AS29975 — Vodacom - Vodacom

Network type: mobile

AS29975 announces 29 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,747,200 addresses and 0 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Vodacom — one of South Africa's largest mobile operators, majority-owned by the Vodafone Group.

What it's used for

• Mobile voice and data for a large South African subscriber base, plus fixed-wireless and enterprise connectivity.

Notable

• A major "eyeball" network — addresses are typically mobile devices behind carrier-grade NAT.
• Competes with MTN, Cell C, and Telkom in South Africa, and operates elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa.

Interesting

• Vodacom's M-Pesa and other mobile-money and data services make it a primary internet on-ramp in markets where fixed broadband is scarce.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 41.1.0.0/16
• 41.2.0.0/18
• 41.3.0.0/16
• 41.4.0.0/15
• 41.7.0.0/16
• 41.8.0.0/15
• 41.12.0.0/15
• 41.15.0.0/16
• 41.17.0.0/16
• 41.18.0.0/16
• 41.22.0.0/16
• 41.26.0.0/15
• 41.28.0.0/14
• 41.192.0.0/19
• 41.192.128.0/19
• 41.192.192.0/19
• 41.192.248.0/21
• 105.245.0.0/17
• 105.245.160.0/19
• 105.245.192.0/18
• 105.248.0.0/14
• 105.252.0.0/15
• 196.6.129.0/24
• 196.11.146.0/24
• 196.46.160.0/20
• 196.207.32.0/21
• 196.207.40.0/22
• 196.207.44.0/24
• 196.207.46.0/23

Upstream networks

• AS36994 Vodacom

Adjacent networks

• AS36994 Vodacom

Routing security

• RPKI: 116 valid, 0 invalid and 11 not-found announcements; 106 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 49% of announcements registered; 97 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-36937:AS-PEERS, AS-LIQUID-EXT, AS-VB-TRANSIT, AS-VB-TRANSIT, AS-VODACOM-NIGERIA-ASES, AS204464:AS-BLACKLIST, AS37271:AS-PEERS:AS36937.