Your elected leaders: Akinori Maemura, long-serving former APNIC EC Chair
How a network engineer stumbled into Internet coordination — and stayed long enough to help shape it.
IGF 2025 releases new guide on financing community connectivity
A new publication launched at IGF 2025 outlines practical models for funding and sustaining community-centred connectivity initiatives.
SIG Guidelines review — have your say
Guest Post: The APNIC SIG Guidelines are being reviewed to ensure they remain relevant, transparent, and aligned with community expectations. This is your opportunity to propose updates, help shape how SIGs operate, and strengthen participation.
Network resilience in space: Solar storm impacts on LEO satellite networks
Guest Post: Eunju Kang shares highlights from a deep dive into the impact of solar storms on LEO satellite networks measured using RIPE Atlas probes.
A proposed ‘big’ IPv6 block for packetized amateur radio
A new IETF draft proposes allocating 44::/16 to Amateur Radio Digital Communications, echoing the original 44/8 IPv4 block. The idea has triggered debate about ham-radio networking and how global IPv6 space is delegated under today’s IANA, RIR, and ICP-2 processes.
How we measure: IPv6
Breaking down APNIC Labs IPv6 measurement and its caveats.
Is diversity critical infrastructure for the Internet networking community?
In a panel discussion at #APNIC60, a cross-section of the Internet community provided perspectives on what prevents diversity in our community, and what we can do about it.
[Podcast] The politics of undersea cables
Geoff Huston discusses the complex strategic and political issues in submarine cables.
Where the evolution of the Internet may be heading
The Internet is not a centrally planned global enterprise. We’ve transitioned from an era of network scarcity to an era of abundance. Where is this all heading?
Network edge design checklist: Part 2 — Network edge design
Guest Post: A comprehensive checklist of considerations you can use as a starting point when designing your network edge.