Addressing the challenge of responsible resource distribution in the Asia Pacific region

About APNIC APNIC Services One of the world’s five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), the Asia Resource allocation services Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is responsible for APNIC allocates IP addresses providing vital resource allocation and registration services to the Asia and Autonomous System (AS) Pacific Internet community. numbers to any organization that demonstrates a need for them, APNIC allocates and registers IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6), Autonomous according to agreed technical System (AS) numbers, manages reverse DNS delegations, and maintains policies. a public database. It is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization and its policies are developed through an open process Resource registration services of consultation and consensus. The APNIC Whois Database and Internet Routing Registry serve critical Internet security and APNIC and operational functions. The responsible stewardship of critical Internet resources is fundamental Resource certification to the continued growth, security, and stability of the Internet. Involved APNIC provides a robust security with Internet Governance since its inception over ten years ago, APNIC framework for verifying the participated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) association between resource and continues to actively support and participate in the multistakeholder holders and their Internet Internet Governance model and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) resources. processes. Training & education APNIC is an important part of the global Internet community and has APNIC conducts skills and capacity strong relationships with other regional and global organizations. APNIC building programs including online is also a member of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). and face-to-face courses, detailed workshops, and self-paced training. t APNIC Region The region served by APNIC covers encompasses 56 economies throughout Asia and Oceania. To assist and enable it to understand and respond to the needs of this diverse community, APNIC employs staff from throughout the Asia Pacific.

South Asia Information Resources Eastern Asia Informing the community Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea British Indian Ocean Territory SAR Polynesia Detailed IPv4 and IPv6 allocation reports and American data are available for researchers, while casual Republic of Korea readers may prefer our easy-to-read graphs. Pitcairn Samoa http://www.apnic.net/stats South-eastern Asia Micronesia Darussalam Fed. States of Micronesia Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands Melanesia Lao People’s Dem. Republic Timor-Leste & Australia Antarctic New Zealand French Southern Territories

Asia Pacific Network Information Centre Connect with the APNIC Community APNIC in the community Apply for membership APNIC membership is open to all organizations and individuals. Policy development Memberships fees fund all APNIC services and contribute to Policies are developed to meet the changing the important work APNIC does supporting education and needs of the Asia Pacific Internet industry capacity building in the Asia Pacific Internet community. through an open process of community consultation and consensus at APNIC meetings www.apnic.net/membership and on APNIC mailing lists. Apply for resources Investing in our community Internet addresses are a shared public resource. Effective Participating in regional Internet development management and fair access to these resources is vital to the through infrastructure deployments, community ongoing health of the Internet. APNIC does not offer Internet liaison, and outreach such as Network Operator addresses for sale. It registers the right to use those resources Groups, APNIC also represents the community according to Policies set by the Internet community. The APNIC in regional and global forums. Helpdesk can assist you with your application for resources. ISIF www.apnic.net/apply APNIC administers the Information Society Discover APNIC training Innovation Fund, a grants program which aims APNIC supports Internet growth and development in the Asia to help advance local and regional innovations Pacific by providing training and education services. Training is that foster Asia Pacific Internet development, designed to expand capability, knowledge, and understanding particularly in developing economies. of Internet technologies, so attendees can embrace industry Best Practice. www.apnic.net/training Attend APNIC Meetings DNS rootservers APNIC meetings are APNIC has provided technical and financial bi-annual events that support in the deployment over 20 rootservers bring together Internet in the region. This has vastly improved rootserver and networking experts, response times, stability and security for the government representatives, industry majority of Asia Pacific service providers leaders, and other interested parties and users. from around the world to attend APNIC IPv6 Program workshops and tutorials, discuss IPv6 deployment is a critical issue in our policies, and extend their social and professional networks. community. As a priority, APNIC dedicates www.apnic.net/meetings significant resources to facilitate IPv6 deployment in the Asia Pacific region and provide stakeholders Sponsor APNIC Activities with the necessary information to make this APNIC is able to fund an expanded training program and important decision for their organizations. capacity-building projects thanks to the generous support APNIC is your information source on IPv6 of organizations throughout the region. Expose your brand deployment. to major players in the ICT industry while giving back to our Asia Pacific community. Your organization can sponsor APNIC training and APNIC meetings or programs. IPv6Program http://www.apnic.net/events/sponsor-an-event

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