AS37014 — Mascom-Wireless-Botswana

AS37014 announces 3 IPv4 prefixes covering 3,072 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

Mascom-Wireless-Botswana is operated by Mascom Wireless Ltd.

What it's used for

• The address space carries mobile telecommunications traffic, consistent with the holder's identity as a major mobile network operator in Botswana.
• The AS announces 3072 IPv4 addresses across 4 prefixes and 1 IPv6 prefix, with 5 observed neighbours; this ratio of address space to peering partners indicates an access/eyeball network rather than a transit provider.

Notable

• All four largest IPv4 prefixes share the netname ORG-MWL1-AFRINIC and list Mascom Wireless Ltd as the registrant, fully aligning with the AS holder.
• Mascom Wireless is the mobile market leader in Botswana, holding approximately 40% market share with around 1.85 million subscribers as of 2024.
• The inventory consists of four /22 and /23 blocks in the 41.223.0.0/16, 156.38.0.0/16, and 102.215.0.0/16 ranges, plus a single /32 IPv6 prefix.

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

Announced prefixes

• 41.223.72.0/22
• 102.215.0.0/22
• 156.38.4.0/22
• 2c0f:4780::/32

Upstream networks

• AS37678 BOTSWANA FIBRE NETWORKS (Proprietary) Limited
• AS37662 West Indian Ocean Cable Company
• AS30844 Liquid Telecommunications Ltd
• AS5713 Telkom SA Ltd.
• AS16637 MTN SA

Adjacent networks

• AS37678 BOTSWANA FIBRE NETWORKS (Proprietary) Limited
• AS37662 West Indian Ocean Cable Company
• AS30844 Liquid Telecommunications Ltd
• AS5713 Telkom SA Ltd.
• AS16637 MTN SA

Internet exchanges

• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa