Varna · Bulgaria
PeeringDB records one exchange in Varna, Bulgaria. VarnaIX has 17 participants and is the city's only peering point, alongside two colocation facilities holding six network presences between them. An IP address that geolocates to Varna reflects where its operator registered the block, not necessarily where the device connecting sits.
Internet exchanges in Varna
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
VarnaIX Varna Internet Exchange | 17 |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Varna Teleport Center | 5 | 9 Maria Luiza Blvd. |
| АСDС | 1 | g.k. PobedaMladost, ul. "Petko Staynov" 12 |
What a Varna IP address tells you
Varna has one exchange, VarnaIX, with 17 participants, and that number is also the city's whole exchange peer count. Colocation is thinner still. Varna Teleport Center lists five networks and АСDС one, six network presences across the two facilities on record. VarnaIX records three Bulgarian carrier ASNs, so carrier networks do peer locally, although the registry entries for A1 Bulgaria, Vivacom and Yettel Bulgaria carry no mobile ASNs, leaving those three numbers unmatched to a named operator.
An address that geolocates to Varna may belong to a device anywhere in Bulgaria. Seventeen exchange participants and six network presences in colocation put far less routing here than Sofia holds, and a mobile subscriber in Varna can leave through a gateway in another city. Operators announce blocks from a registry record holding one administrative address, and geolocation databases copy that published location, so the city label follows the paperwork rather than the connection.
Anyone checking a Varna address should read the origin ASN on the prefix and the netname registered against it. Those tell you which organisation holds the block and which network announces it, neither of which changes with a geolocation lookup. If the origin ASN is one of the three carrier numbers peering at VarnaIX, the traffic at least touches a network with a presence in the city; if it is not, the Varna label rests on the registry record alone.
Mobile carriers in Bulgaria
A mobile address in Varna is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Varna?
PeeringDB lists one, VarnaIX, the Varna Internet Exchange, with 17 participants. The city also has two colocation facilities on record, Varna Teleport Center with five networks and АСDС with one, giving six network presences in total.
Do Bulgarian mobile carriers peer in Varna?
VarnaIX records three Bulgarian carrier ASNs among its 17 participants, so carrier networks are there. The registry entries for A1 Bulgaria, Vivacom and Yettel Bulgaria hold no mobile ASNs, so this data cannot say which of the three numbers is a mobile network.
Does an IP that geolocates to Varna mean the device is in Varna?
No. It means the operator published Varna as the location of that address block. Mobile traffic from a Varna subscriber can exit through a gateway elsewhere in Bulgaria, and geolocation databases follow the registry entry. The origin ASN and netname on the prefix are more informative.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants