AS59877 — vatelecom VA TELECOM SAS

AS59877 announces 9 IPv4 prefixes covering 4,608 addresses and 2 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

VATELECOM is operated by VA Telecom SAS.

What it's used for

• The address space is registered under netnames such as FR-VATELECOM-20140623 and FR-VATELECOM-20160720, with one exception: 45.67.253.0/24 is registered as DataCenter-Merckel.
• The AS announces 4,608 IPv4 addresses across 9 prefixes and 2 IPv6 prefixes, while maintaining 35 observed neighbours. This ratio of moderate address space to a high number of peering partners indicates a transit or interconnection role rather than a large-scale access network.
• As a French telecommunications provider, the traffic carried includes business connectivity, data center interconnection, and transit services for other networks.

Notable

• Registrants for eight of the nine announced IPv4 prefixes are listed as VA TELECOM SAS, aligning with the AS holder. The prefix 45.67.253.0/24 is registered to Abuse-C Role under the netname DataCenter-Merckel, suggesting leased or acquired space.
• The inventory consists of a mix of /22 and /24 blocks, including a large /32 IPv6 allocation (2a02:7b20::/32), indicating a structured corporate or carrier-grade address estate.

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

Announced prefixes

• 31.223.190.0/24
• 45.67.253.0/24
• 62.68.65.0/24
• 91.212.33.0/24
• 185.61.176.0/22
• 185.160.52.0/22
• 193.39.0.0/22
• 193.56.146.0/24
• 217.197.108.0/24
• 2a02:7b20::/32
• 2a03:9260::/32

Upstream networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS5511 Orange S.A.
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS49451 Association Ouest Network
• AS25091 IP-Max SA

Downstream networks

• AS208957 Ingenierie Informatique Systeme Et Reseau SARL
• AS208963 RLG INFORMATIQUE SAS
• AS203797 VA TELECOM SAS
• AS209686 ATEMIS SAS

Adjacent networks

• AS174 Cogent Communications, LLC
• AS5511 Orange S.A.
• AS6939 Hurricane Electric LLC
• AS208957 Ingenierie Informatique Systeme Et Reseau SARL
• AS208963 RLG INFORMATIQUE SAS
• AS209686 ATEMIS SAS
• AS203797 VA TELECOM SAS
• AS6696 VERIXI SA
• AS49451 Association Ouest Network
• AS24482 SG.GS
• AS25091 IP-Max SA

Routing security

• RPKI: 11 valid, 0 invalid and 0 not-found announcements; 11 ROAs.
• ASPA: none published.
• IRR: 100% of announcements registered; 11 route objects.
• Listed in as-sets: AS-COVAGE, AS-FRANCEIX-PAR, AS-FRANCEIX-PAR-LIST, AS-OPENTRANSIT, AS-VA-SOLUTIONS, AS49451:AS-MEMBERS, AS59877:AS-VA-TELECOM, AS8218:AS-CUSTOMERS.

Internet exchanges

• Equinix Internet Exchange Paris — Paris, France