News and Announcements

Registration is now open for the RIPE 65 Meeting in Amsterdam

World IPv6 Launch takes place today, 6 June 2012, marking a key milestone in the development of the Internet. Major Internet service providers (ISPs), manufacturers and content providers around the world are coming together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services.

On 6 May 2012, the ICANN Board ratified GPP-IPv4-2011, "Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms" by IANA.

Based on RIPE Policy Document ripe-476, "Allocating/Assigning Resources to the RIPE NCC", the RIPE NCC pool of Arbiters has approved IPv4-, IPv6- and ASN resources to the RIPE NCC's MENOG IPv6 roadshow network.

New initiative demonstrates ongoing cooperation between region’s governments and technical community

The RIPE NCC is delighted to announce that its Chief Scientist, Daniel Karrenberg, has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame as a Global Connector.

The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) was held 18-19 April 2012 adjacent to the RIPE 64 Meeting in Ljubljana. There were 99 attendees, excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).There were two resolutions to be voted on at the GM. The results of voting on t

Want to win a Fatboy in the colour of your choice? We've just launched a photo competition for the RIPE NCC Webinars where we offer you just that. All you need to do is submit a photo of yourself "getting comfy" with a mobile device to the RIPE NCC Facebook timeline. We'll then upload your photo t

RIPE 64 Meeting opens in Slovenia with more than 350 Internet experts gathering to discuss the evolution of IP infrastructure

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Member Update is available online. This issue includes an update from the RIPE NCC Managing Director as well as articles on the IP Analyser tool and updates on IPv6, RIPE Atlas and the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force.