Kiev · Ukraine
PeeringDB files six exchanges under the Kiev spelling, 453 participants in total. DTEL-IX is the best connected with 203, ahead of UA-IX on 152 and GNM-IX UA on 57. No colocation facility is recorded under this name. All three Ukrainian mobile operators peer at DTEL-IX, which still does not fix where a Kiev address sits.
Internet exchanges in Kiev
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 |
|---|---|---|
DTEL-IX Digital Telecom Internet Exchange | 203 | |
UA-IX Ukrainian Internet Exchange | 152 | |
GNM-IX UA GNM UA Internet Exchange | 57 | none in the registry |
RUDAKI-IX RUDAKI INTERNET EXCHANGE | 38 | none in the registry |
Filanco-IX | 2 | none in the registry |
SerinIX IX SerinIX Internet Exchange | 1 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
What a Kiev IP address tells you
DTEL-IX, the Digital Telecom Internet Exchange, carries 203 participants and six carrier ASNs, three of them the mobile networks Kyivstar on AS15895, Vodafone Ukraine on AS21497 and lifecell on AS34058. UA-IX, the Ukrainian Internet Exchange, follows with 152 participants and two of those carriers, Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine. GNM-IX UA has 57, RUDAKI-IX 38, Filanco-IX two and SerinIX IX one. PeeringDB records no colocation facility under this spelling of the city name, so the whole 453-participant count comes from exchange fabrics.
Mobile operators peering at an exchange in Kiev does not mean their subscribers are in Kiev. Each operator announces address blocks from a registry record that gives one location for an entire allocation, and handset traffic leaves the network through a handful of gateways that serve users across the country. Geolocation databases read the operator's own published location and repeat it, so an address on AS15895, AS21497 or AS34058 can resolve to Kiev whatever region the phone is actually connected from.
Anyone checking an address learns more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from a city label. The ASN identifies which of the 453 recorded participants announced the block, and the netname shows how that network described the range, including any marking for mobile subscribers. Presence at DTEL-IX or UA-IX says the operator peers there, nothing about the physical position of one customer. Treat the city field as the operator's registration, not a measurement.
Mobile carriers in Ukraine
A mobile address in Kiev is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Kiev?
PeeringDB lists six under this spelling. DTEL-IX has 203 participants and UA-IX 152, followed by GNM-IX UA on 57, RUDAKI-IX on 38, Filanco-IX on two and SerinIX IX on one. Together they account for 453 participants.
Do Ukraine mobile carriers peer in Kiev?
Yes. DTEL-IX has six carrier ASNs attached, including Kyivstar on AS15895, Vodafone Ukraine on AS21497 and lifecell on AS34058. UA-IX has Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine. The remaining four exchanges have no carrier ASN in the record.
Does an IP that geolocates to Kiev mean the device is there?
No. The label comes from how the address block is registered and where the operator says the range lives. A subscriber anywhere in Ukraine can leave through a gateway registered in Kiev, and every database copying that registration will report Kiev.
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