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IQB Meets Reliability: New Research on M-Lab’s Internet Quality Barometer

Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is excited to announce that Zeynep Arslan (M-Lab Research Fellow, affiliated with the Sorbonne Université) was awarded an Internet Society Pulse fellowship to conduct research exploring the stability and reliability of the Internet Quality Barometer (IQB) framework.

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By Pavlos Sermpezis

August 5, 2026

M-Lab and Giga to Launch Community of Practice to Advance School Connectivity Measurement

Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is excited to announce the early launch of a new Connectivity Community of Practice for applied Internet measurement in collaboration with Giga.

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By Melissa Newcomb, Pavlos Sermpezis

February 26, 2026

OMG! The Fourth Open Measurement Gathering Report is Out Now

From 2024 to 2025, Measurement Lab, Censored Planet, IODA, and OONI organized four convenings called the Open Measurement Gatherings (OMG). The intention of these convenings was to build understanding, trust, and collaboration across open Internet measurement groups and this initiative was made possible with the support of the Open Technology Fund (OTF). From September 8-12, 2025, the Open Measurement Groups groups gathered in Estoril, Portugal for the fourth convening of the two-year program.

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By Melissa Newcomb, Pavlos Sermpezis

December 22, 2025

M-Lab at Pulse Research Week with Internet Society and Giga

From December 8-11, 2025, Measurement Lab (M-Lab) joined the Internet Society Pulse Research Week. On Day 4 Pavlos Sermpezis, M-Lab’s Director, Technical Lead, presented the Internet Quality Barometer prototype at the Giga offices in Barcelona. M-Lab discussed with the audience how IQB could be adapted for education.

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By Melissa Newcomb, Pavlos Sermpezis

December 18, 2025

Open Measurement Hackathon at the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2025

M-Lab, OONI, IIJ, Dioptra Research Group, Cloudflare Radar, Reverse Traceroute, and IODA hosted the Open Measurement Hackathon, October 31, 2025, following the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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By Chris Ritzo, Melissa Newcomb, Pavlos Sermpezis

November 12, 2025

Measurement Lab publishes new dataset of NDT7 measurements

A new dataset of ndt7 measurements is now available in BigQuery, offering access to measurements from a set of servers whose data had not been previously published.

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By Matt Mathis, Roberto D'Auria, Nathan Kinkade, Pavlos Sermpezis, Melissa Newcomb

July 15, 2025

OMG! Summary of the 3rd Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Ask Me Anything (AMA) event

On June 25, 2025, the Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) held a public event, “Open Measurement Gathering AMA”, featuring Censored Planet, IODA, OONI, and Measurement Lab.

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By Pavlos Sermpezis, Melissa Newcomb

July 15, 2025

Measurement Lab publishes the Internet Quality Barometer Framework

Measurement Lab is happy to announce the publication of the Internet Quality Barometer Framework!

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By Pavlos Sermpezis, Melissa Newcomb, Lai Yi Ohlsen

June 30, 2025