Presentation given at the South Asian Telecom Regulators Council (SATRC) on the importance of government support for IPv6 adoption.

1. Governmental Policy and
IPv6 Adoption: Strategic
Linkages
SATRC 15th Meeting, 05 August 2014, Paro, Bhutan
Sunny Chendi
APNIC

2. Agenda
• About Internet and APNIC
– About Internet Protocol: IPv4 and IPv6
• IPv4 addresses exhaustion and need to adopt IPv6
• IPv6 readiness in the world
• Linkage between government policies and IPv6 adoption
• Recommendations to SATRC
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3. About the Internet and
APNIC
• About the Internet and APNIC
• IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
• Impact of IPv4 address
exhaustion
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4. About Internet and APNIC
• The Internet: a global system of interconnected computer
networks
– Internet Protocol (IP) provide connectivity
– IPv4 and IPv6 addresses = Internet resources

5. About Internet and APNIC
• Regional Internet Registries (RIR)
– Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)
– Open membership-based industry bodies
– Non-profit, neutral, and independent
– Internet resource allocation, registration and other services such as
training, supporting infrastructure, community cooperation

6. How the hell does the Internet know I’m a dog?
About Internet Protocol (IP)
• On the Internet you are nothing but IP addresses
– Not same as a domain name
– Packets, addressing and routing
– Two types: IPv4 and IPv6
– Every device directly connected to the Internet needs a unique IP
address
– IP address space is finite

7. Recap
• Size of IPv4 addresses
– 32-bit address
– Unit to describe a size of IP address space
• / = slash notation
• /8 = 224 = about 16.5 million IPv4 addresses
• /16 = 216 = about 65,000 IPv4 addresses
• /24 = 28 = 256 IPv4 addresses
– 232 = about 4.2 billion IP addresses
• 232 = 256 x /8 IPv4 address space

8. IP Addresses: IPv4 vs. IPv6
IPv4 IPv6
Deployed 1981 Deployed 1999
32-bit address
192.149.252.76
128-bit address
2001:DB8:0234:AB00:0123:4567:8901:ABCD
Address space
232 = ~4,000,000,000
Address space
2128 = ~340,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000
Security, autoconfig, QoS,
mobility added later (IPSec etc)
Security, autoconfig, QoS
“built-in” (IPSec etc)
Reached the final /8: April 2011 Projected lifetime: Indefinite*
* We don't know how long IPv6 will last, but the RIRs we cannot
contemplate IPv6 exhaustion in the foreseeable future

9. IPv4 address exhaustion
• IPv4 addresses reached the final free pool
– APNIC (April 2011)
– RIPE (Sept 2012)
– LACNIC (June 2014)
• APNIC members
– /22 from the final pool
– /22 from IANA returned pool
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http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/

10. Impact of IPv4 address exhaustion
• Immediate impact
– ISPs will no longer be able to obtain IPv4 addresses from APNIC
• Survive for a short time of period with their own pool
• Business continuity of ISPs and other Internet multi-stakeholders in question
– Need to find alternative source for IPv4 addresses
• No sustainable alternative options
• Prolonged impact
– Difficulties to maintain sustainable Internet growth
– No more new entries to the Internet market place
– Impediment of further technological development
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11. Why do we need IPv6
• IPv6 is the only viable option we have now
– Much larger address space than IPv4
– Enable sustainable growth of the Internet
– Possibilities of emergence of new technologies
• More non-computing devices, and mobile devices
connecting to the Internet
– Ever increasing always on end users using global IP addresses

12. What does this mean to all of us?
• Internet industry is facing a biggest challenge; the biggest
since inception of the Internet
• Internet multi-stakeholders need to transit to IPv6
• Government support for IPv6 deployment is critical to
maintain global competitiveness

13. IPv6 readiness in the
world
• IPv6 deployment status
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14. IPv6 transit AS
IPv6 readiness in Internet core
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http://6lab.cisco.com/stats/index.php

15. World ranking: IPv6 ready websites
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http://www.vyncke.org/ipv6status/
24/06/2014

16. IPv6 measurement - End user
readiness: World
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Regions/001%20World/ as of 24/06/2014
Data source from “flash” and “JavaScript”
and including viewers from mobile devices
16 Nov 13
IPv6 preferred: 2.45
about 30% increase in 6 months

17. Global IPv6 deployment leaderboard
(commercial operators)
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ASN Entity Economy IPv6
preferred
rate
22394 Cellco Verizon Wireless US 63.39
6848 Telenet N.V BE 45.73
10091 StarHub Cable Vision Ltd SG 43.48
18126 CTCX Chubu Telecommunications Company; Inc. JP 37.72
31334 Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH DE 34.78
2516 KDDI KDDI CORPORATION JP 30.29
3303 Swisscom Ltd CH 27.00
29562 Kable BW GmbH DE 25.88
55430 STARHUBINTERNET-AS-NGNBN Starhub Internet Pte Ltd SG 24.93
21928 T-Mobile USA US 24.81
41164 GET Norway NO 20.38
7018 AT&T US 20.36
12322 Free SAS FR 19.89
7922 Comcast Cable Communications US 19.83
4739 INTERNODE-AS Internode Pty Ltd AU 19.37
http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/AS/ 24/06/2014

18. An example: Singapore
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/SG/ 20/05//2014

19. AS55430: StarHub Internet
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/AS/5/5/4/3/0/ 24/06//2014

20. An example: Japan
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/JP/ 24/06//2014

21. AS18126: CTCX Chubu
Telecommunications Company
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/AS/1/8/1/2/6/ 24/06//2014

22. An example: Bangladesh
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/BD/ 15/07/2014

23. An example: India
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/IN15/07/2014

24. An example: Nepal
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/NP15/07/2014

25. An example: Pakistan
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/PK15/07/2014

26. An example: Sri Lanka
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http://labs.apnic.net/ipv6-measurement/Economies/LK15/07/2014

27. Summary
• IPv6 deployment is increasing steadily
– But varies among regions, economies, and individual ASNs
– Not happening simultaneously
– Some economies and ASNs have been very active in terms of IPv6
deployment
• Once they enable IPv6 in their network and handsets, their end user
readiness grows VERY rapidly
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28. Growth path of the
Internet
• The next wave of Internet growth
• Planning future growth of your
business
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29. The Internet: Phenomenal growth
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http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1197391/, http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm#asia, http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.html
World
16 million users in 1995
2.8 billion users in 2013
Asia:
115 million users in 2000
1 billion users in 2013

30. And the Internet is still growing
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http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1197391/, http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm#asia, http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.html
3.6 billion Internet
users by 2017 in the
world
Over 47% of the world’s
projected population (7.6
billion)

31. And the Internet is still growing
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http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1197391/, http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm#asia, http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.html
3.6 billion Internet
users by 2017 in the
world
Over 47% of the world’s
projected population (7.6
billion)
1.33 billion Internet users in Asia by 2015, +30 % from 2013

32. The next wave of Internet growth
• Mobile networks with always on mobile devices
– IP-based services
– Much larger impact on the fundamental nature of the Internet
• Research projects 3G and 4G market share to increase to
53% by 2017
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http://www.gsmamobileeconomy.com/GSMA%20Mobile%20Economy%202013.pdf

33. Case Study: T-Mobile USA
• T-Mobile USA reconsidered their IP addressing strategy
and chose a scalable option
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Feasibility and impact
assessment: 9 months
IPv6 user trial in 2010
Reassessment on IP
addressing strategy in 2009
Deployed IPv6-only +
464XLAT, Oct 2013
http://conference.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/58870/tmo-ipv6-feb-2013_1361827441.pdf

34. Case Study: T-Mobile USA
• Did not spend any CAPEX to deploy IPv6
• Introduction feature to handsets
– A slow and careful process
• Launched 5 Android phones with 464XLAT as the default in
Oct 2013
– End users will be assigned with IPv6 as a default
– No IPv4 addresses will be assigned
• 3.6 million unique IPv6 subscribers are active on the
network after five months (as of Feb 2014)
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https://conference.apnic.net/data/37/464xlat-apricot-2014_1393236641.pdf
https://conference.apnic.net/data/37/v6lessonstmo_1393297978.pdf

35. IPv6 in mobile networks
• 3G+ and 4G (LTE, TD-LTE): Services on voice, messaging
and data are converging on IP-based services
• Rapidly increasing global 3G+ and 4G deployment
– Some mobile network operators have already deployed IPv6
– What is your economy’s situation?
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Verizon T-Mobile USA

36. Conclusions: A recipe for successful
IPv6 deployment
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Plan and act Test
IPv6 default for
new customers
in new networks

37. Conclusion
• Linkage between government
policies and IPv6
• Recommendation for SATRC
• APNIC efforts in Internet capacity
development
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38. Linkage between government policies
and IPv6
• One of three basic components of SATRC Action Plan
(SAP) Phase IV (2012 – 2014)
– Capacity Buildings
• To organize workshops/trainings for the personnel of regulatory
bodies on the recent trends in telecommunication /ICT sector
• Priority items by SATRC Working Group on Policy,
Regulation and Services (SATRC WG-PRS) during SAP
Phase IV:
– Strategies for Migration to IPv6 (Work Item no. PRS1)
– Sustainable Broadband Network for SATRC Countries: Addressing
the Issues of Interconnection and Backhaul Capacity (Work Item
no. PRS4)
http://www.aptsec.org/SAPIV-WGPRS

39. Information sharing:
APEC TEL IPv6 Guidelines
• Published in 2010
– APNIC contributed its development
• Scope of the document
– Lead the industry by example in adopting IPv6
• Ensuring governments’ online presence via IPv4+IPv6
• New procurement requirements with IPv6
– Be ready with transition – do not buy legacy equipment!
– Partnership between governments and industry
• Periodic information exchange and collaboration
– Human capacity development
• Enhance IPv6 skills of technical staff
• IPv6 training programs to be shared
– International and cross-agency cooperation
• Sharing information on IPv6 Best Current Practice
• Avoid duplicating efforts IPv6 implementation
http://www.apec.org/~/media/Files/Groups/TEL/2010_APEC-TEL-IPv6-guidelines-FINAL.doc

40. Information sharing
Governments
• China
– Great leadership shown by the Chinese State Council
– IPv6 mandates to the industry in Nov 2011: SPs in China are
responding to this mandate
• India
– Department of Telecommunications announced a plan to mandate
state government ministries, departments, and public sector to transit
to IPv6 by March 2012, and updated it March 2013
• Singapore
– IPv6 Transition Program lead by Infocomm Development Authority
(iDA) of Singapore since 2010
– Published IPv6 Adoption Guide for Singapore in March 2011
http://www.apnic.net/community/ipv6-program/ipv6-for-governments

41. Recipe for proactive IPv6 support
• Many encouraging activities have been seen in the AP
region
– Updating government ICT procurement criteria with IPv6
– Policies to support deploying IPv6 in government networks with clear
mandate goals and timeframe
• Leading the industry by examples in adopting IPv6
– Partnership between public and private sectors, e.g.,
• Establishing certification mechanism to recognize “IPv6 ready” products
• Launching IPv6 project to raise IPv6 awareness among key stakeholders
• Promoting IPv6 activities through media, events, competitions, awards etc.
– Human capacity development
• Supporting IPv6 skill up trainings to the industry
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42. Recommendations for SATRC
• Encourage “multi-stakeholder” approach:
– Promote cooperative efforts among governments, industry and users
– Develop a coherent strategy to sustain the transition framework
between IPv4 and IPv6
• Establish a clear guidelines to support IPv6 deployment in SATRC
• Keep up-to-date with topics of IPv4 address exhaustion and
IPv6 transition
• IPv6 skill up – Capacity development

43. Recommendation for SATRC
• Mandate for IPv6 readiness in government procurement
forms for ICT goods and services
• Conduct research on IPv6 readiness in the industry
• Develop policies, guidelines, and roadmaps to enable IPv6
in government and network infrastructure
• Subsidize IPv6 skilling up for industry members to support
human capacity development
• Lead the industry by example in adopting IPv6
• Partnership between government and industry
• Include the necessity of IPv6 deployment in ministerial
statements
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http://www.apnic.net/community/ipv6-program/ipv6-for-governments

44. How APNIC can contribute
• IPv6 capacity development Provide
– “IPv6 Workshops” in collaboration with regional organizations
• Monitoring IPv6 readiness
– labs.apnic.net
• APNIC works closely with external partners and community
groups to share knowledge and information
– 15 NOGs in the region (and more to come)
– APEC TEL, APT, ASEAN, ITU, and SPC, etc.
• Contribute to your multi-stakeholder outreach efforts
– Regional conferences

45. APNIC Training and Engineering
Assistance
• Building capacity with APNIC Training
– To support resilient and scalable Internet infrastructure
• IPv4 to IPv6 Transition, IPv6 Workshop, Network Security, Routing and
BGP etc.
• Engineering Assistance provided by Internet experts
– Cost recovery basis direct assistance – IP peering, IPv4 and
IPv6 network, Internet infrastructure security
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training.apnic.net

46. Extensive IPv6 informaton
www.apnic.net/ipv6
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47. You’re Invited!
• APNIC 38: Brisbane, Australia, 9-19 Sep 2014
• APRICOT 2015: Fukuoka, Japan, 24 Feb-6 Mar 2015
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48. THANK YOU
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