IANA Allocates Two /8s of IPv4 Space to APNIC

[Apologies for duplicate emails]

Dear colleagues,

On 1 February 2011, the IANA allocated two /8s of IPv4 address space to 
APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region.

This means that only five /8s of IPv4 address space are left in the IANA 
free pool and the "Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining 
IPv4 Address Space" will be triggered.

This policy can be found online at:
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm

When this policy comes into effect, the five RIRs will each receive one 
of the five remaining /8s and the global IPv4 pool will be exhausted.

We expect IANA to allocate these final /8s within the next few days.

For further information please see:
http://www.ripe.net/v4exhaustion/

Regards,

Axel Pawlik

Managing Director
RIPE NCC