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Top tech news today: 26 June, 2025
Stay tuned with Tech News Roundup for the latest on AFRINIC election concerns, satellite launches and AI infrastructure.
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AFRINIC election suspended, hundreds unable to vote
Hundreds of African IP address holders have complained that the premature suspension of the 2025 AFRINIC election meant their votes were not counted. The AFRINIC board election of 2025 was suspended before the scheduled end of voting on June 23, after a concern was raised about a…
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Registration open for APNIC 60 conference and workshops
APNIC 60 registration is open for workshops and conference in Vietnam, with early bird discounts available.
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IETF 123: Boosts protocols with hackathon and sprint
IETF 123 meets in Madrid July 2025 with hackathon and code sprint advancing internet protocol development through collaboration.
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RIPE NCC joins IGF 2025 in Norway to shape internet governance
RIPE NCC will attend IGF 2025 in Norway, aiming to include technical expertise in global internet governance talks.
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ARIN's 2025 nominations open a governance-quality test
ARIN's June 2025 call for nominations is a governance event, not a routine notice. The registry opened the path for three Board of Trustees seats and five Advisory Council seats, while also running the NRO Number Council nomination track for the same election cycle. The signal is…
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AFRINIC's 2025 election is still a legitimacy dispute, not a governance reset
AFRINIC's 2025 election should be read as an unresolved legitimacy dispute, not as a completed institutional recovery. NRS says the September vote cannot reasonably be treated as final while court and evidence questions remain open; Cloud Innovation says the June annulment and…
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TISPA interim order makes AFRINIC election a member-rights test
TISPA's public statement on a Supreme Court of Mauritius interim order turns AFRINIC's 2025 board election into a member-rights and registry-legitimacy test.
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RIPE defends role after Montenegrin regulator raises concerns
RIPE defends its IP allocation policies after Montenegro’s ARKEP questions its role in managing address space.
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RIPE NCC defends neutrality in Kosovo IP address dispute
RIPE NCC's response to ARKEP is a evidence-led registry-neutrality event about Kosovo .XK handling in the RIPE Database.
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AFRINIC elections 2025: ICANN is ‘inappropriate’, ‘unreasonable’ and ‘irresponsible’
ICANN’s request to reconstitute the Nominating Committee in the run up to the AFRINIC elections has been denied by the Supreme Court of Mauritius. In documented minutes seen by BTW Media, the court stated: “Notwithstanding the fact that the applicant has no locus standi to enter…
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8 men hoping to lead AFRINIC into the future
The Number Resource Society (NRS), an organisation at the centre of the drive to improve Africa’s internet ecosystem after years of corruption and mismanagement, has put its voice behind eight candidates in the upcoming AFRINIC elections. The elections will take place on June 23…
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RIPE NCC and Tajikistan agree on Internet upgrade
RIPE NCC and Tajikistan agree to work on Internet resilience, training, and local digital development support.
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LACNIC works to grow internet resources in Latin America
What happened: LACNIC launches R&D Ambassadors Program to boost local internet leadership LACNIC has initiated its Research and Development (R&D) Ambassadors Program to address internet infrastructure issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. This initiative aims to identify and…
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LARUS capitalises on IP leasing momentum at MYNOG‑12
What happened: LARUS explores IPv4 leasing opportunities at MYNOG‑12 in Malaysia The 12th Malaysia Network Operators Group meeting (MYNOG‑12), held on 24 June in Kuala Lumpur, attracted network professionals, ISPs and tech providers across Southeast Asia. The agenda featured…
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NANOG 94 explores AI, security, and routing resilience in Denver
NANOG 94 in Denver explores AI automation, routing security, and IPv6 advancements with LARUS among key sponsors.
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RIPE NCC and CTU turn Czech IPv6 cooperation into an internet-resilience signal
RIPE NCC and the Czech Telecommunication Office are the institutions that matter here. Their June 2025 Memorandum of Understanding is a cooperation signal between a regional internet registry and a national telecoms regulator. The agreement matters because it links RIPE NCC's…
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NANOG 94 kicks off with focus on data‑centre operations
Day one highlights at NANOG 94 in Denver The first day of NANOG 94, held on Monday 9 June 2025 at Sheraton Denver Downtown, began with registration and a newcomers’ breakfast. Jonathan Black, Executive Director of NANOG, officially opened the conference. He was joined by Chris…
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Argentina court green lights Telecom integration
Court grants in Telecom Argentina merger case On 9 June 2025, Argentina’s Federal Court of Appeals issued a ruling granting Telecom Argentina’s appeal “with suspensive effect” against a March resolution from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The original resolution had…
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Registration opens for APNIC 60 in Da Nang this September
APNIC 60 registration opens for September conference in Viet Nam, featuring workshops, talks, and networking opportunities.
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RIR Watchdog
Five regional sessions tracking allocation policy, board legitimacy, and institutional continuity.
Open RIR WatchdogCase File
Long-cycle governance dossiers with legal, election, and institutional stress analysis.
Open Case FileNumber Resource Society
Membership, charter, and resource-governance intelligence from the NRS ecosystem.
Open NRS SessionICANN
DNS coordination, accountability frameworks, and global multi-stakeholder process dynamics.
Open ICANN SessionIETF
Protocol standardization trajectory and interoperability risk under fragmented policy conditions.
Open IETF SessionHistory of Internet
Long-cycle infrastructure history used for governance interpretation and structural forecasting.
Open History SessionNOGs
Operator-level implementation intelligence from APRICOT plus regional and national NOG ecosystems.
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