About Us
Despite being the most fundamental component of the Internet, the ownership of IP addresses remains an issue. According to Number resource organization, the collective body of regional internet registries, they are not owned by the businesses who are operating on them. The issue becomes further complicated as IPs, they lack intrinsic value.
These IP addresses are currently managed by 5 RIRs in the world. Despite RIRs’ claim that “the community owns IP”, these IP addresses in fact are in the hands of a very selected few - policy specialists and RIR executives who leverage their knowledge and position to set and execute policies which directly decide who has the rights to their IP address, effectively deciding who can connect the internet- they even have the power to reclaim any companies even nation’s IP by setting a relevant policy, effectively taking an entire cooperation or nation off the internet.
This is a dangerous situation for both Internet businesses as well as the Internet.
NRS believes the rights to the unique registration in a global coordinated database for IP addresses, should be owned by the companies who are running the network, not one centralized body deciding the fate of the internet access for everyone.
NRS helps enable business owners to control the future of their businesses by educating them more on their IP addresses registration rights with the goal of enabling them to own their IP address, registration rights.
Our Mission
Our Vision
To empower and protect our members with quality member services to ensure their interests are safe and secure as well as their rights protected. We want to empower our members to control the future of their businesses by truly owning their IP addresses.
To give back business owners their voice and rights, by helping them own their IPs to control and protect their own businesses.
Our Goals
1. Clarify the ownership of IP addresses.
2. Campaign free market for IP addresses.
3. Cut overhead and bureaucratic costs of the current internet governance organizations.
4. Make IP addresses policies easy to understand for the common end-user.
5. Keep our members fully informed and updated of the current development of IP address policy.
6. Reduce membership fee of Regional Internet Registries.
7. Endorse election candidates that truly represent you in the critical positions of internet governance organizations.
Our Members
Testimonials
Niger.
representative's participation, I have gained significant knowledge about Internet governance. I truly valued the collaborative effort in creating a visual representation of our involvement as internet service providers, and so on. I hope NRS continues to operate in this positive manner. The time spent together with NRS and fellow Internet players was genuinely enjoyable.
Niger.
NRS has raised issues that are in the news, and we completely agree with them on the approach that aims to make things happen clearly, not through intimidation but through the desire to serve.
Mali IT Telecom.
We thank NRS for its very edifying seminar which was a panel made up of all the stakeholders with an interactive debate which allowed us all to ask questions and understand the issues surrounding good governance. We wish NRS good luck.
President of the National Communication Council of Burundi.
NRS deserves the spotlight. Their seminar was a great success here in Burundi. The theme is chosen to interest end users but also internet service providers, etc. The challenge faced by NRS is great and we wish them great success.
Computer Network Administrator.
It was a very nice seminar that we took part in. I really appreciated the theme: good governance of the Internet but above all NRS has equipped itself with experienced people to develop this very vast theme, full of complexity. We wish NRS to move forward and clean up this environment which has become very dangerous.
