APNIC

Regional Internet registry for the Asia Pacific region 27°28′23″S 153°00′51″E / 27.47315°S 153.0141°E / -27.47315; 153.0141 Asia Pacific Network Information CentreFounded15 January 1993; 33 years ago (1993-01-15)LocationBrisbane, Queensland, AustraliaMembers7,828Chair of Executive CouncilKenny HuangSecretary of Executive CouncilRoopinder Singh PerharTreasurer of Executive CouncilYoshinobu MatsuzakiEmployees122Websitewww.apnic.net APNIC offices The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is the regional Internet address registry (RIR) for the Asia–Pacific region. It is one of the world's five RIRs and is part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). APNIC provides numbers resource allocation and registration services that support the global operation of the internet. It is a nonprofit, membership-based organization whose members include Internet service providers, telecommunication providers, data centers, universities, banks, national Internet registries, and similar organizations that have their own networks. Functions APNIC's main functions are: Allocating IPv4 and IPv6 address space, and autonomous system numbers Maintaining the public APNIC Whoi