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In 2019, the Number of New Members Increased by 30% in the Countries Visited by LACNIC
May 6, 2020
In the
midst of the current coronavirus pandemic, the Internet has proven to be a very
useful tool, particularly for the technical community of Latin America and the
Caribbean, where it has made it possible to hold the first online LACNIC event.
By the second day of the meeting, more than 1520 participants had registered
for the event.
While
presenting the 2019 Annual
Report, LACNIC CEO Oscar Robles highlighted how the
organization is working with smaller ISPs in the region. This work has allowed
an average increase of 30% in the number of new members in the countries the
organization visited last year. In this sense, he observed that LACNIC had been
present at ten events attended by a total of more than 4,500 participants in
Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico.
Colombia led the growth of new members with an
increase of 84% compared to 2018, followed by Mexico (64%), Ecuador (23%) and
Argentina (14%).
Throughout
2019, LACNIC registered 1,564 new members, which represented an 18.5% growth of
its membership base and allowed the organization to close the year with 10,039
members. Since then, more than 500 new organizations have joined LACNIC, which
now has a total of 10,568 members.
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Resource
Assignment
In his
report, Robles highlighted the 8% increase in the number of assigned IPv4
addresses compared to 2018.
Transfers
Within the LACNIC Region
Resource
Assignment
In his
report, Robles highlighted the 8% increase in the number of assigned IPv4
addresses compared to 2018.
Transfers
Within the LACNIC Region
LACNIC’s
CEO reported that 23 IPv4 transfers were registered in the LACNIC region last
year. He added that, since the implementation of the policy allowing intra-RIR
transfers, LACNIC has registered a total of 55 transactions involving 305,000
IP addresses. As the chart above shows, Colombia was the country that acquired
the highest number of addresses, while Paraguay let go of the most IPv4 address
blocks.
New
Services and Visits
The 2019
report also shows the new services launched by LACNIC, including the Internet
Routing Registry, a new channel for expressing
routing policies and improving Internet security and stability; IP-Based
Geolocation (Geofeeds); and the MiLACNIC API for the automation of resource management operations.
As for the
program for involving members in LACNIC’s institutional life promoted by the
organization since 2015, Robles reported that, in 2019, 53 visits were made in
Curaçao, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.
Robles
noted that the LACNIC
Campus allows LACNIC to stay close to its customers and the
community, particularly thanks to the constant increase in its training
offerings. In this sense, new courses were added last year (an English version
of the IPv6 course, Introduction to Network Management, Introduction to Network
Security) and it was announced that a version 2.0 of the Basic IPv6 and IPv6 in
Last-Mile Networks will be launched this year.
The report
presented by Robles showed the significant growth in the number of students
enrolled in the LACNIC Campus: 6764 in 2019 vs. 4471 in 2018. Robles also noted
that 3,074 students had passed the courses that were offered last year. “A fairly high number for online standards,” he added.
Robles also
mentioned the more than 20 webinars held during 2019, as well as the special
event that was organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Internet, with the special participation of Internet pioneers Steve Crocker, Charles
Kline and Leonard Kleinrock.
FORT, IPv6
and AYITIC
The report
also featured the Ayitic Goes Global project and its transformative role of
technology for women and online training as an impact strategy in Latin America
and the Caribbean. Robles noted that this effort will transcend, as Google will
replicate it in other countries of Central America.
Robles also
highlighted the work of the FORT Project (FORT
Validator and FORT Monitoring) during 2019, a project developed by LACNIC and
NIC MX with the support of the Open Technology Fund.
He stressed
the level of IPv6 deployment in the region, where the current penetration rate
is 21% – last year the global penetration rate was 31%. “We must redouble our efforts in this sense,” LACNIC’s CEO noted. One such program seeks to organize
personalized visits to decision-makers.
Robles
highlighted the improvements to LACNIC’s internal processes which began to be
introduced in 2018 and will conclude this year with the purpose of having
reliable information systems that will allow timely decision-making at the
strategic and operational levels.
The Annual
Report presented by Robles dedicated a chapter to the strengthening of the
organization’s internal infrastructure with the addition of new blades and
storage technology, where LACNIC is migrating its virtualized services and
installing new ones. This technology increases operational efficiency, provides
high hardware availability, and improves the use of space and energy
efficiency.
As for the
development of human capital, Robles reported that, for the eighth year in a
row, LACNIC ranked as one of the best places to work in Uruguay, having reached
its best historical evaluation with an overall satisfaction level of 93%.
The LACNIC
staff is currently comprised of professionals from ten different countries:
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and
Tobago, and Venezuela.
FOUR PILLARS
To conclude, Robles presented the four organizational values on which LACNIC worked during 2019. The commitment to creating value for our members and for the Internet community of Latin America and the Caribbean; the conviction that success can only be achieved through teamwork and that everyone has something to contribute; an organization oriented to continuous improvement and striving to achieve better results each day; and special care for the organization’s employees and a commitment to their development.
The full
text of the 2019 Annual Report is available here.
The presentation is available here.
