Mobile operator · Moldova

Unité ASN, MCC/MNC and IP prefixes

Unité is a mobile network operator in Moldova, part of Moldtelecom S.A. (state-owned, Republic of Moldova). It routes traffic through 3 autonomous systems (AS8926, AS31580, AS41221), which announced 120 prefixes at our last probe, and its SIMs carry MCC/MNC 259-05, 259-03, 259-99.

ASNs
3
Prefixes
120
Reviewed
September 2026
Country
Moldova (MD)
Parent group
Moldtelecom S.A. (state-owned, Republic of Moldova)
ASNs
AS8926, AS31580, AS41221
MCC / MNC
259-05, 259-03, 259-99
Network generations
4G LTE, 5G
ASNs confirmed
3 of 3
Announced prefixes
120 at probe on 2026-09-06
Official site
www.moldtelecom.md

Autonomous systems

Holder names and prefix counts come from the RIPE NCC's RIPEstat Data API, fetched on 2026-09-06. Role and confidence come from the evidence linked in each row; "confirmed" means a PeeringDB or RIPEstat record, or the operator's own site, names the operator.
Unité autonomous systems
ASNHolder (RIPEstat)RoleAnnouncedIPv4 prefixesIPv6 prefixesEvidence
AS8926MOLDTELECOM-AS Moldtelecom SAMobile networkconfirmedyes1117source · RIPEstat
AS31580MD-IX-AS Moldtelecom SARole not documentedconfirmedno00source · RIPEstat
AS41221MD-AS Moldtelecom SARole not documentedconfirmedyes20source · RIPEstat

Mobile network codes

The MCC identifies the country and the MNC identifies the operator inside it. Together they appear in the IMSI of every SIM on the network and in device diagnostics; they are how a handset knows which network it is on.
Unité MCC and MNC
MCC-MNCMCCMNCSource
259-0525905en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_IT
259-0325903en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_IT
259-9925999en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_IT

About Unité

Unité is the mobile brand of Moldtelecom S.A., the state-owned national operator of Moldova, and the mobile service is now sold under the Moldtelecom name. AS8926 is the ASN documented as carrying the network. The registry holds three network codes under MCC 259, with MNC 05, 03 and 99.

Three ASNs are registered to Moldtelecom. AS8926 is the one documented as carrying mobile, and at the last probe it announced 111 IPv4 prefixes against 7 IPv6 prefixes. PeeringDB lists it as Moldtelecom with an info type of Cable/DSL/ISP. RIPE inetnums originated by AS8926 name 3G SGSN prepaid and postpaid user ranges and a GGSN postpaid block, so one ASN carries both the fixed and the mobile network. AS31580 is the MD-IX route server ASN and announced nothing; AS41221 announced 2 IPv4 prefixes and has no documented role.

An address whose origin ASN is AS8926 is routed by Moldtelecom, and the mobile core sits inside that space, but so do the xDSL and fibre subscribers and the operator's own infrastructure. The origin ASN alone does not tell you whether an address belongs to a handset, a home line or a business connection. AS41221 announces a small amount of space with no role recorded, so the same caution applies. AS31580 belongs to the Moldova internet exchange route servers rather than to subscriber traffic.

Research note. Brand: unite.md now returns HTTP 301 to apiwww.moldtelecom.md (TLS cert is *.moldtelecom.md); mobile is sold on moldtelecom.md/ro/mobile/ under the Moldtelecom name ('Toate abonamentele funcționează în rețeaua 5G MAX ... prin rețeaua 4G sau 3G'); coverage page lists 3G/4G/5G. Ownership: Wikipedia states 'Moldovan state-owned telecommunications company', joint-stock company 'with the State being the unique founder and stockholder'; moldtelecom.md describes itself as 'the national operator' without naming the shareholder. AS8926: PeeringDB id 3149 'Moldtelecom', info_type Cable/DSL/ISP, 500-1000Gbps, website http://moldtelecom.md; RIPEstat 110 v4 prefixes / 477,696 IPs, 213 neighbours. It is the BGP origin (RIPEstat prefix-overview) of the mobile-core ranges whose RIPE DB inetnums read '3G SGSN PrePaid Users' (46.55.112.0/21), '3G SGSN PostPaid Users' (46.55.120.0/21) and 'UMTS 3G, GGSN Post-Paid' (37.75.64.0/19), so AS8926 carries both the fixed (xDSL/ETTH/MaxFiber) and the mobile network. AS31580: PeeringDB 'MD-IX Route Servers', info_type Route Server (Internet eXchange Moldova), not a subscriber network; RIPEstat announced=false. AS41221: RIPEstat announces 2 v4 prefixes (512 IPs), 5 neighbours, no route objects, no descriptive RIPE DB data; PeeringDB rate-limited on every retry. MNC table rows: 259-05 Moldtelecom, Operational, UMTS 900/2100, LTE 1800, 'Former Unité' (the UMTS/LTE consumer network); 259-03 Moldtelecom, Operational, CDMA 450; 259-99 Moldtelecom, Operational, UMTS 2100, 'Former Unité; used for Femtocell service only'. Candidate list had 259-03 twice; deduplicated. 259-15 (IDC/Interdnestrcom, Transnistria) is a different operator and not included.

Check whether an IP belongs to Unité

Look up the origin ASN of the address and compare it with the table above. RIPEstat answers for any address, and the RADB whois mirror lists the routes registered under an ASN.
Origin ASN of an address
curl -s "https://stat.ripe.net/data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=203.0.113.9" | jq '.data.asns'
Routes registered under AS8926
whois -h whois.radb.net -- '-i origin AS8926' | grep ^route

Questions

What is Unité's ASN?
Mobile service branded Unité runs on Moldtelecom's network, and the registry documents AS8926 as the ASN carrying it. Moldtelecom also holds AS41221, which announces two IPv4 prefixes with no role recorded, and AS31580, the route server ASN of the Moldova internet exchange.
What is the MCC/MNC of Unité?
The registry lists three codes under MCC 259 for Moldova. MNC 05 is the UMTS and LTE consumer network recorded as former Unité, MNC 99 is a former Unité code used for femtocell service, and MNC 03 is Moldtelecom's CDMA 450 network.
Is an IP from AS8926 a mobile IP?
Not on the ASN alone. AS8926 carries Moldtelecom's mobile core, with inetnums naming 3G SGSN and GGSN user ranges, and it also carries the fixed broadband network. An address originated by AS8926 is routed by Moldtelecom, but it could be mobile, fixed or enterprise.

Where Unité meets other networks

PeeringDB records Unité as a participant at internet exchanges in 4 cities. Each city page lists the exchanges there and the other networks present.

Network cities in Moldova: Chisinau.

Sources

Operator and registry pages used for this entry, followed by the RIPEstat Data API (holder, announced prefixes) and the PeeringDB API (network records).

  1. [1]https://www.moldtelecom.md/ro/mobile/
  2. [2]https://www.moldtelecom.md/ro/acoperire/
  3. [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldtelecom
  4. [4]https://www.peeringdb.com/api/net?asn=8926
  5. [5]https://stat.ripe.net/data/as-overview/data.json?resource=AS8926
  6. [6]https://stat.ripe.net/data/routing-status/data.json?resource=AS8926
  7. [7]https://stat.ripe.net/data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=46.55.112.0/21
  8. [8]https://stat.ripe.net/data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=37.75.64.0/19
  9. [9]https://rest.db.ripe.net/search.json?query-string=46.55.0.0/17&flags=all-more&type-filter=inetnum
  10. [10]https://rest.db.ripe.net/search.json?query-string=37.75.64.0/18&flags=all-more&type-filter=inetnum
  11. [11]https://www.peeringdb.com/api/net?asn=31580
  12. [12]https://stat.ripe.net/data/as-overview/data.json?resource=AS31580
  13. [13]https://stat.ripe.net/data/routing-status/data.json?resource=AS41221
  14. [14]https://rest.db.ripe.net/ripe/aut-num/AS41221.json
  15. [15]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_ITU_region_2xx_(Europe)
  16. [16]https://stat.ripe.net/docs/02.data-api/
  17. [17]https://www.peeringdb.com/apidocs/

ASN and prefix data describe how the operator's networks are registered and announced. They do not identify an individual subscriber or where a device is, since carriers route traffic from many areas through shared gateways.