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IPv4 Buying and Leasing in 2026: A Market Recalibration

Falling IPv4 prices in 2026 reflect not collapse but maturation, as hyperscaler demand wanes, buyers diversify, and leasing expands, turning scarce addresses into managed assets shaped by liquidity, flexibility, and infrastructure driven needs today increasingly. more

How Many Internet-Service Satellites Will Be in Orbit at the End of China’s Five-Year Plan?

China's latest five-year plan accelerates its push into low Earth orbit, with competing constellations projected to field tens of thousands of satellites by 2030, narrowing the gap with Starlink while raising concerns over congestion. more

Regional Internet Registries’ Thick Governance Turns Uniqueness Into Double Extraction

Regional Internet registries, built for coordination, now sit atop scarce IPv4 assets while bearing little liability, suppressing capitalization and imposing "double extraction" that weakens operators, distorts markets and threatens the stability of global internet uniqueness. more

The Misinformation War Over Africa’s Internet Registry

Afrinic crisis exposes how legal pressure, proxy advocacy and owned media reshape narratives, potentially threatening global internet registry governance and shifting Africa's IP resources from public stewardship toward market commodification with broader far-reaching institutional consequences. more

Competing Trademarks, One .BRAND: Making the Right Call in 2026

As ICANN opens its 2026 round, firms sharing trademarks must weigh applying for a .BRAND domain against legal risks and competitive loss, with evidence suggesting first movers gain advantage while objections rarely prevail. more

We Kept Saying IPv4 Prices Would Rise Again. Did Anyone Listen?

After a prolonged slump, IPv4 prices are rising as tightening supply meets sustained demand from cloud and AI infrastructure, signalling a market correction and diminishing opportunities for buyers who had delayed acquisitions. more

Internet Number Resources Are Not Political Property

Internet number resources, once clerical entries, now underpin real economic value, exposing a mismatch between registry power and accountability, while misplaced political narratives obscure the case for decentralised, operator-led control. more

The Poverty Penalty: How the RIR Model Taxes the Poor While Calling It Equality

Critics blame IPv4 markets for inequality, but registry rules long rewarded scale and imposed regressive costs. Scarcity was managed, not equalized, leaving poorer networks paying more for slower, less predictable access over time and regions. more

How DNSXplore Strengthens Internet Trust Across the Global DNSSEC Landscape

A once-trusted internet protocol is showing its age. DNSXplore, a global DNSSEC archive, exposes weaknesses, improves diagnostics and nudges adoption, helping secure the cryptographic chain underpinning online trust. more

The Rapid Evolution of Transport Lasers

Exploding internet traffic and AI demand are driving a rapid upgrade in fibre transport lasers, from early one gigabit systems to 400, 800 and even 1.6 terabit links reshaping backbone capacity worldwide as networks scale. more

Reflecting on WSIS+20 and Youth’s Role in Redefining Stakeholder Classification

At ICANN85, reflection on WSIS+20 highlights a quieter milestone: youth successfully secured recognition as a distinct stakeholder group, reshaping how Internet governance defines participation and offering a blueprint for other overlooked communities seeking voice today. more

The Vibe-Coding Revolution: How AI is Reshaping Domain Registration

AI-powered "vibe-coding" is transforming domain registration from manual search into automated, conversational infrastructure, embedding domains directly into software workflows while elevating them into machine-verified trust anchors in an increasingly AI-mediated internet. more

When the Internet Doesn’t Recognize You: Universal Acceptance and India’s Welfare Crisis

India's digital welfare systems, built without universal acceptance, have excluded millions from vaccines, wages and food, revealing how technical design choices can entrench inequality and reshape access to basic rights across rural regions today in India. more

Five Things the UN Permanent Mechanism on Cybersecurity Must Actually Deliver

The UN's new permanent cybersecurity mechanism promises continuity after decades of fleeting forums, yet risks irrelevance unless states enforce existing law, bridge cybercrime divides, address AI threats, build practical capacity, and include non-state expertise meaningfully. more

The Growing Role of Threat Intelligence in Internet Infrastructure Security

Threat intelligence is shifting from a passive feed to a core operational layer, helping infrastructure defenders connect fragmented signals, identify recurring attack patterns, and prioritise responses in an increasingly modular and fast-moving cybercrime ecosystem. more