AS36994 — Vodacom - Vodacom

Network type: mobile

AS36994 announces 38 IPv4 prefixes covering 830,464 addresses and 6 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Vodacom — one of South Africa's largest mobile operators and a major pan-African carrier, part of the Vodafone group.

What it's used for

• Mobile data and internet for a large South African subscriber base, plus business connectivity and regional transit across several African markets.

Notable

• A major "eyeball" network: addresses here are typically mobile devices behind carrier-grade NAT.
• Competes with MTN, Cell C, and Telkom in South Africa; also operates in the DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho, and (via a stake) Safaricom in Kenya.

Interesting

• Vodacom pioneered the M-Pesa mobile-money platform in several of its markets, extending the operator well beyond voice and data.

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

Announced prefixes

• 41.0.0.0/16
• 41.10.0.0/16
• 41.21.128.0/17
• 41.23.0.0/16
• 41.24.0.0/15
• 102.213.169.0/24
• 102.223.76.0/22
• 105.242.0.0/15
• 105.244.0.0/16
• 105.246.0.0/16
• 105.247.0.0/21
• 105.247.8.0/23
• 105.247.10.0/24
• 105.247.12.0/22
• 105.247.16.0/20
• 105.247.32.0/19
• 105.247.64.0/18
• 105.247.128.0/17
• 105.255.0.0/16
• 152.107.0.0/16
• 196.4.30.0/23
• 196.4.32.0/22
• 196.4.100.0/22
• 196.4.104.0/22
• 196.4.140.0/22
• 196.4.144.0/22
• 196.4.148.0/24
• 196.6.130.0/24
• 196.11.192.0/23
• 196.11.194.0/24
• 196.11.196.0/24
• 196.13.113.0/24
• 212.96.18.0/23
• 212.96.21.0/24
• 212.96.22.0/23
• 212.96.24.0/22
• 212.96.29.0/24
• 212.96.31.0/24
• 2c0e:4000:a000::/36
• 2c0e:4010:a000::/36
• 2c0e:4014::/32
• 2c0e:4020:a000::/36
• 2c0e:4024::/32
• 2c0f:7b80::/32

Upstream networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS1273 IDDQD-AS
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS213241 TECHIT.BE SRL
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS1836 green.ch AG
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS20485 Joint Stock Company TransTeleCom
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd
• AS7575 Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet)
• AS212024 Marc Schmitt
• AS3333 Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
• AS34927 iFog GmbH
• AS50673 Serverius Holding B.V.

Downstream networks

• AS29975 Vodacom
• AS37223 Vodacom Mocambique S.A
• AS37453 Vodacom Congo
• AS36908 Vodacom Tanzania Ltd
• AS37057 Vodacom Lesotho (Pty) Ltd
• AS33771 Safaricom Limited
• AS136907 HUAWEI CLOUDS
• AS37105 RAIN GROUP HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
• AS25139 Comunicacoes Multimedia, Lda
• AS328290 INQ Cote d'Ivoire
• AS37160 Grindrod Management Services (Pty) Ltd
• AS37028 First Rand Bank Limited
• AS37236 Reflex Solutions
• AS37137 Vodacom Business Africa Group (PTY) Ltd
• AS29918 Imperial IT , a division of Imperial Group Ltd
• AS37722 Kaldera Ltd
• AS328991 IronTree Internet Services
• AS328106 UNIWISP
• AS329176 Future Technology Solutions Today Limited
• AS328186 NEWSHELF 1315 (PTY) LTD
• AS328006 Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
• AS37114 Vodacom Business Africa Group (PTY) Ltd
• AS328135 AVBOB Mutual Assurance Society
• AS329012 Motus Corporation (Pty) Ltd
• AS328561 SIBANYE GOLD LTD

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS29975 Vodacom
• AS1273 IDDQD-AS
• AS37223 Vodacom Mocambique S.A
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS36908 Vodacom Tanzania Ltd
• AS37453 Vodacom Congo
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS37057 Vodacom Lesotho (Pty) Ltd
• AS33771 Safaricom Limited
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS136907 HUAWEI CLOUDS
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS213241 TECHIT.BE SRL
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS20485 Joint Stock Company TransTeleCom
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS37105 RAIN GROUP HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
• AS25139 Comunicacoes Multimedia, Lda
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS1836 green.ch AG
• AS34019 Hivane Association

Routing security

• RPKI: 104 valid, 0 invalid and 43 not-found announcements; 13 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 50% of announcements registered; 134 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-36937:AS-PEERS, AS-5713, AS-AIRTEL-DRC, AS-CIVIX-PEERS, AS-HURRICANE, AS-LIQUID-EXT, AS-MIXP-CONNECTED, AS-MTNBUSINESS-TRANSIT, AS-SET-SEACOM, AS-SET-SEACOM, AS-SET-SEACOM, AS-VB, AS-VB-TRANSIT, AS-VODACOM-NIGERIA-ASES, AS-VODAFONE-DE, AS20717:AS-DECIX-MRS-CONNECTED, AS20717:AS-DECIX-MRS-RS, AS20717:AS-DECIX-MRS-RS-V6, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-AP, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-EU, AS37271:AS-PEERS, AS37271:AS-PEERS:AS36937, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-CONNECTED, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-RS, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-RS-V6.

Internet exchanges

• DE-CIX Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany
• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• AMS-IX Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands
• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa
• NAPAfrica IX Cape Town — Cape Town, South Africa
• Johannesburg Internet Exchange — Johannesburg, South Africa
• NAPAfrica IX Durban — Durban, South Africa
• Cape Town Internet Exchange — Cape Town, South Africa
• DE-CIX Marseille — Marseille, France
• Durban Internet eXchange — Durban, South Africa
• Mauritius Internet Exchange — Ebene, Mauritius