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Registry Under Siege: Investigating NRS Outreach to AFRINIC Members

Internet Governance, IPv4 Markets, Policy & Regulation, Regional Registries,

As AFRINIC rebuilds after years of litigation, the Number Resource Society is urging members to sign powers of attorney, raising fears that coordinated advocacy, commercial interests and geopolitical pressures could reshape African control over critical internet resources. more

By Emmanuel Vitus
May 06, 2026
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Views: 2,529

The AI Naming Gap - and Why the Legacy Namespace Won’t Wait for ICANN to Fill It

Artificial Intelligence, Domain Names, ICANN, New TLDs, Registry Services,

A surge in AI startups has exposed a domain-name shortage as premium .ai addresses vanish. With ICANN's next round years away, legacy TLDs and repurposed namespaces are racing to capture unmet demand. more

By Thomas Barrett
Mar 23, 2026
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Views: 2,523

The Ghost Asset on Telco Balance Sheets: Using IPv4 to Fund the AI Transition

Artificial Intelligence, IPv4 Markets,

Hidden on telecom balance sheets, legacy IPv4 address space is emerging as a monetizable asset. Leasing underutilized blocks can generate recurring cash flow that helps fund AI infrastructure, modernization, and network investment without increasing debt. more

By Paulius Judickas
Mar 05, 2026
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Views: 2,480

The Internet That Works for Some: Universal Acceptance Failures Across Asia Pacific

Domain Names, Email, ICANN, Internet Governance, Multilinguism, Policy & Regulation, Web,

Across Asia Pacific, millions are excluded from digital services because systems fail to recognise non Latin scripts, exposing how flawed design assumptions about internet users entrench inequality across the region in welfare, finance and education. more

By Garv Chauhan
Apr 06, 2026
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Views: 2,459

IP Reputation for AI Teams: The Infrastructure Concept Nobody Explains

Artificial Intelligence, Internet Protocol, Networks,

As AI agents scale, IP reputation emerges as a hidden constraint, shaping access to external systems and degrading performance. Managing network identity, not just models, is becoming essential for reliable data collection. more

By Edvinas Bakanas
Apr 28, 2026
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Views: 2,321

Sovereignty Inversion: How RIRs Reduced National Sovereignty to a US$100 Liability Cap

Access Providers, Censorship, ICANN, Internet Governance, Internet Protocol, IPv4 Markets, Networks, Policy & Regulation, Regional Registries, Telecom,

Regional internet registries, once coordinators of technical scarcity, now effectively cap liability at $100 while retaining control over national numbering systems, shifting risk to states and entrenching a governance model critics argue today inverts sovereignty. more

By Lu Heng
Mar 25, 2026
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Views: 2,209

The New Space Race for Direct-to-Device Mobile Networks

Mobile Internet, Networks, Satellite Internet, Telecom, Wireless,

Three decades after Iridium's costly collapse, falling launch costs and improved signal processing are reviving satellite-to-phone ambitions, as Starlink, Amazon and AST SpaceMobile race to build direct-to-device networks that could reshape mobile coverage and competition. more