Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce that sixteen new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since our previous announcement: * nl-ams-as12041 hosted by Afilias in Amsterdam, Netherlands. * kz-ala-as21299 hosted by 2Day Telecom LLP in Almaty, Kazakhstan. * Two anchors hosted by Booking.com: nl-ams-as43996 located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and uk-slo-as43996 located in Slough, United Kingdom * sk-bts-as201702 hosted by skHosting.eu in Bratislava, Slovakia. * kz-plx-as21282 hosted by KazNIC Organization in Semey, Kazakhstan. * lk-cmb-as38229 hosted by Lanka Education & Research in Colombo, Sri Lanka and sg-sin-as45494 hosted by openmirror.asia in Singapore, Singapore. These are the first two of ten anchors that APNIC will sponsor. * qa-doh-as8781 hosted by Ooredoo in Doha, Qatar on behalf of RIPE NCC since they are one of our K-root hosts. First anchor in Middle East! * uk-lon-as5459 hosted by LINX in London, United Kingdom on behalf of RIPE NCC since they are one of our K-root hosts and RIS Remote Route Collector locations. * si-lzp-as198644 hosted by the Go6 Institute in Skofja Loka, Slovenia, and sponsored by SIDN, Netherlands. * it-mil-as16004 hosted by Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) in Milan, Italy on behalf of RIPE NCC since they are one of our k-root hosts and RIS Remote Route Collector locations. * Three anchors hosted by Wikimedia Foundation in United States: us-qas-as14907 located in Ashburn, us-cax-as14907 located in Carrollton and us-sfo-as14907 located in San Francisco. * us-lan-as32244 hosted by Liquid Web Inc in Lansing Charter Township, United States. This brings the total number of anchors to 94. You can follow the activation rate on the graph here: https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/network-coverage/ The map of all anchor locations: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/map/ You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ And here are the logos and links to hosting companies: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/community/#!tab-anchor-sponsors We are still accepting new applications from individuals and organisations interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor. We are particularly interested in deploying anchors in the Middle East, Western Asia, Latin America and Africa, in order to add more geographical diversity to the measurement data. There are more organisations that want to host a RIPE Atlas anchor but don’t have the necessary funding. To learn more about sponsoring an anchor, please contact us at mcb@ripe.net To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ Kind regards, Michela Galante Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC