AS47872 — SOFIA-CONNECT-AS Sofia Connect EAD

AS47872 announces 5 IPv4 prefixes covering 1,792 addresses and 3 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

SOFIA-CONNECT-AS is operated by Sofia Connect EAD.

What it's used for

• The address space carries carrier infrastructure, with reverse DNS entries like ip-116-128.sofia-connect.net and ip-50-64.sofia-connect.net indicating internal or edge facility addressing.
• The AS announces 1792 IPv4 addresses and 3 IPv6 prefixes, maintaining 70 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a transit or carrier-grade network rather than an access provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of inter-carrier transit, submarine cable landing infrastructure (Balchik Caucasus Cable System), and peering traffic across 18 points of presence in the Middle East, Caucasus, and Europe.

Notable

• All registrants for the announced prefixes are listed as Sofia Connect EAD, matching the AS holder.
• Sofia Connect EAD is a Bulgarian licensed carrier founded in 2008, operating physical and logical infrastructure connecting the Middle East, Caucasus, and Europe.
• The inventory includes five IPv4 prefixes and three IPv6 prefixes, all registered to the same entity with netnames such as BG-SOFIA-CONNECT-20130106 and BG-SOFIA-CONNECT-20080902.

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

Announced prefixes

• 109.121.152.0/24
• 185.44.116.0/23
• 185.44.119.0/24
• 212.5.48.0/23
• 212.5.50.0/24
• 2a01:73e0::/36
• 2a01:73e0:a000::/35
• 2a01:73e0:c000::/34

Upstream networks

• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS31287 IPACCT CABLE Ltd
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS8280 SYNAPSECOM S.A. Provider of Telecommunications and Internet Services
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions

Downstream networks

• AS51582 Cifrova Kabelna Korporacia EOOD
• AS20771 Caucasus Online Ltd.
• AS60325 Optiland Telecommunications I.K.E.
• AS202634 Petar Petrov
• AS42555 OPTICCOM- BULGARIA Ltd.
• AS209681 Deltacom Electronics Ltd.
• AS211128 Sky Fiber AD
• AS207094 Inter Carrier Ltd
• AS204639 H-Tech EOOD
• AS212416 Proximity EOOD
• AS47964 Data Center Ltd.
• AS206346 "Pan Telecom" EOOD

Adjacent networks

• AS6461 Zayo Bandwidth
• AS20771 Caucasus Online Ltd.
• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS51582 Cifrova Kabelna Korporacia EOOD
• AS8280 SYNAPSECOM S.A. Provider of Telecommunications and Internet Services
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS42555 OPTICCOM- BULGARIA Ltd.
• AS8551 Bezeq International Ltd.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS60325 Optiland Telecommunications I.K.E.
• AS202634 Petar Petrov
• AS204639 H-Tech EOOD
• AS209681 Deltacom Electronics Ltd.
• AS211128 Sky Fiber AD
• AS207094 Inter Carrier Ltd
• AS207811 SuperCell ISP LTD
• AS31287 IPACCT CABLE Ltd
• AS47964 Data Center Ltd.
• AS212416 Proximity EOOD
• AS206346 "Pan Telecom" EOOD
• AS37721 Virtual Technologies & Solutions
• AS47748 Daticum AD
• AS31500 Global Network Management Inc

Routing security

• RPKI: 14 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 15 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 15 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-BALKANIX, AS-BTC-UP, AS-GRIX-ATH, AS-GRIX-ATH-RS, AS-GTTCUST6, AS-IPACCT, AS-ITVNET_OUT, AS-LIQUID-AMSIXPEERS, AS-MANDA-DECIX-PEERS-V4, AS-MANDA-DECIX-PEERS-V6, AS-MEGAPORT-RS-SOF, AS-NETIX-INT, AS-NETIX-NET, AS-OPENTRANSIT, AS-SOFIA-CONNECT, AS-SOFIA-CONNECT-V6, AS-SOFIACONNECT, AS-TELICITY-PEERING-FRANCE-IX, AS1200:AS-AMS-IX-PEERS, AS12713:AS-AMSIX, AS203462:AS-NVC-DECIX_FRA_RS, AS31319:AS-AMS-IX-FILTER, AS41327:AS-AMS-IX-EXCEPTIONS, AS49605:AS-AMS-IX-FILTER, AS57463:AS-NETIX-INT.

Internet exchanges

• DE-CIX Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany
• NetIX — Sofia, Bulgaria
• Greek Internet Exchange - Athens — Athens, Greece
• GNM Internet Exchange Ukraine — Kiev, Ukraine
• Megaport MegaIX Sofia — Sofia, Bulgaria