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Workshop IPv6@Gov – 23 & 24 January 2013 – European Commission, Brussels

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:19:47 EST

The IPv6 Observatory, the GEN6 project and the European Commission are jointly organizing an IPv6@Gov Workshop dedicated to the policy dialogue on the IPv6 deployment in European Union Member States.

IPv6 is a cornerstone of the Future Internet. To ensure both business continuity of the European industry and society to get benefits from IPv6 added technologies, the European Commission (EC) requested that by 2010, 25% of the users should be able to connect to IPv6. This ambitious target has not been achieved and while IPv4 pool of addresses dried out in February 2011, the estimated and effective level of IPv6 deployment is still below 5%. Pointing out the emergency of the issue, the European Commission is continuing its support to IPv6 deployment through its digital agenda and calling the member states to foster IPv6 adoption.
Complete info, agenda and registration at the IPv6 Observatory site.

Innovative IPv6 Training Lab

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:28:30 EST

LACNIC installs special equipment in Montevideo to train technicians around the region on the new Internet protocol.

In another effort to expand the use of the new Internet protocol within the region, LACNIC has installed in its office an IPv6 training lab within the framework of the 6DEPLOY-2 project, with equipment donated by Cisco Systems as part of the cooperation agreements of the project, sponsored by the European Commission.
Complete info at the LACNIC site.

New IPv6 Book "IPv6 for All"

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 08:43:39 EST

ISOC Argentina, in cooperation with the 6DEPLOY project, has released a new IPv6 Book "IPv6 for All: A Guide for IPv6 Usage and Application in Different Environments".

It is targeted to different types of readers, including end users, SOHO, enterprise, education and research networks, and ISPs. It also includes a section on how to deploy several IPv6 services.
The book can be downloaded in Spanish, Catalonian, Basque, Galician and English.

MINTIC and Renata organize the II Seminar for IPv6 Deployment Policies in Colombia

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:58:36 EST

With the support of 6DEPLOY and other organizations, the Colombian Government has organized a seminar in Bogota, as part of the dissemination of the policies for the national adoption of IPv6.
Complete info available at the 6DEPLOY site.

MINTEL & SENATEL, from the Ecuador Government, organize an IPv6 event

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 02:29:39 EST

With the support of 6DEPLOY and other organizations, the Ecuador Government has organized a workshop in Quito, towards the official adoption of IPv6 in the country.
The information of the event and the material presented is available at the 6DEPLOY site.

Europe needs to move to IPv6

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 00:51:46 EST

The Internet is doomed until European businesses and organisations begin to move towards IPv6, according to Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda.

"We are starting to see very close ahead of us the consequences if we don't make the switch to IPv6," she warned, presumably to a very receptive audience.
Complete info at The Inquirer, V3 and IEWY.

IPv6 Deployment in European Public Authorities

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 01:40:20 EST

On 28th of October, the 6DEPLOY-2 project, in cooperation with the European Commission, during the Future Internet Week, in Poznan (Poland), is organizing a workshop under the topic "IPv6 Deployment in European Public Authorities".
The draft agenda and registration is available the Future Internet Week site.

Hungary Opens First IPv6 Education Lab at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Using Cisco Technology

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:06:55 EST

Cisco and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) announced the first laboratory for training and research in the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Hungary.

Located at the Department of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, the lab is an integral part of an international network of IPv6 training and research facilities and is connected to some 20 similar centers around the globe. Cisco donated the lab�s networking and communications equipment.
Complete info at Vadvert, FinChannel and Campus Technology..

6DEPLOY and the Spanish Government announce free IPv6 trainings across the country

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:16:41 EST

Next 13th September, a series of 20 theoretical and hands-on IPv6 training sessions (in Spanish only) will start in Madrid, as part of the Spanish Government transition plan to the new Internet Protocol, signed by the Council of Ministers last 29th April.

This will be followed by sessions in Barcelona, Valencia, Le�n, Zaragoza, Santander, Bilbao, Logro�o, Pamplona, M�rida, Ceuta, Murcia, Seville, M�laga, Las Palmas, Toledo, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.
Complete info at 6DEPLOY site.

New IPv6 video from Spanish Goverment

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 07:47:09 EST

As part of the Spanish IPv6 transition plan, a video introducing IPv6 and the plan itself, has been released.
The video is available at TVenred in English and Spanish.

Spanish Ministry of the Presidency Order PRE/1761/2011, regarding IPv6

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:56:18 EST

Publication of the Spanish Council of Ministers Agreement of 29th of April 2011, which approves the Development Plan form the Deployment of the IPv6 Protocol in Spain.

A short interview video about IPv6 has also been produced as part of this plan.
Document available at Electronic Administration Portal and the video is available at TVenred.es.

Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey 2011

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 10:27:04 EST

We are conducting the Global IPv6 Deployment survey 2011 between 1/07/2011 - 31/07/2011. This survey is designed by GNKS Consult in collaboration with TNO and RIPE NCC, based on a design originally by ARIN/CAIDA in 2008, and has been carried out in 2009 with the support of RIPE NCC and APNIC, and globally, with support from RIPE NCC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and AfriNIC, in 2010.
The survey is available following this link.

Spanish Government approves National IPv6 Transition Plan

Sun, 1 May 2011 11:51:14 EST

On Friday 29th April 2011, the Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Master Plan for the National transition to IPv6, with the cooperation of all the public administrations.

The Plan includes 10 points covering all the aspects required for the public administrations to tackle the IPv4 exhaustion problem with a firm commitment for the deployment of IPv6, including eGovernment services, and the cooperation with private organisations in order to make sure that IPv6 is deployed in every network in the country.

In the next months a free training program will be provided in the 20 major Spanish cities.
The summary of the Plan is published in the Moncloa web site. Also an official IPv6 web site has been released which will include further contents in the next weeks.

Slovakia Gets Ready for IPv6 with Help from Cisco

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:16:57 EST

Cisco and the Technical University of Kosice announced the opening of the first laboratory for training and research in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Slovakia. Cisco donated the lab�s networking and communications equipment.
Complete info at Vadvert, Iewy News and TMCnet.

Address allocation kicks off IPv4 endgame

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:33:09 EST

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority has assigned two large blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre, activating a rule under which the agency will give out the last of its IPv4 addresses.

The rule states that when only five large blocks of IP addresses remain, one will be handed out to each of the world's five regional Internet registries. With the latest allocation to APNIC, the number of remaining IP address blocks is down to five.
Complete info at NetworkWorld, CIO and ComputerWorld.

Major Websites Commit to 24-Hour Test Flight for IPv6

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:05:48 EST

Facebook, Google and Yahoo, websites with more than one billion combined visits each day, are joining major content delivery networks Akamai and Limelight Networks, and the Internet Society, for the first global-scale trial of the new Internet Protocol, IPv6.

On June 8, 2011, dubbed �World IPv6 Day,� participants will enable IPv6 on their main services for 24 hours.
Complete info at SunHerald, NetworkWorld and ZDNet.

Workshop on skills for IPv6, Ghent, Belgium

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:22:32 EST

A workshop on skills for IPv6 will be held on 13 December 2010 in Ghent, Belgium.

Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a version of the internet protocol that is designed to replace the current Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4). The reason for this is that the range of addresses used on the internet is nearly exhausted.
Complete info at CORDIS.

Remaining IPv4 Address Space Drops Below 5%

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:14:33 EST

The Number Resource Organization (NRO) announced today that less than five percent of the world's IPv4 addresses remain unallocated. APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region, has been assigned two blocks of IPv4 addresses by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

This latest allocation means that the IPv4 free pool dipped below 10% in January, just nine months ago. Since then, over 200 million IPv4 addresses have been allocated from IANA to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
Complete info at iStockAnalyst, TMCnet and NewsMaker.

The IPv6 Forum Launches the IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:06:28 EST

The IPv6 Forum Ready Logo Program Committee releases a new program: the IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program.

This program defines and certifies courses, engineers and trainers with Silver & Gold Logo levels and requires IPv6 implementation on the web site of the education program.
Complete info at TMCnet, Melodika and PR-USA.

IPv6 Cluster meeting: IPv6 Smart Buildings

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:20:36 EST

The IPv6 Cluster, managed by the 6DEPLOY project, organizes a complete day event in Brussels, next 7th July.

The event main focus is the usage of IPv6 in Smart Buildings.

Registration is required, as only 70 seats are available.
The Provisional Agenda and the Registration form is available at the 6DEPLOY web site.

IPv4 addresses: Less than 10pc still available

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:11:20 EST

The shortage of IPv4 addresses has reached a critical stage, according to the registries that allocate internet numbers around the world.

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which represents the registries, said on Tuesday that less than 10 percent of all IPv4 addresses remain available, threatening the future network operations of all businesses and organisations unless ISPs and businesses step up their migration to IPv6.
Complete info at ZDNet, V3 and ISP Review.

Georgia Gets Ready for IPv6 With Help From Cisco

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:05 EST

New IPv6 Lab Is Part of International Network of Training Facilities.

Cisco and the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association (GRENA) today announced the opening of the first laboratory for training and research in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in the Caucasus region. Cisco donated the lab's networking and communications equipment.
Complete info at PRdomain.

New IPv6 Book: "IPv6 for All"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:38:01 EST

ISOC Argentina, in cooperation with the 6DEPLOY project, has released a new IPv6 Book "IPv6 for All: Usage and Application Guide for different environments".

It is targeted to different types of readers, including end users, SOHO, enterprise, education and research networks, and ISPs. It also includes a section on how to deploy several IPv6 services.
The first edition is available in Spanish and can be downloaded here. Soon a new edition will be released in English and other languages being considered.

EMEA Slow To Adopt IPv6 Thus Hampering Internet Development Reveals New Survey From European Commission

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:57 EST

A survey commissioned by the European Commission (EC) and conducted by TNO and GNKS Consult in cooperation with the RIPE NCC, a not-for-profit organisation that supports the infrastructure of the Internet, reveals that organisations in Europe, Middle East and parts of Central Asia have been slow to adopt IPv6, the next-generation of Internet addressing protocol.

This is jeopardising Internet growth and socio-economic development in these regions.
Complete info at eGov, V3 and PublicTechnology.

ENISA -1st EU Agency to deliver its web content over IPv6

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:11:30 EST

The EU Agency ENISA [i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency] now delivers its web site content over the new Internet protocol IPv6. With this action, ENISA is the first EU Agency to implement the European Commission IPv6 Action Plan.

All computer and electronic devices that connect to the web and other online services uses Internet Protocol Addresses. The current Internet Protocol, IPv4, provides a limited number of such addresses. According to estimates will be exhausted by 2011. The new Internet Protocol, IPv6, allows every citizen and organization to have as many Internet Addresses as they need to connect every conceivable device to the Internet: mobile phones, car navigation systems, home appliances, industrial equipment, etc.
Complete info at EurActiv, Computing and ComputerWeekly.

6DEPLOY release E-Learning packages

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:22:58 EST

6DEPLOY has released an IPv6 E-Learning package. It is a complete IPv6 course with English speech. A version with subtitles in Portuguese is also available.

There is also a short "5 minutes" introduction to IPv6 "What is IPv6?", available only in English.
Complete information at the 6DEPLOY web site.

U.S. loses IPv6 leader

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:36:29 EST

The United States has lost one of its most ardent proponents of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, with the death of Jim Bound earlier this week.

Bound was a Senior Fellow with HP, Chair of the North American IPv6 Task Force and CTO of the IPv6 Forum.
Complete info at NetworkWorld.

Time to Deploy IPv6 - Governments Urged To Lead Progression Towards European Targets

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:48:11 EST

Advisor to the European Commission, Detlef Eckert, to stress the need to deploy the new Internet protocol now and highlights importance of public sector leadership at RIPE NCC Roundtable meeting for governments and regulators.

Detlef Eckert, senior advisor in the Directorate General Information Society and Media of the European Commission (EC), is today emphasising the crucial role of EU governments in leading the way to IPv6 migration, at a roundtable meeting for governments and regulators, hosted by the RIPE NCC.
Complete info at eGov Monitor, IT Pro and PublicTechnology.

NRO: IPv6 Growth Increases 300 Per cent in Two Years

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:47:40 EST

Internet Governance Forum, Hyderabad, India, 3rd December 2008 - The Number Resource Organization (NRO), which is made up of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), announces today that the rate of new entrants into the IPv6 routing system has increased by approximately 300 percent over the past two years.

This growth has been helped by the active promotion of IPv6 by the five RIRs and their communities; and developing economies, such as India, are playing an increasingly important role in generating demand for global IPv6 deployment.
Complete info at TMCnet, VNUnet and CIOL.

Collaboration, training mark AfricaNIC conference

Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:26:24 EST

The Africa Network Information Center's 9th Open Policy Meeting (AfriNIC-9), held last week in Mauritius, saw the launch of international collaboration and IT training initiatives to benefit African techies.

Presenting research at the meeting, Japanese and South Korean professors announced a joint online collaboration and exchange program on Internet research between African and Asian technology experts.
Complete info at ComputerWorld.

6DEPLOY and other IST projects to exhibit at the IST2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:49:00 EST

Have a walk through the aisles of the ICT208 International Village and stop at the booth of the Global e-Infrastructure (Booth Number D 05)! You can meet representatives of 13 major e-Infrastructure projects and discover more about their state-of-the-art developments and global outreach.

Get to know how e-Infrastructures can open new frontiers for your business and research activities by allowing you to merge global resources and knowledge. Our Global e-Infrastructure team will be happy to answer all your questions and feed your curiosity.
Complete info at the Belief project web site.

OECD member states throw their weight behind IPv6

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:27:03 EST

Representatives of 42 member states in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a declaration in which they expressed their support for the next-generation internet protocol.

At its Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, held in Seoul, Korea, on Wednesday, the organisation said the switch to the new version of IP was necessary to connect billions of people to the internet. IPv4 addresses are quickly running out, so the signatories want to have the new version of the internet protocol, IPv6, adopted quickly. In one of the items in the declaration that is more political than technical, they call on governments and private companies that use a large number of IPv4 addresses to lead the switch over.
Complete info at Heise online.

Kenya Hosts EU/AfriNIC Training on IPv6

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:22:11 EST

More than 100 technical experts from English-speaking countries in Africa have gathered in Nairobi for IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) training. The training is geared toward improving the capacity of IT managers in Africa in deployment of IPv6 networks.

Kenya will embark on a plan to deploy IPv6 mainly through the national Network Operations Center (NOC) that is currently being setup, said Information and Communication Minister Samuel Poghisio in his keynote address. He added that NOC will support ongoing initiatives to encourage IPv6 deployment.
Complete info at CIO, NetworkWorld and ComputerWorld.

An unlimited source of Internet addresses to be on stream in Europe by 2010

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:01:58 EST

Increasing demand for Internet based services means that there would not be enough addresses to support this expected growth, if no action is taken. Encouraging internet users and providers to adopt the latest Internet Protocol (IP version 6 or IPv6) will provide a massive increase in address space, much in the same way as telephone numbers were lengthened in the 20th century.
Complete info at Europa web site, in all the official languages.

Action Plan for the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Europe

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:55:51 EST

The Commission or the European Communities has released a Communication to the European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, regarding the advancement of Internet.

The objective of the Action Plan is the support of the widespread introduction of the next version of the Internet Protocol (IPv6).
The complete Communication is available at the Europa web site, including a short video clip.

EU Calls for Mass Migration to IPv6 by 2010

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:40:54 EST

The European Commission has set a target of getting at least a quarter of EU industry, public authorities and households to switch to IPv6 internet addressing by 2010. A recent report from the OECD had warned that the shortage of older IPv4 internet addressing threatened the rise of mobile internet services.

"This is very much a case of a stitch in time saves nine", said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "In the short term, businesses and public authorities might be tempted to try to squeeze their needs into the strait jacket of the old system, but this would mean Europe is badly placed to take advantage of the latest internet technology, and could face a crisis when the old system runs out of addresses."
Complete info at Cellular News, 7th Space and CRN.

Gov'ts must intervene to end IP address shortage, says OECD

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:13:32 EST

Businesses alone are not doing enough to avert an impending shortage of Internet Protocol addresses, and governments must work with them to secure the future of the Internet economy, according to a report published Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The number of IP addresses, needed for Web sites, servers and PCs to communicate with one another over the Internet, is limited, and almost 85 percent of addresses are now in use. At the current rate of growth, the pool of available addresses will be exhausted by 2011.
Complete info at NetworkWorld, PCWorld and ComputerWorld.

EU Commission promotes IPv6

Wed, 7 May 2008 12:35:14 EST

Twenty-five per cent of all European users should have the opportunity to use IPv6 by the end of 2010, and should be able to access most of their normal services and content with it.

The EU Commission will set this goal in a statement, to be published at the end of May, on the new internet protocol and progress in the net.

Detlef Eckert of the General Directorate for Information Society and Media presented the key points of the statement and a related action plan at the RIPE meeting in Berlin.

The Commission is joining organisations like the R�seaux IP Europ�ens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE) in calling for rapid action in the face of dwindling reserves of IP addresses.
Complete info at Heise Online.

European IPv6 Day - 30 May 2008

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:44 EST

The Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission is pleased to invite you to the "European IPv6 Day" that will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on the 30th of May of 2008 at the Robert Schuman room inside the Berlaymont building. The event will see the launch of the Communication "Advancing the Internet action plan for the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Europe".

The main goal of the Communication is to promote IPv6 adoption through a wide range of actions encouraging public administration, users and industrial stakeholders to take decisive steps to accelerate the implementation of IPv6, so as to ensure Europe's readiness to face the expected depletion of the IPv4 addresses. Moreover, the prompt and efficient adoption of IPv6 offers Europe significant opportunities to boost innovation and develop a leading role in advancing the Internet.
Complete information and registration available at the Policy/IPv6 web page of the European Commission.

IETF Examines Future of the Internet by Going IPv6 Native

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:43:22 EST

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) put a spotlight on the next generation of Internet addressing when it switched off attendees� access to IPv4 during its meeting this week. For an hour, Internet engineers at the meeting could only access the Internet using an IPv6 network.
Complete info at Earthtimes, StreetInsider and Business Wire.

IPv6 roots planted on the net

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:37:47 EST

Monday marks a red-letter day for the internet, with the introduction of services that allow IPv6-based IP addresses to translated into domain names and vice versa.

The change comes as net governance organisation IANA adds AAAA records for the IPv6 addresses of six of the 13 root name servers, making it possible for two internet hosts to find each other without using the old IPv4 protocol.
Complete info at Channel Reigster.

Enable project releases Mobility publication

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:24:02 EST

The EC co-funded Enable project has released a book covering several aspects for the efficient and operational deployment of mobility in large heterogeneous IP networks.

The publication "Enabling efficient and operational mobility in large heterogeneous IP networks" includes a brief presentation of the project and some of the technical achievements, contributions to standardization work, and several selected papers related to the project work.
The publication is available in printed form and can also be downloaded as a high quality PDF.

IPv6 is go for launch

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:50:40 EST

Today, the 4th of February 2008, is going to be an important milestone in the history of the Internet. IANA�s General Operations Manager - Barbara Roseman - made an announcement at the end of last year that there was going to be a major change in the DNS system that would allow the deployment of IPv6 on the Internet to begin in earnest.

The change involves adding IPv6 address glue to a handful of the root DNS servers on the Internet and this is critical to allowing IPv6 only devices to be able to function properly in the future.
Complete info at mybroadband.

The web weans itself off the US

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:12:54 EST

The body which oversees the internet may become independent from the US Government for the first time, paving the way for one of the world's most important resources to be run by the private sector.

ICANN has written to the US Government asking to be released from an agreement under which it it answerable to the US Department of Commerce, which began delegating the responsibility for running the internet ten years ago.
Complete info at Times Online, Digital Trends and ShortNews.

RiNG "Routing in Next Generation" Workshop will be available with audio/video streaming

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:46:09 EST

The RiNG project has announced that the "Routing in Next Generation" workshop will be distributed on-line with both, IPv4 and IPv6. Videos will also be available on-line after the workshop.

The information about the streaming will be published in the workshop web page a few minutes before the start of the event.
The streaming information will be made available at the workshop site.

Internet Society CEO sets her sights on next billion 'Net users

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:00:12 EST

The Internet has 1.3 billion users, but that�s not enough for Lynn St. Amour. As CEO of the Internet Society, she is expanding the nonprofit group, which promotes development of the Internet globally. St. Amour doubled the group�s staff in 2007 and beefed up its outreach activities in Africa, South America and Asia in her bid to add another billion Internet users worldwide.

National Correspondent Carolyn Duffy Marsan sat down with St. Amour this week at a meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force, an ISOC-funded standards group.
Complete info at Network World, ComputerWord and PC World.

Final agenda for Routing in Next Generation workshop announced

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:29:13 EST

The final agenda for the Routing in Next Generation workshop has been annouced.

This is a free event regarding next generation routing, organized in Madrid next 13-14 of December.

The agenda is available at the RiNG project web page.
The complete information about the workshop is available at the workshop web page.

RiNG announces draft agenda for Routing in Next Generation workshop

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:19:54 EST

As part of its activities, RiNG is hosting an open routing workshop in Madrid, Spain.

The draft agenda has been posted and is available at the RiNG web page.
The event is free to attend, however for logistic reasons registration is required via this form.

Warning over net address limits

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:34:51 EST

Internet Service Providers urgently need to roll out the next generation of net addresses for online devices, internet pioneer Vint Cerf has said.

Every device that goes online is allocated a unique IP address but the pool of numbers is finite and due to run out around 2010.
Complete info at BBC News, PC Pro and Gadgetell.

RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:58:03 EST

During RIPE 55 in Amsterdam, the RIPE community agreed to issue the following statement on IPv4 depletion and the deployment of IPv6.

"Growth and innovation on the Internet depends on the continued availability of IP address space. The remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 address space is likely to be fully allocated within two to four years. IPv6 provides the necessary address space for future growth. We therefore need to facilitate the wider deployment of IPv6 addresses.
Complete info at RIPE web site.

Internet forum urges update to new Internet protocol by 2010

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:11:54 EST

Companies face a 2010 deadline to upgrade their servers to a new Internet Protocol version as the global inventory of unassigned addresses reaches its limit, said Latif Ladid, president of the IPv6 Forum.
Complete info at The China Post.

Routing in Next Generation Workshop

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:53:24 EST

The RiNG (Routing in Next Generation networks) project supports the coordination, study and analysis of Internet routing protocols, with a particular focus on either new approaches to routing or changes to existing routing protocols that may support future Internet growth.

As part of its activities, RiNG is hosting an open routing workshop in Madrid, Spain. The event is principally aimed at PhD students working in the area of Internet routing architecture and protocols, but is open to submissions and presentations from any interested researchers. The aim of the workshop is to allow young researchers to present their work in a formal yet friendly environment to their peers and a selection of academic and industry experts from the routing research community. We also expect two keynote speakers to take part in the event.
Complete information about the Call for Papers and Workshop at the RiNG web page.

ICANN Boss: CIOs must plan IPv6 move now

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:55:49 EST

CIOs must pay more attention to IPv6 migration, as the work required to make the move is more complex than is apparent and will required input from across a business and its stakeholders, Dr. Paul Twomey, CEO and president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Complete info at SearchCIO.

ICANN Boss: Government should lead IPv6 push

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:54:22 EST

Government agencies should make migration to IPv6 a priority, according to Dr. Paul Twomey, CEO and president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Complete info at SearchNetworking.

New Portal of the Transition to IPv6 of Latin America and Caribbean

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:50:56 EST

As part of the LACNIC campaign for the promotion, adoption and the transition to IPv6 protocol of the Latin American and Caribbean networks generated by the imminent depletion of the IPv4 addresses, LACNIC launches and make available to the Internet community a new information space.

This portal is constituted as an information centre with the objective of providing the necessary tools, updated information, experiences, presentations and all kind of data that contribute to the transition and adaptation of the new protocol IPv6 for our region.
At the same time it will show updated data about the IPv6 penetration in a regional and global level as well as the IPv4 addressing consumption.

The portal is available at LACNIC web site.

AfriNIC position on the future of IP number resources

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:05:44 EST

After considering the situation of the IPv4 central pool exhaustion and the analysis paper published by AfriNIC staff in April 2007, The AfriNIC Board approved in its last meeting an action plan for the staff to intensify its awareness campaign on the issue and advise network operators in the region to make their network infrastructure IPv6 ready as soon as possible.

Resolution [#200707.01]: "Noting the imminent exhaustion of the IPv4 address central pool, the AfriNIC Board resolves that efforts to draw the public's attention to the problem and potential solutions such as IPv6 be intensified, and instructs the staff to take appropriate action in this regard". In line with this resolution, the following document has been sent to our members.
Complete information at AfriNIC web site.

Commission consults public on tougher ICT-trade strategy

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:25:47 EST

With a public consultation open until September, the Commission seeks to capture stakeholder views on market access and on regulatory issues, in order to boost the international standing of the European ICT industry.
Complete info at EurActiv.

NSF proposes next-generation Internet

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:31:33 EST

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed a next-generation Internet with built-in security and functionality that connects all kinds of devices, with researchers challenging the government agency to look at the Internet as a "clean slate."

The NSF's Global Environment for Networking Investigations, or GENI, initiative would include a research grant program and an experimental facility to test new Internet technologies, but the project is not yet funded, said NSF spokesman Richard "Randy" Vines. "It's an idea under consideration," he said.
Complete info at InterGovWorld.

Agencies, start your protocols!

Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:30:39 EST

By this time next year, all federal agencies must have their networks running Version 6 of the Internet Protocol. Some will meet the deadline, some won�t.

The CIO Council�s IPv6 working group has established three criteria for successfully meeting the mandate to enable the next generation of IP on agency network backbones.
Complete info at GCN.

ICANN Board Resolution on the Deployment of IPv6

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:09:11 EST

Whereas, the unallocated pool of IPv4 address space held by IANA and the Regional Internet Registries is projected to be fully distributed within a few years;

Whereas, the future growth of the Internet therefore increasingly depends on the availability and timely deployment of IPv6;

Whereas, the ICANN Board and community agree with the call to action from the Address Supporting Organization and the Number Resource Organization, Regional Internet Registries, the Government Advisory Committee, and others, to participate in raising awareness of this situation and promoting solutions;
The Board expresses its confidence in the Internet community to meet this challenge to its future prospects, and expresses its confidence in the bottom-up, inclusive, stakeholder-driven processes in place to provide any needed policy changes, and;

The Board further resolves to work with the Regional Internet Registries and other stakeholders to promote education and outreach, with the goal of supporting the future growth of the Internet by encouraging the timely deployment of IPv6.

Information extracted from the ICANN Board meeting minutes in San Juan de Puerto Rico.

LACNIC announces the imminent depletion of the IPv4 addresses

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:48:03 EST

It is estimated that in three years time the addresses available for connecting to the Internet under the current protocol will be depleted. Faced with this situation, LACNIC is taking measures for supporting and promoting the adoption of IP version 6 within the region.

As a response to the forecasts prepared by several investigators indicating that by the year 2011 the central pool of version 4 (IPv4) Internet addresses could be completely depleted, LACNIC announces it is launching a regional campaign so that all the region�s networks will be adapted to the new version 6 of the protocol (IPv6) before January 1st, 2011.
Complete info at LACNIC IPv6 Information Center.

The Choice: IPv4 Exhaustion or Transition to IPv6

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:26:22 EST

The exhaustion of the remaining pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses is approaching within the next few years and this may create some problems for the Internet, unless we make some smart choices. These decisions need to be planned well in advance if we want to ensure that the changes are as trouble-free, painless and inexpensive as possible.

This paper analyze the situation and classifies the potential mitigations for the IPv4 exhaustion problem into two basic categories: Temporary and Permanent mitigations.
The paper can be downloaded here.

Workshop on IPv6 Mobility Testbeds

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:10:13 EST

As part of IST Mobile Summit 2007, the IST-ANEMONE project is organising a workshop disseminating the features and access policies of an open IPv6 mobility testbed that is being opened to the public.

In addition, the workshop presents ideas for using the tesbed for R&D on some potential application areas, including intelligent transportation systems (ITS), multimedia services and testing.
Complete informacion available at the Anemone web site.

Second ACM International Workshop on Mobility

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:34:43 EST

The 2nd ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch'07), sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, in-cooperation with ACM SIGMOBILE and supported by the IST ENABLE project, will be held in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2007 Conference in Kyoto, Japan, August 27, 2007.

Following the success of MobiArch'06, the new MobiArch'07 workshop will be a single-track one-day workshop. The program is planned to present and discuss all the accepted papers. It also includes a keynote address and a panel session with world-renowned researchers discussing state-of-the-art technologies and hot topics in mobility in the evolving Internet architecture. The proceedings will be published by the ACM and ACM digital library.
Complete information at the workshop website.

Research and Deployment Possibilities based on MIPv6 Workshop

Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:48:38 EST

Budapest, July 5th, 2007. A one-day workshop is being organized by the IST ENABLE project, in collaboration with the Daidalos project. The goal is to provide researchers, engineers and IT managers with a concentrated day on the state of the art technologies on mobility along with their security and applicability aspects.

The workshop will present to the participants a comprehensive knowledge of mobility technologies and their respective benefits, and inform them about technologies developed within EU projects. It will focus in particular on the recent developments and open issues of mobile networking, its evolution to B3G/4G and advanced mobile network services.
Complete info at the ENABLE web site.

The Internet is Running Out of Addresses

Wed, 30 May 2007 16:22:22 EST

Day by day, the Internet keeps growing�but the day will come when it will hit a wall and can�t grow any more.

Unless, that is, we abandon something called IPv4 in favor of something called IPv6. But, so far, the issue has not generated much excitement.
Complete info at LiveScience.

The IPv6 Portal Becomes Multilingual

Sun, 27 May 2007 23:34:48 EST

In order to support user�s demands, The IPv6 Portal, the major source of IPv6 information and the only truly independent IPv6-related news aggregator has been enabled with multilingual support.

Registered users can now select their default language to display the news that are translated to their preferred language, as well as participate in the translation of any news item to any language so other users can take advantage of it.
IPv6 News available at the newsroom section of The IPv6 Portal.

IPv4 Addresses Expected To Run Out In 2010

Sat, 26 May 2007 21:03:51 EST

Once again, the alarm bells are going off that the number of TCP-IP addresses available on the Internet are running low. This time, there are specific dates for when the addresses are predicted to run out.

The IPv4 Address Report lists two possible dates for when the number of IPv4 dates will run out: April 17, 2010 or December 2, 2010, depending on the source.
Complete info at InternetNews, IT Management and Enterprise IT Planet.

The Impending Internet Address Shortage

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:37:26 EST

Sometime in the next 6 years, the Internet will run out of space. Expediting the migration to IPv6 is the solution to the impending crisis, says ARIN.

The coming shortage of Internet Protocol addresses on Monday prompted the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to call for a faster migration to the new Internet Protocol, IPv6.
Complete info at InformationWeek and CRN.

ARIN Board Advises Internet Community on Migration to IPv6

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:05:26 EST

On 7 May 2007, the ARIN Board of Trustees passed a resolution advising the Internet technical community that migration to a new version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6, will be necessary to allow continued growth of the Internet.

Internet Protocol defines how computers communicate over a network. IP version 4 (IPv4), the currently prevalent version, contains just over four billion unique IP addresses, which is not enough to last indefinitely. IPv6 is a replacement for IPv4, offering far more IP addresses and enhanced security features. To date, ARIN has performed technical coordination of both versions and has not advocated one over the other.
Complete info at EarthTimes, PR Newswire and PR-Inside.

Transition Leader

Tue, 8 May 2007 20:59:39 EST

Peter Tseronis, director of network services at the Education Department, is acutely aware of the Office of Management and Budget�s order for agencies to transition to the new IPv6 networking protocols.

�We�re down to a year and two months to the OMB deadline,� he said recently. But Tseronis, who is overseeing Education�s transition, sees that mandate as an opportunity rather than a chore. And his efforts aren�t limited to Education.
Complete info at GCN.

Four agencies' e-gov scores drop

Wed, 2 May 2007 11:28:51 EST

Four agencies saw their e-government scores on the President�s Management Agenda score card drop to red after having problems with their enterprise architectures.

�Agencies were assessed based on their use of the enterprise architectures to maximize efficiency of cross-agency initiatives, implement IPv6, realize efficiencies and improve program performance,� Johnson said.
Complete info at FCW.

Agencies activate IWN plan

Wed, 2 May 2007 10:55:01 EST

Three arms of federal law enforcement are planning, at last, to catch up with Dick Tracy. The Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury departments, each with multiple law enforcement wireless systems, have launched a 15-year, standards-based project to build a nationwide interoperable federal law enforcement network.
Complete info at GCN.

Researchers break Internet speed records

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:03:08 EST

A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken Internet speed records�twice in two days. Operators of the high-speed Internet2 network announced Tuesday that the researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols.

The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.
Complete info at Denverpost, Telegram and FOXNews.

Call for Papers: Research and Deployment Possibilities based on MIPv6

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:43:45 EST

This workshop is being organized by the ENABLE project in collaboration Daidalos.

The goal is to provide researchers, engineers and IT managers with a concentrated day on the state of the art technologies on mobility along with their security and applicability aspects.

The workshop will provide to the participants a comprehensive knowledge of mobility technologies and their respective benefits. It will focus in particular on the recent developments and open issues of mobile networking, its evolution to beyond 3G/4G and advanced mobile network services.
The workshop will be a complete day workshop organized in three sessions, that will be based on both, invited and solicited papers. Two sessions will consist of 3 paper presentations plus one keynote speaker and the third one will consist of 2 papers plus a final panel session from researchers and industry addressing the state-of-the-art technologies and hot topics in the area of mobility.

All accepted papers will be presented and discussed. The final accepted papers will be published in a booklet being edited by the ENABLE project.

More information about the workshop and the call for papers can be found at the Mobile Summit 2007 website.

Biggest threat to Internet could be a massive virtual blackout

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:40:59 EST

The most serious threat to the Internet infrastructure in the 21st century is a massive virtual blackout known as a "distributed denial of service attack," an outspoken board member for the group that administers Internet addresses said Thursday at a Hudson Institute briefing.

This type of high-tech ambush, which occurs when multiple compromised systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted server to make Web pages unavailable, could be devastating for global online communication, said Susan Crawford of the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers.
Complete info at GovExec.

IPv6: Don�t get left on the platform

Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:15:13 EST

Agencies may face brain drain if they delay transition.

Federal agencies that dawdle during the IPv6 transition risk losing tech-savvy system administrators who will defect to organizations with fresher technology, advocates for the Web upgrade say.
Complete info at GCN.

Accommodating IPv6 Address RRs for the Root of the Domain Name System

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:06:44 EST

ICANN SSAC and RRSAC recommend that type AAAA records for all root name servers so addressed should be included in the root hints and root zone files and that they be returned in priming responses from root name servers as soon as practically possible.

The committees jointly conclude that the most expedient way to proceed is for ICANN, IANA and the root name server operators to coordinate a phased deployment.
The document, which provides all the details and recommendations, is available at the ICANN web site.

ICANN's 28th International Meeting Opens in Lisbon, Portugal

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:23:44 EST

ICANN's 28th International meeting opened yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal. It will see important developments in the organization's mission of global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. Attendees and on-line participants will take part in more than 30 sessions and workshops. It constitutes an essential part of ICANN's global consensus-development and outreach efforts.
Complete info at Domain Informer and ag-IP-news.

ASO Candidates for ICANN Board Announced: Call for comments on nominees to ICANN Board

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:35:17 EST

Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007. The candidates are:

Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi
Smain Aouissi
Raimundo Beca
Vikram Gupta
Jordi Palet Martinez
Remco Van Mook
Shahmeet Singh
Kuo-Wei Wu

In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and statements of support for these candidates. A public comment period will be open until 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007.

You can provide your comments and statements of support for the candidates as instructed on the ICANN ASO website.

Ministry Of Energy, Water & Communications To Adopt IPv6 By April

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:58:32 EST

Malaysia is scheduled to migrate to the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) by next month, with the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications taking the lead to adopt the technology.

Director of National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAV6), Universiti Sains Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Sureswaran Ramadas said the IPv6 network would place Malaysia in a position of strength in terms of the new Internet technology.
Complete info at Bernama.

Worldwide Interoperability on VoIP using IPv6

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:23:30 EST

The IPv6 Forum, along with Viagenie, Stealth Communications and CounterPath Solutions, today announced that a series of successful VoIP calls over IPv6 has been carried out, marking an important advancement in worldwide interoperability among VoIP technologies using IPv6.

The VoIP calls, connecting Viagenie in Canada and Consulintel in Spain, were conducted using the CounterPath eyeBeam softphone through the IPv6 version of Asterisk, ported by Viagenie, a consulting and R&D firm in advanced IP networking. The Asterisk-IPv6 server was located on Stealth Communications' Voice Peering Fabric (VPF) network.
Complete info at TMCnet, PR Newswire, EarthTimes and TechWeb.

NSA ponies up to secure IPv6

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 07:26:17 EST

The National Security Agency, known to provide incentives for development or testing of security products, is spending upward of $30 million to ensure IP Version 6 is secure enough to be used on classified networks.

And that is only half the amount that will go into developing High-Assurance IP Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS) Version 3 software to, among other things, protect IPv6 traffic.
Complete info at GCN.

Internet is beyond political control: Cerf

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:18:30 EST

Bangalore: The man widely recognised as the `Father of the Internet' � he presided over its birth and co-wrote the protocol that underpins it � thinks the "baby" has grown too big for anyone to play nurse.
Complete info at The Hindu, IRNA and Desicritics.

Ask not what you can do for IPv6, but rather what IPv6 can do for you

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:15:34 EST

The Federal CIO Council has come up with some useful definitions to help take some of the guesswork out of the mandate to move agency backbones to IPv6 by next year.

The Office of Management and Budget in 2005 directed agencies to make the move to the next generation of Internet Protocols, setting a deadline of July 2008 for making core networks IPv6 compatible. But OMB did not explain exactly what it meant. In self-defense, the CIO Council�s IPv6 Working Group defined the scope of the transition to provide agencies with a manageable task, said John W. McManus, deputy CIO at the Commerce Department and co-chairman of the working group.
Complete info at GCN and FCW.

Testing Recursive Name Servers for IPv6 and EDNS0 Support

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:08:52 EST

The DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) are jointly studying the topic of adding type AAAA resource records for the IPv6 addresses of the root name servers to the "root hints file" and the DNS root zone.

The SSAC and RSSAC committees encourage you to share your test results with the community.
Complete info at ICANN web site.

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), to finish IPv6 conversion for public institutions by 2010

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:13:45 EST

The Ministry of Information and Communication will expand broadband convergence network (BcN) and actively distribute RFID/USN and IPv6.

The MIC decides to form the IPv6 distribution promotion committee to expand IPv6 distribution and finish IPv6 conversion of public institutions by 2010 through an active support for the introduction of IPv6 for government�s public institutions.
Complete info at Ddaily.

DOD to allocate its IPv6 addresses

Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:24:37 EST

The Defense Department has acquired a block of 247 billion IP Version 6 addresses, about equal to 25 percent of the entire IPv4 address space.

Only a tiny percentage of those addresses will be used, however. As with the North American Numbering Plan for telephone numbers, DOD officials said addresses will be assigned to networks in a hierarchical model that will leave many untouched.
Complete info at GCN.

NIST sends IPv6 profile out for comment

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:47:56 EST

The IP Version 6 standards for testing and profiling that exist in the Defense Department and in industry fall short of the needs of the civilian federal agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology found in a draft special publication sent to the CIO Council yesterday for comment.
Complete info at GCN, Washington Technology, EurekAlert, Physorg and Huliq.

Lack of space may force world wide web to implode

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:27:38 EST

Massive demands being placed on the internet could soon see the network run out of web addresses, technology experts said yesterday.

Although Internet Protocol 4 (IP4), which allows the network to operate, has scope for 4.3 billion web addresses, that was not sufficient to meet demand, said Vinton Cerf, the chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which governs the net.
Complete info at Times On Line.

NIST IPv6 profile to detail federal requirements

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:39:15 EST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will release the federal government�s Internet Protocol version 6 profile by the end of the month to help agencies and vendors understand the government�s technical requirements.

Peter Tseronis, the Education Department�s director of network services and co-chairman of the IPv6 working group, yesterday said the NIST profile will be out for public comment for about a month and then NIST will issue the first version of the profile.
Complete info at GCN and Washington Technology.

Korea Increases IPv6 Address Number to 10 Million by 2010

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:12:55 EST

The Ministry of Information and Communication is set to increase the number of IPv6 addresses, the next generation Internet Protocol, to 10 million by 2010. To that end, it plans to encourage IMv6 registration by improving the related system, developing business models and disseminating information.
Complete info at ET News.

It's not your father's telephone operator

Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:52:41 EST

FCW�s neverending stories: Telecommunications issues have been an ongoing subject during the past 20 years.
Complete article at FCW.

Testing Firewalls for IPv6 and EDNS0 Support

Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:45:07 EST

The DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and ICANN Security and Stability Advisory (SSAC) are jointly studying the topic of including the IPv6 addresses at the root level of the DNS. This involves two related actions on the parts of the IANA and the DNS Root Server Operators.

The SSAC and RSSAC committees encourage you to share your test results with the community.
Complete info at ICANN web site.

IP Addresses on Endangered List

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:37:25 EST

Since 1994, the Internet Engineering Task Force has been warning of a shortage of IP addresses. Fortunately, the Task Force came up with a solution, known as Internet Protocol Version 6, or IPv6. Unfortunately, U.S. organizations have been very slow to transition to the new technology.

However, Microsoft�s new Windows Vista operating system may help change that.
Complete article at EarthWeb.

IPv6 Portal Search Bar Plug-In

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:26:56 EST

The IPv6 Portal released a search bar plug-in, available for both Firefox and Internet Explorer 7.
The search bar can be installed from the IPv6 Portal, either the Firefox version or the Internet Explorer one.

Agents of misfortune

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:18:25 EST

Old and new issues loom large as IPv6 enters the cybersecurity fray.

Countering every new network vulnerability is a new patch. With every new cyberattack comes a countermeasure.

Such is the world of cybersecurity, both for the defenders of computers and networks and for those who would compromise those systems. But coming soon to government networks is a new and weighty variable: IPv6.
Complete info at Washington Technology.

Need for IPv6 security products may hold up agency compliance

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:11:33 EST

The biggest concern for federal agencies, which are facing the deadline to move their network backbone to Internet Protocol Version 6 in 18 months, is whether the security industry will have enough products to support them.

Three agency officials who are leading efforts to move to IPv6 today expressed concern over the lack of support from security vendors so far, and said federal agencies, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, will have to provide seed money to move products along.
Complete info at Washinton Technology.

Agencies coming to terms with IPv6

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:30:36 EST

The transition of government networks to the next-generation Internet Protocol has gained traction over the last year, according to a recent survey of government and industry officials.

Almost half of the respondents from civilian agencies and nearly two-thirds of those in the Defense Department said that IPv6 is important in supporting their IT goals. Money for the transition is slowly moving into the funding pipeline. Federal spending on IPv6-enabled products and services is expected to hit $27 billion this year, climbing to $60 billion by 2011.
Complete info at GCN.

ITU TELECOM Forum Explores our Digital Society

Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:54:30 EST

Digital Society domain brings together regulators, governments and ICT industry to chart our shared digital future.

From disaster prevention and relief to healthcare or remote education the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in today�s society is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, the technologies and applications themselves are becoming ever more innovative. But just how much do ICTs really transform our society? And what kind of role do governments and regulators need to play to ensure that the reach of ICTs is extended, for the benefit of all?
Complete info at ITU.