Autonomous system
AS37020 CELTEL-DRC
Unclassified AFRINIC
Summary
Airtel DRC
mobile telecom drc
The AS handle CELTEL-DRC is held by Airtel DRC (formerly Celtel DRC).
What it's used for
- The address space carries mobile subscriber traffic, evidenced by reverse DNS entries pointing to
r.airtel.cd(e.g.,0-52-243-41.r.airtel.cd). - The AS announces 19456 IPv4 addresses across 23 prefixes with 17 observed neighbours, a ratio consistent with a mobile access network serving end-users rather than a transit provider.
Notable
- Registrants for the largest prefixes are listed as
CELTEL DRCwith the netnameORG-CD1-AFRINIC, aligning with the historical operator name prior to rebranding. - Celtel DRC was acquired by Airtel Africa, leading to the rebranding to Airtel DRC, which is reflected in the current reverse DNS infrastructure.
- The inventory consists primarily of /21 and /22 blocks within the 41.243.0.0/16 range, with a smaller allocation in 41.222.0.0/16.
This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.
Interconnection
Peering at a glance
Internet exchanges
Recorded at 2 exchanges in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa Internet Exchange | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | 196.223.28.31 |
| Lubumbashi Internet Exchange | Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo | 196.60.64.31 |
Transit providers
8 upstream, 10 downstream and 20 adjacent networks observed; most-used upstreams first.
| AS | Network | Paths seen |
|---|---|---|
| AS37662 | West Indian Ocean Cable Company | 2,461 |
| AS327708 | Airtel Rwanda Ltd | 1,366 |
| AS37451 | CONGO TELECOM | 162 |
| AS14593 | Space Exploration Technologies Corporation | 78 |
| AS36926 | Airtel Networks Kenya Limited | 31 |
| AS30844 | Liquid Telecommunications Ltd | 30 |
| AS36873 | Airtel Networks Limited | 10 |
| AS9498 | BHARTI Airtel Ltd. | 1 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-27, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 23 prefixes · 19.46K addresses IPv6 0 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- AFRINIC
- Handle
AS37020- Registry name
- ORG-CD1-AFRINIC
- Registrant
- CELTEL DRC
- Registered
- 2008-05-23
- Last changed
- 2020-07-28
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- Airtel DRC AS37020
- Also known as
- Airtel RDC S.A.
- Scope
- Africa
- Traffic ratio
- Balanced
- Peering policy
- Open
- IRR as-set
as-AIRTEL-DRC- Present at
- 3 exchanges
- Website
- http://africa.airtel.com
PeeringDB records are maintained by the network operator and are not independently verified. Treat them as a statement of intent rather than of fact. For the observed and recorded view, see peering, which lists the exchanges Packet Clearing House has a port on file for.
Routing security
RPKI and IRR
- RPKI
- 100% valid · 64 valid, 0 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 3 authorising AS37020
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 64 of 64 announcements
- Route objects
- 87 naming AS37020
Reputation
Classification and threat
Unclassified Not in the curated lists. Most of the ~80,000 allocated ASNs are not.
Spamhaus DROP
Not on ASN-DROP The network as a whole is not listed.
No DROP prefixes None of its announced space is on the DROP prefix list.
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 447 networks and 1,852 prefixes, as published 2026-10-27. A short, high-confidence list, so a match is worth taking seriously, and absence from it says little on its own.
FBI IC3
No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.
IC3 threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.
Elsewhere