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Why It Matters AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa and the Indian Ocean. It allocates IPv4/IPv6 addresses, Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), and maintains WHOIS and RPKI systems. Without a functioning board, AFRINIC faced paralysis and even the threat of liquidation: in July 2025, Cloud Innovation Ltd, a …
Introduction The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Number Resource Organization (NRO) have initiated a major revision of ICP-2 (Internet Coordination Policy 2) — the global policy that defines the criteria and processes for the recognition and potential derecognition of Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). A newly …
Introduction to APRICOT APRICOT (Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies) is the Asia-Pacific region’s largest international Internet conference, bringing together Internet engineers, network operators, researchers, service providers, and policy communities from over 50 countries. This annual nine-day summit features seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) meetings, and …
DENOG16, held from November 17 to 19, 2024, brought together professionals from Germany’s networking community for in-depth discussions on industry advancements, challenges, and best practices. As part of our commitment to supporting knowledge exchange, a Voldeta representative attended and actively contributed to the event’s communication efforts as a volunteer. Key …
The ARIN 53 meeting, held from April 15-17, 2024, was a comprehensive event that brought together stakeholders to discuss various aspects of internet governance, policy updates, and organizational initiatives. Here are the key highlights from the event: Day 1 The meeting began with updates on financial performance and policy activities. …
Introduction The Voldeta team participated in the RIPE87 conference, a 5-day event held in Rome from November 27 to December 2. In this summary, we’ve outlined key highlights for your convenience, offering concise descriptions of keynote presentations, updates in RIPE policies, outcomes from the RIPE General Meeting (GM), and results …
Introduction In this article, we offer a brief overview of policy proposals discussed during the Open Policy Meeting (OPM) in the Policy Special Interest Group (SIG) that took place at APNIC 56 in Kyoto on September 14th. We have reviewed the most significant proposals related to Address Policy, which have …
”Lobby group wants to change rules for IPv4 address allocation” reads an article in the IT news magazine Golem.de A dubious lobby group called Number Resource Society (NRS) is currently trying to change the rules on IPv4 address allocation in order to be able to resell and trade IPv4 addresses …
Voldeta attended the RIPE 86 meeting held in Rotterdam from May 22-26, 2023. The event featured an array of keynotes and sessions addressing critical topics in the field of Internet infrastructure and governance. Keynotes and Sessions Monday, May 22 Tuesday, May 23 Wednesday, May 24 Thursday, May 25 Friday, May …
The RIPE NCC General Meeting voting results are now published. The key point of the RIPE meeting voting was the Charging Scheme for 2024: whether everything will remain as it was or a different payment scheme will be chosen. Three following new schemes were proposed for consideration: Model A – …
