – Slovenia Network Operators' Group  
  • SOF – Swedish Operators' Forum  
  • SwiNOG – Swiss Network Operators' Group  
  • HRNOG – Croatian Network Operators' Group[g]  
  • NOGUA – Network Operators Group of Ukraine  
  • UKNOF – United Kingdom Network Operators' Forum  
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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The 'Global Scope' section lists Orgs which support NOGs (Network Operators' Groups) & tech communities around the world; while amplifying the voice of Network Operators, identifying and fixing common operational problems.
  2. ^ cmNOG's Mailing List — https://lists.cmnog.cm/mailman/listinfo/cmnog/
  3. ^ MaliNOG's Mailing List — https://malinog.ml/mailman/listinfo/list_malinog.ml
  4. ^ inactive as of 8 February 2016
  5. ^ The NOG's activities, in Finland were previously, unofficially, organised by TREX Workshops; starting in 2009 [1] until 2018. In 2019 these gatherings were renamed nog.fi meetings...
  6. ^ The London Internet Exchange is not strictly a NOG, but this IXP also helps coordinate the UK ISP community
  7. ^ HRNOG's Mailing List — https://nog.hr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hrnog-members

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