Pronounced A-P-NIC

APNIC Pty Ltd is a legal entity incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 in Australia.
ACN 081 528 010  ABN 42 081 528 010

Role of APNIC

APNIC is an open, membership-based, not-for-profit organization. It is one of five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) charged with ensuring the fair distribution and responsible management of IP addresses and related resources. These resources are required for the stable and reliable operation of the global Internet.

As part of this service, the APNIC Secretariat is responsible for maintaining the public APNIC Whois Database and managing reverse DNS zone delegations.

APNIC is also actively involved in the development of Internet infrastructure throughout the region. This includes providing training and education services, supporting technical activities such as root server deployments, and collaborating with other regional and international organizations.

APNIC is not involved in administering the Domain Name System (DNS) and is not responsible for registering domain names.

Objectives

To:

• Provide
  Internet resource allocation and registration services to enable communications via open system network protocols and to assist in the development and growth of the Internet in the Asia Pacific region
  
• Assist
  the Asia Pacific Internet community in the development of procedures, mechanisms, and standards to facilitate the efficient allocation of Internet resources
  
• Provide
  educational opportunities to improve APNIC Members' technical and policy understanding of the industry
  
• Support
  the community's development of public policies and positions that serve the best interests of APNIC Members and to seek legislative and regulatory consideration of issues of general benefit to the Members, where and when appropriate
  
• Serve
  as the administrative, managerial, and operations arm of APNIC Pty Ltd and to transact all activities, functions, and affairs on behalf of, and in the name of, the corporation. These objectives are included in the By-laws that govern the role of APNIC and the APNIC Secretariat.