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AS4837 CHINA169-BACKBONE CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone

Mobile APNIC

IPv4 addresses 57.25M 3,119 prefixes
IPv6 prefixes 1,835 counted as prefixes, not addresses
Countries 1 mostly CN
Flagged prefixes 0 none

Summary

China Unicom (China169)

China · AI-generated

isp eyeball backbone

China Unicom's China169 backbone (CHINA169-BACKBONE) — the second of China's

big state-owned carriers, serving fixed broadband especially in the north.

What it's used for

  • Fixed-line broadband and backbone connectivity for a very large subscriber base across China.

Notable

  • State-owned "eyeball" network; international traffic is subject to China's national filtering.
  • Together with China Telecom (AS4134) and China Mobile (AS9808), it carries the bulk of Chinese consumer internet.

Interesting

  • China Unicom historically dominated the northern provinces while China Telecom led the south — a split that still shapes domestic routing.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy. Source, and how to suggest an edit.

Address space

Summary

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CountryNamePrefixes
CNChina4,954

Registry

Allocation record

via APNIC RDAP
Registry
APNIC
Handle
AS4837
Registry name
CHINA169-Backbone
Abuse contact
hqs-ipabuse@chinaunicom.cn
Registered
2008-09-04
Last changed
2024-02-06
Status
active

Reputation

Classification and threat

Mobile Cellular carrier. Addresses are shared by many handsets via CGNAT.

No IC3 indicators Nothing from the FBI IC3 feed.

Threat data is alpha. Absence of an indicator is not evidence of good behaviour, only of absence from this one feed.

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