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

Global Scope

  • – Global NOG Alliance

Africa

African Regional NOGs

  • – Africa Network Operators' Group

Central African NOGs

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Central African Country NOGs

Eastern African NOGs

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Eastern African Country NOGs

Northern African NOGs

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Northern African Country NOGs

  • – Sudan Network Operators' Group Sudan

Southern African NOGs

  • – Southern African Network Operators' Group

Southern African Country NOGs

Western African NOGs

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Western African Country NOGs

  • – Ghana Network Operators' Group Ghana
  • – Malian Network Operators' Group Mali
  • – Nigerian Network Operators' Group Nigeria
  • - Senegal Network Operations Group Senegal

Additional African technical networking and peering communities

  • & – AFRINIC Service Region Meetings
  • AFRINIC – African Network Information Centre
  • – African Community for IXPs

The Americas

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • – Caribbean Network Operators' Group
  • LAC-IX – Latin America & Caribbean Community for IXPs
  • – Latin American & Caribbean Region Network Operators' Group
  • – Ecuador Network Operators' Group Ecuador
  • – Argentina Network Operators' Group Argentina
  • 2017-06-26 at the Wayback Machine – Chile Network Operators' Group Chile
  • – Bolivia Network Operators' Group Bolivia
  • – Brasil Peering Forum Brazil
  • – Colombia Network Operators' Group Colombia

Northern America

Asia and Oceania

Asia-Pacific

Regional NOGs

  • – Asia Pacific Network Operators Group
  • – The Pacific Network Operators' Group
  • – South Asia Network Operators' Group

Specific NOGs

Additional Asia-Pacific technical networking and peering communities

  • APIX – The Asian Community for Internet Exchange Points
  • – The Asia Pacific Operators Forum
  • – The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
  • – The Asia Pacific Internet Association
  • 2016-11-27 at the Wayback Machine – The Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force

Middle East

  • – Middle East Network Operators' Group
  • – Iranian Internet Network Operators' Group - (گروه گردانندگان شبکه اینترنت ایران - ایرناگ) Iran
  • – Turkish Network Operators' Group (Türk Network Operatörleri Grubu) Turkey

Europe

  • – Czech and Slovak Network Operators Group Czech Republic
  • – Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Peering Days
  • – Eurasia Network Operators' Group (Russian Federation, CIS, and Eastern Europe) Russia — suspended by RIPE community
  • European Internet Exchange Association – Euro-IX (the European community for IXPs)
  • NORDNOG 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine – Nordic Network Operators' Group
  • RIPE – Réseaux IP Européens Network
  • – South East Europe / RIPE NCC regional meeting
  • – Albanian Network Operators' Group Albania
  • – Austrian Network Operators' Group Austria
  • – Baltic States Network Operators' Group Lithuania Latvia Estonia
  • – Bosnia and Herzegovina Network Operators' Group Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • – Belgium Network Operators' Group Belgium
  • – Bulgarian Network Operations' Group Bulgaria
  • – Danish Network Operators' Group Denmark
  • – Spanish Network Operators' Group Spain
  • – Network Operators' Group of Finland Finland
  • – France Network Operators' Group France
  • – German Network Operators' Group Germany
  • – Greece Network Operators' Group Greece
  • – Hungarian Network Operators' Group Hungary
  • – Spain Network Operators' Group (Grupo de Operadores de Red Españoles, ESNOG) Spain
  • – Italian Network Operators' Group Italy
  • – Ireland Network Operators' Group Republic of Ireland
  • LINX United Kingdom
  • – Netherlands Network Operators' Group Netherlands
  • – Norwegian Network Operators' Group Norway
  • – Polish Network Operators' Group Poland
  • – Portuguese Network Operators' Group Portugal
  • – Republic of Serbia Network Operators' Group Serbia
  • – Romania Network Operators' Group Romania
  • – Slovenia Network Operators' Group Slovenia
  • – Swedish Operators' Forum Sweden
  • SwiNOG – Swiss Network Operators' Group Switzerland
  • 2023-01-25 at the Wayback Machine – Croatian Network Operators' Group Croatia
  • – Network Operators Group of Ukraine Ukraine
  • UKNOF – United Kingdom Network Operators' Forum United Kingdom

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