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Lu Heng is a Hong-Kong based entrepreneur, technologist, and the founder of LARUS Limited. He is the founder of LARUS foundation, a non-profit organization that provides internet education. He is also a member of the advisory council at Pacific Telecom Council (PTC).[citation needed][1]
Career
In 2016, Heng founded LARUS Limited, which has an office in Hong Kong.[2][citation needed] In 2019, he established the LARUS Foundation, a non-profit organization that is focused on offering internet education to the Internet community in general, with the ultimate goal of achieving universal Internet education.[3][4][non-primary source needed] LARUS partnered with the University of Hong Kong to offer internships.[5][6]
Heng currently holds an advisory and board seat in Pacific Telecommunication Council (PTC), a non-profit global organization. In November 2020, he was elected for the East Asian For-Profit seat at PTC.[7]
Heng is currently focused to promote internet governance education worldwide.[8]
Lawsuits
Heng is involved in a series of lawsuits with African Network Information Centre (Afrinic)[9] In June 2020, a dispute arose between the Afrinic and Cloud Innovation (CI), which threatened to disrupt the Internet network in the Indian Ocean and Africa.[10][11][12][13][citation needed] Afrinic accused CI of violating their Registration Service Agreement (RSA) by allocating resources primarily in China instead of the Africa region for which they were intended.[14][15][16][citation needed] Although CI is registered in Seychelles, it is partnered with LARUS Limited, a Hong Kong-based company founded by Heng.[17][18][citation needed] Heng denied allegations.[19][20][citation needed]
References
- ^ "LEADERSHIP".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lease IPv4 | IPv4 Broker | Buy & Sell IP addresses - LARUS". larus.net. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "Larus Foundation | Internet Policy Development | Hong Kong". Larus Foundation. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "Internships | School of English | Faculty of Arts | HKU". english.hku.hk. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Larus Foundation | Partnership". Larus Foundation. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Secretariat, P. T. C. (2020-11-23). "Election Results: 2020 PTC Board of Governors and Advisory Council". Pacific Telecommunications Council. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "International Telecoms Week 2024 - Speakers". International Telecoms Week 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Webmaster (2023-10-24). "List of Court Cases involving AFRINIC". afrinic.net. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Release, Press (2021-07-30). "ISPA Statement on recent Afrinic developments". Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "Internet Society Statement on Potential Destabilization of the Internet in Africa". Internet Society. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "How a dispute over IP addresses led to a challenge to internet governance".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Concerns Grow As AFRINIC's Funds Are Frozen Over IPv4 Dispute". Kentik. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ Webmaster (2024-07-18). "AFRINIC Communique". afrinic.net. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "Afrinic bank accounts frozen after R740 million damages claim".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Moyo, Admire (2022-08-31). "Battle for millions of African IP addresses turns nasty". ITWeb. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "Established in 2013, Cloud Innovation Limited specialises in IP address management. It partners with LARUS Limited (a company established in Hong Kong)".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CI and LARUS Limited's business has been in an extended business partnership where LARUS provided IP Management Service for CI to provision its number resources to their customers". LARUS. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "African internet riches threatened by lawsuit and corruption". Chicago Sun-Times. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ "African internet riches threatened by lawsuit and corruption". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
External links
- https://www.theafricareport.com/125692/exclusive-will-the-mauritius-supreme-court-shake-up-internet-across-africa/
- https://www.ptc.org/2020/11/election-results-2020-ptc-board-of-governors-and-advisory-council/
- https://council.ptc.org/PTC/leadership.aspx
- https://lexpress.mu/article/397372/litige-entre-afrinic-et-cloud-innovation-reseau-internet-risque-detre-compromis
- https://www.digitalbusiness.africa/avec-le-gel-des-fonds-de-lafrinic-un-danger-plane-sur-la-stabilite-et-la-disponibilite-de-linternet-en-afrique/
- https://www.internetgovernance.org/2021/08/19/a-fight-over-crumbs-the-afrinic-crisis/
- https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/4/22709624/afrinic-internet-protocol-addresses-ip-africa-lu-heng-china-broker
- https://afrikanheroes.com/2022/08/30/afrinic-exposes-serious-breaches-of-contract-by-cloud-innovation/