In September 2013, the IANA issued its last remaining full block (1024) of 2-byte AS numbers, with 512 going to APNIC and 512 going to Ripe NCC. Of the 65,536 total AS numbers in the 2-byte pool, there now remain just 496. Following a globally coordinated policy implemented in January 2007, the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) began allocating 4-byte… Read More
The LACNIC Board reappointed Hartmut Glaser as member of the NRO Number Council. His new term will expire on Dec. 31st, 2014. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at: https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council
AFRINIC Community re-elects Representative to the NRO Number Council /ASO Address Council During the last AFRINIC 19 Open Policy Meeting in Cote d’Ivoire, Fiona Asonga was re-elected as representative of the AFRINIC region to the NRO Number Council/ASO Address Council. Her new term will be for three (3) years from January 1st 2014 until December 31st 2016. Alan P. Barrett… Read More
Aftab Siddiqui has been appointed by the APNIC Executive Council (EC) to serve a one-year term on the Number Resource Organization Number Council, which fulfils the role of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council, from January to December 2014. Aftab is the Manager of NOC at Cyber Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd in Pakistan, and he is an active member of… Read More
Minutes October 4, 2013 Face to Face meeting 13:00 UTC in Montevideo Uruguay Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Secretary: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Treasurer: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Member: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Observers: Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Maemura Akinori APNIC Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Arturo Servin (AS) LACNIC Hartmut Glaser (HG) LACNIC Nate… Read More
Minutes September 17, 2013 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Secretary: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Treasurer: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Member: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Observers: Byron Ellacott (BE) APNIC Bhadrika Magan (BM) APNIC Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Maemura Akinori APNIC Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Arturo Servin (AS) LACNIC Andrew de… Read More
Minutes August 20, 2013 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Treasurer: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC – Acting Chair Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Member: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Apologies: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Observers: Byron Ellacott (BE) APNIC Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Anne-Rachel Inne (AR) AFRINIC Secretariat: Guylaine Mootoo (GM) AFRINIC… Read More
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is celebrating its first decade as the coordinating body for the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding on 24 October 2003, the NRO was created by the four existing RIRs at the time: APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and the RIPE NCC, and later AFRINIC in 2005. The NRO was established to protect… Read More
The NRO participated in the 2013 IGF recently, hosting a booth to provide educational materials on Internet resources management and the open and transparent community policy development process facilitated by each RIR. The NRO sponsored two workshops, one on “IPv4 Markets and Resource Transfers” and the second on “The Importance of Regional Coordination in Internet Governance”. Throughout the week, the… Read More
2013 Internet Governance Forum Closing Remarks Anne-Rachel Inné COO, AFRINIC Mr. Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen In Montevideo, earlier this month, leaders of our organizations responsible for the management and coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure met to discuss among other things the future of Internet governance and identified the need for ongoing effort to address ongoing challenges. To this end,… Read More
