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Meet Brander Group at International Telecom Week 2026

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ITW 2026 is expected to bring together major global organizations including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, and Equinix as the telecommunications industry continues shaping the future of global connectivity and AI infrastructure.
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What Is BGP Hijacking? How Routing Attacks Work

BGP hijacking reroutes Internet traffic through unauthorized networks. Learn how routing attacks spread, what incidents show, and why RPKI matters.
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Sovereign AI Demand Is Reshaping Cloud Capacity

The UK's £250M AI compute buy shows governments are becoming real cloud customers, with direct effects on regional buildout, pricing, and infrastructure...

Hostinger and Hetzner Signal Real IPv4 Demand

Hostinger and Hetzner show that IPv4 demand remains strong. Dive into the annual throughput versus monthly trends.

CoreWeave’s $21B Meta Deal Ignites the AI Battleground

CoreWeave's $21B deal with Meta signals a new era in AI infrastructure, focusing on inference and long-term strategic planning.
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AFRINIC Ratified Inter-RIR IPv4 Transfer Policy

AFRINICs ratified transfer policy opens a formal inter-RIR path, but reciprocity, 12-month restrictions, and implementation timing

Google & Meta Take Control of Undersea Backbone

Submarine cables carry approximately 99 percent of all intercontinental data traffic. Not satellite, not microwave, not some alternative transmission technology that the industry is developing as a backup. Undersea fiber optic cables — roughly…

AFRINIC Legal Circus over 6.2 Million IP Addresses

AFRINIC’s crisis and Africa’s last IPv4 reserves reveal how scarcity, policy gaps, and a secondary market are reshaping internet governance
The AI Land Grab Why Bots are the New IPv4 Squatters

The AI Land Grab: How Bots are Impacting IPv4 Demand

Explore the evolving role of AI in our digital landscape and how it is impacting IPv4, memory, server and infrastructure demand.

Cogent’s 10-K: Financials Freefall & Possible IPv4 Lifeline

Cogent’s latest 10-K reveals deep financial strain, mounting losses, and rising debt pressure — making its $174M IPv4 securitization look less strategic and more like necessary liquidity.