AS50010 — Nawras-AS Omani Qatari Telecommunication Company SAOC

AS50010 announces 16 IPv4 prefixes covering 295,936 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

The AS handle NAWRAS-AS is held by Ooredoo Oman, formerly known as Nawras.

What it's used for

• The address space carries mobile subscriber traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries pointing to dynamic.isp.ooredoo.om and netnames such as NAWRAS-NET and OM-QATARITELECOM-20090429.
• The network announces 296,192 IPv4 addresses across 208 prefixes and 77 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 67 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a large access network rather than a transit provider.
• Traffic from this AS consists of mobile subscriber eyeballs, supporting prepaid and postpaid GSM services, VoIP media, and data access for Ooredoo Oman customers.

Notable

• Registrants align with the announcer, listing Nawras LIR Admin and Omani Qatari Telecommunication Company SAOC for the majority of prefixes.
• The operator was established in 2004 as a joint venture under the brand Nawras and subsequently rebranded to Ooredoo Oman.
• The inventory includes a mix of /18, /19, and /20 blocks, with significant allocations in the 5.21.0.0/16 and 5.162.0.0/16 ranges.

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

Announced prefixes

• 5.21.0.0/16
• 5.162.0.0/16
• 37.28.0.0/17
• 37.200.128.0/17
• 46.40.192.0/21
• 46.40.200.0/23
• 46.40.202.0/24
• 46.40.204.0/24
• 46.40.206.0/23
• 46.40.208.0/20
• 46.40.224.0/19
• 91.132.64.0/23
• 145.255.64.0/18
• 185.6.220.0/22
• 188.66.128.0/17
• 188.135.0.0/17
• 2a02:2908::/29

Upstream networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS38001 NewMedia Express Pte Ltd
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS132132 MyRepublic Ltd.
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS58453 China Mobile International Limited
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS6453 TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC

Downstream networks

• AS212661 Oman Future Telecommunications Company SAOC
• AS209576 Duqm Data Centre SAOC
• AS14789 Cloudflare, Inc.
• AS60680 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
• AS15679 Ministry of Transport, Communication, and Information Technology
• AS54253 Oracle Corporation
• AS46071 Pioneer Elabs Ltd.
• AS202655 Ministry of Education (MOE)

Adjacent networks

• AS3356 Level 3 Parent, LLC
• AS2914 NTT America, Inc.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS3491 PCCW Global (HK) Ltd.
• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS1299 Arelion Sweden AB
• AS212661 Oman Future Telecommunications Company SAOC
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS17639 Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
• AS38001 NewMedia Express Pte Ltd
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS132132 MyRepublic Ltd.
• AS33891 Core-Backbone GmbH
• AS58453 China Mobile International Limited
• AS34019 Hivane Association
• AS209576 Duqm Data Centre SAOC
• AS14789 Cloudflare, Inc.
• AS60680 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
• AS15679 Ministry of Transport, Communication, and Information Technology
• AS54253 Oracle Corporation
• AS46071 Pioneer Elabs Ltd.
• AS25091 IP-Max SA
• AS6453 TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC
• AS202655 Ministry of Education (MOE)

Routing security

• RPKI: 653 valid, 0 invalid and 1 not-found announcements; 570 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 34% of announcements registered; 996 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-50010, AS-EMIX, AS-OMANTEL, AS-XO-B, AS203462:AS-NVC-DECIX_FRA_RS, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-AP, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-NA, AS3491:AS-CUSTOMERS-TEST, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST, AS58453:AS-ASIAASCUST, AS58453:AS-ASIATEST, AS58453:AS-ASIATEST2, AS61374:AS-UAEIX-CONNECTED, AS61374:AS-UAEIX-RS, AS61374:AS-UAEIX-RS-V6, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-CONNECTED, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-RS, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-RS-V6, AS6695:AS-DECIX-FRA-V6, AS6777:AS-AMS-IX-RS, AS6777:AS-AMS-IX-RS-SETS, AS6777:AS-AMS-IX-RS-SETS-V6, AS6777:AS-AMS-IX-RS-V6, AS680:AS-AMSIX-RS-PEERS.

Internet exchanges

• DE-CIX Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany
• AMS-IX Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Equinix Internet Exchange Singapore — Singapore, Singapore
• Equinix Internet Exchange Paris — Paris, France
• UAE-IX — Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Equinix Internet Exchange Muscat — Muscat, Oman