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IPv4 range · 65,536 addresses

159.98.0.0/16

Now

ARIN statistics
Allocated (dated 1993-10-25) (US), in the latest file
Registry
ARIN
Holder
Verizon Business
From
ARIN's latest statistics and the latest transfer record

Latest change

Transfer log Merger/acquisition or reorganization

Reported
2023-08-17 (ARIN)
Confidence
Confirmed
Inventory
No effect on ARIN applicant inventory

Timeline (2)

Every change the tracker has found, newest first. It covers ARIN from 2008-12-01, the RIPE NCC from 2010-04-23, APNIC from 2008-02-15, LACNIC from 2012-06-29 and AFRINIC from 2012-10-03.

2023-08-17 ARIN Transfer log Merger/acquisition or reorganization Confirmed
Transfer log
Merger/acquisition: MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN) to Verizon Business (ARIN)
From
MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business ARIN
To
Verizon Business ARIN
Inventory
No effect on ARIN applicant inventory

ARIN's transfer log records a merger, acquisition or reorganization from MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN) to Verizon Business (ARIN) on 2023-08-17 10:50 UTC. The registration changed hands; it is not a new allocation from ARIN. ARIN-Issued and ARIN's statistics don't show this change; only the transfer log records it.

Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
  1. Transfer log Transfer log: MERGER_ACQUISITION on 2023-08-17 10:50 UTC, MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN) to Verizon Business (ARIN); resources moved: 159.98.0.0/16 source · retrieved
  2. Before ARIN delegated statistics 2023-08-16 (produced 2023-08-16T13:00:13+00:00), before the report: allocated (dated 1993-10-25) source · retrieved
  3. After ARIN delegated statistics 2023-08-18 (produced 2023-08-18T13:00:13+00:00), after the report: allocated (dated 1993-10-25) source · retrieved
2017-07-17 ARIN Transfer log Merger/acquisition or reorganization Confirmed
Transfer log
Merger/acquisition: IDB Communications Group, Inc. (ARIN) to MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN)
From
IDB Communications Group, Inc. ARIN
To
MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business ARIN
Inventory
No effect on ARIN applicant inventory

ARIN's transfer log records a merger, acquisition or reorganization from IDB Communications Group, Inc. (ARIN) to MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN) on 2017-07-17 17:49 UTC. The registration changed hands; it is not a new allocation from ARIN. ARIN-Issued and ARIN's statistics don't show this change; only the transfer log records it.

Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
  1. Transfer log Transfer log: MERGER_ACQUISITION on 2017-07-17 17:49 UTC, IDB Communications Group, Inc. (ARIN) to MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business (ARIN); resources moved: 159.98.0.0/16 source · retrieved
  2. Before ARIN delegated statistics 2017-07-16 (produced 2017-07-16T05:08:33+00:00), before the report: assigned (dated 1993-10-25) source · retrieved
  3. After ARIN delegated statistics 2017-07-18 (produced 2017-07-18T05:08:50+00:00), after the report: assigned (dated 1993-10-25) source · retrieved

Transfer records (2)

Date (UTC)LogTypeRange movedFromTo
ARINMerger acquisition159.98.0.0/16 MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business ARINVerizon Business ARIN
ARINMerger acquisition159.98.0.0/16 IDB Communications Group, Inc. ARINMCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business ARIN

Every record in the ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC and AFRINIC transfer logs that moved any part of this IPv4 range (ARIN's from 2009, the RIPE NCC's from 2012, APNIC's from 2010, LACNIC's from 2016, AFRINIC's from 2018). A transfer between two registries is in both logs.

RDAP lookups

Not looked up. The tracker queries RDAP for changes as they're reported (on first sight, after 24 hours and after seven days); older changes aren't looked up because today's RDAP says nothing about the past.

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