Skopje · North Macedonia
PeeringDB records one internet exchange in Skopje, IXP.mk, with 17 participants, and four colocation facilities holding eight networks between them. Neotel DC Skopje reports the most, three. No mobile ASN is attached to the exchange, so an address geolocating to Skopje reflects an operator's registration rather than a device sitting in the city.
Internet exchanges in Skopje
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
IXP.mk Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering - IXP.mk | 17 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Neotel DC Skopje | 3 | Kuzman Josifovski Pitu 15 |
| Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering | 2 | "Rugjer Boshkovikj" 16 P.O. Box 393 |
| Telesmart DC Skopje | 2 | Bul. Kiro Gligorov 4 Bul. Nikola Parapunov bb |
| Ss. Cyril and Methodius University - Rectorate | 1 | blvd. Goce Delcev 9 |
What a Skopje IP address tells you
IXP.mk is the only exchange PeeringDB lists in Skopje, and its 17 participants account for the whole of the city's recorded peering population. The registry files it under the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, which also appears as a facility with two networks. Colocation carries eight networks across four buildings: Neotel DC Skopje with three, the Faculty and Telesmart DC Skopje with two each, and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University - Rectorate with one. No carrier ASN is recorded at IXP.mk, and the carrier data behind this page holds no Macedonian mobile operator, so no mobile network shows as peering here.
An address that a database places in Skopje need not be a device in Skopje. Operators announce blocks from a registry record that carries one address for an entire allocation, and mobile traffic leaves a network through a small number of gateways that can sit far from the subscriber. Geolocation providers read the operator's own published location and repeat it, so a connection from anywhere in North Macedonia can resolve to Skopje in a lookup while the handset never came near the exchange or the four facilities on record.
Someone checking an address learns more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from the city field. The ASN says which network announced the block, and the netname says how that network chose to describe it, including whether the range is set aside for mobile subscribers. Neither tells you the traffic passed through IXP.mk or any of the four listed buildings. The 17 participants and eight facility networks describe where peering is documented in Skopje, not where a given address sits.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Skopje?
PeeringDB lists one, IXP.mk, recorded under the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, with 17 participants. No second exchange appears for the city. Networks that peer privately inside a colocation facility rather than at the exchange are not counted in that figure.
Do North Macedonia mobile carriers peer in Skopje?
The registry attaches no carrier ASNs to IXP.mk, and no Macedonian mobile operator appears in the carrier data behind this page. That is silence in the record rather than evidence that mobile networks exchange no traffic in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Skopje mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the address block's registration and the operator's published location, not from the device itself. A subscriber elsewhere in North Macedonia can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered in Skopje and will appear there in any database copying that record.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants