Autonomous system
AS37424 Spacetel
Unclassified DROP-listed space AFRINIC
Summary
Spacetel Benin
mobile isp benin telecom
Spacetel is the AS handle for Spacetel Benin SA.
What it's used for
- The address space carries mobile and broadband services in Benin, as indicated by the holder's identity and PeeringDB association with MTN Benin.
- The AS announces 4096 IPv4 addresses across 3 prefixes and 9 IPv6 prefixes, with only 3 observed neighbours, implying a role as an access or eyeball network rather than a transit provider.
Notable
- The registry holder is listed as SPACETEL BENIN SA, which aligns with the AS handle
Spacetel. - Spacetel Benin is a subsidiary of MTN Group, operating mobile and internet services in Benin.
- The inventory consists of three IPv4 blocks and nine IPv6 prefixes, all located in Benin.
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 1 exchange in 1 country, largest first.
| Exchange | Location | Their address |
|---|---|---|
| Benin IX | Cotonou, Benin | 196.223.40.13 |
Exchange presence is recorded rather than inferred: the directory collected by Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/ixp/data) on 2026-10-11, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Transit is inferred from observed BGP paths, never declared by either party.
Address space
Summary
IPv4 3 prefixes · 4.10K addresses IPv6 9 prefixes
| Country | Name | Prefixes |
|---|---|---|
| BJ | Benin | 12 |
Registry
Allocation record
- Registry
- AFRINIC
- Registered
- 2019-10-10
- Allocation
- allocated
Declared
PeeringDB profile
- Name
- MTN BENIN
- Scope
- Not Disclosed
- Traffic ratio
- Not Disclosed
- Peering policy
- Open
- Present at
- 1 exchanges
- Website
- http://www.mtn.bj
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
- 90% valid · 19 valid, 2 with no ROA
- ROAs
- 3 authorising AS37424
- ASPA
- no ASPA record
- IRR
- 100% registered · 21 of 21 announcements
- Route objects
- 18 naming AS37424
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.
2 DROP matches Announced space overlapping the DROP prefix list.
| Announced | DROP entry | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 41.79.216.0/22 | 41.79.219.0/24 | SBL216949 |
| 197.234.216.0/21 | 197.234.221.0/24 | SBL430939 |
Spamhaus DROP ("Don't Route Or Peer") lists space and networks run by, or hijacked for, spam and cybercrime operations: 432 networks and 1,768 prefixes, as published 2026-10-12. 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