AS37119 — UNITEL SA - UNITEL SA

AS37119 announces 2 IPv4 prefixes covering 525,312 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

unitel-AS is operated by Unitel SA, the largest telecommunications provider in Angola.

What it's used for

• The address space carries mobile and fixed-line services for Angola's primary telecom operator, with netnames registered as ORG-US9-AFRINIC under the registrant UNITEL SA.
• The AS announces 525312 IPv4 addresses across 2 prefixes and 2 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 124 observed neighbours; this high neighbour count relative to the address inventory indicates a role in IP transit and regional interconnection.

Notable

• Registrants for both announced IPv4 prefixes (105.168.0.0/13 and 41.78.16.0/22) are listed as UNITEL SA, matching the AS holder.
• Unitel SA was nationalised by the Angolan state in 2022, transitioning from a private joint-stock company to state ownership.
• The inventory consists of two large IPv4 blocks and two IPv6 prefixes, with the largest IPv4 block being 105.168.0.0/13.

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

Announced prefixes

• 41.78.16.0/22
• 105.168.0.0/13
• 2c0f:f888:500::/40
• 2c0f:f888:8000::/33

Upstream networks

• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS9304 HGC Global Communications Limited
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd
• AS6797 GlobalConnect AB
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS29075 IELO-LIAZO SERVICES SAS
• AS20562 Broadband Hosting B.V.
• AS48362 Stadtwerke Feldkirch
• AS9002 RETN Limited

Downstream networks

• AS327932 CONNECTIS-DATA ANGOLA LDA
• AS328718 ANYCONNECT- Tecnologias e Telecomunicações S.A
• AS36976 Sonangol
• AS328111 Sociedade de servicos e telecomunicacoes Limitada - IP WORLD - Sociedade de servicos e telecomunicacoes Limitada
• AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
• AS329536 TECNOLOGIA E SERVIÇOS, LIMITADA - ACEL DIGITAL - TECNOLOGIA E SERVIÇOS, LIMITADA
• AS327833 Central 8 Limitada
• AS10798 The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
• AS328792 Empresa Interbancaria de Serviços,S.A - EMIS - Empresa Interbancaria de Serviços,S.A
• AS327775 Ponto de Intercambio Internet Angola (Angola IXP)
• AS328907 Sociedade Operacional Angola LNG, S.A. - OPCO - Sociedade Operacional Angola LNG, S.A.
• AS329330 Sociedade Mineira de Catoca, Lda
• AS37147 BancoBic
• AS36936 Banco Angolano de Investimentos
• AS328877 Banco Valor, S.A (BV)
• AS37366 Banco National Angola (BNA)

Adjacent networks

• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS327932 CONNECTIS-DATA ANGOLA LDA
• AS328718 ANYCONNECT- Tecnologias e Telecomunicações S.A
• AS34549 meerfarbig GmbH & Co. KG
• AS328111 Sociedade de servicos e telecomunicacoes Limitada - IP WORLD - Sociedade de servicos e telecomunicacoes Limitada
• AS50304 Blix Solutions AS
• AS36976 Sonangol
• AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS50300 CustodianDC Limited
• AS48185 team.blue NV
• AS329536 TECNOLOGIA E SERVIÇOS, LIMITADA - ACEL DIGITAL - TECNOLOGIA E SERVIÇOS, LIMITADA
• AS327833 Central 8 Limitada
• AS6797 GlobalConnect AB
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS37100 SEACOM Limited
• AS10798 The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
• AS12779 IT.Gate S.p.A.
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS3216 PJSC "Vimpelcom"
• AS4657 StarHub Ltd

Routing security

• RPKI: 68 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 104 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 94% of announcements registered; 96 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-CONNECTIS, AS-CPRM, AS-EMIX, AS-GIGAPIX-RS, AS-IPWORLD, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V4, AS-MANDA-LINX-PEERS-V6, AS-MSTELCOM, AS-TRANSROUTE-SPEC, AS-UNITELSA, AS17400:AS-CUSTOMERS, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-AP, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-EU, AS43729:AS-DECIX-LIS-CONNECTED, AS43729:AS-DECIX-LIS-RS, AS43729:AS-DECIX-LIS-RS-V6.

Internet exchanges

• IX.br (PTT.br) Fortaleza — Fortaleza, Brazil
• LINX LON1 — London, United Kingdom
• NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg — Johannesburg, South Africa
• NAPAfrica IX Cape Town — Cape Town, South Africa
• Equinix Internet Exchange Miami — Miami, United States
• DE-CIX Lisbon — Lisbon, Portugal
• Gigabit Portuguese Internet Exchange Point — Lisbon, Portugal
• ANGONIX — Luanda, Angola
• AngolaIXP - Angola Internet Exchange Point — Luanda, Angola
• Equinix-LA(former Paix) — Los Angeles, United States
• Ponto de Intercambio Internet Angola — Luanda, Angola