Better IP management helps ISPs cut costs, optimise IPv4 use, and improve margins in an increasingly scarce address market.
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Lu Heng is a key figure in global internet governance, challenging traditional systems and pushing reform in IPv4 resource management.
IP addresses are essential digital capital that enable connectivity, drive economic value and shape modern business strategy.
Technology expert challenges the notion of digital sovereignty, arguing cyberspace lacks enforceable authority and structured control.
Lu Heng argues civilisation’s future is shaped by energy efficiency, not ideology, as intelligence shifts beyond biology.
RIRs coordinate IP allocation, but routing reality, scarcity and markets limit their ability to fully control IP addresses.
Lu Heng argues community-based IP governance fails under scarcity, geopolitics, and declining participation.
As IPv4 supply runs out, IP addresses gain asset value, creating secondary markets and new financial considerations for network operators.
Examining whether scarce IPv4 addresses can be treated as investment assets amid rising market demand and structural barriers.
The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), founded in 1978, is a non-profit organisation that supports the growth of digital infrastructure, telecommunications,…