National Internet registry
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A National Internet Registry (or NIR) is an organization under the umbrella of a Regional Internet Registry with the task of coordinating IP address allocations and other Internet resource management functions at a national level within a country or economic unit.
NIRs operate primarily in the Asia Pacific region, under the authority of APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for that region.
The following NIRs are currently operating in the APNIC region:
- APJII (Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia), Indonesian ISP Association
- CNNIC, China Internet Network Information Center
- JPNIC, Japan Network Information Center
- KRNIC, National Internet Development Agency of Korea
- SGNIC, Singapore Network Information Centre
- TWNIC, Taiwan Network Information Center
- VNNIC, Vietnam Internet Network Information Center
The following NIRs are currently operating in the Latin-American (LACNIC) region:
There are no NIRs operating in the RIPE NCC region.[1]
[edit] See also
- Registration authority
- Country code top-level domain
- Geolocation software
- Internet governance
- Local Internet registry
