News and Announcements

22 January, 2009 - The RIPE NCC will start to delete unreferenced PERSON and ROLE objects from the RIPE Database on Monday, 26 January 2009. Any PERSON or ROLE object that remains unreferenced by any operational resource for 21 consecutive days will be marked for deletion. It can be deleted at any

1 January 2009 - The RIPE NCC began assigning 32-bit (or four-byte) Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) by default. This is in accordance with a common policy agreed on in all Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities and described in the RIPE Document, Autonomous System (AS) Number Assignment Pol

24 December 2008 - All of the RIPE NCC's major online services are now accessible via IPv6. These services include the web servers, FTP servers, DNS, the LIR Portal and mail system as well as the RIPE Database and all of the RIPE NCC's Information Services - Test Traffic Measurement (TTM) service, t

Comments at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) about IPv4 address space not being available to Indian networks are misguided, says Director General of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).

India and Other Developing Economies at the Forefront in Demanding IPv6. Regional Internet Registries Urge IPv6 Readiness, Working Together Globally and Regionally to Ensure Smooth Transition

25 November 2008 - On 17 November 2008, the RIPE NCC was joined by its 6,000th member, marking another milestone in the history of the Amsterdam based, not-for-profit organisation. As the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, the RIPE NCC provides it

30 October 2008 - Wilfried Woeber has been selected by the RIPE NCC Executive Board to take the vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC) for the RIPE NCC service region. The term of Mr. Woeber's appointment is from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. The selection w

29 October 29 2008 -  The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2008 was held Tuesday, 28 October 2008, adjacent to the RIPE 57 Meeting, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Dubai. There were 52 attendees excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries. The RIPE NCC membe

8 October 2009 - The The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2009 took place on Wednesday, 7 October 2009, adjacent to the RIPE 59 Meeting, at the Corinthia Hotel in Lisbon. There were 82 attendees, excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries. RIPE NCC member

The first RIPE Meeting held in the Middle East is RIPE 57, taking place 26-30 October 2008 in Dubai.