“ipv6 activities and incentives in european countries – results from tris survey”

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““IPv6 activities and incentives in IPv6 activities and incentives in European countries – results from European countries – results from

TRIS survey”TRIS survey”Natalija Gelvanovska

Head of Access and Networks Section Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT)

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1 SlideTRIS Survey on IPv6 •2023 metų balandžio mėnesio 22 diena

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The view expressed in this presentation is a personal view of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of RRT

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About the SurveyAbout the Survey• At the moment there is no benchmarking methodology for IPv6

deployment at the international level:– Outlines for Measuring IPv6 deployment (set of parameters) were drafted by OECD in May, 2009

• Objective of TRIS survey: to create a brief overview of IPv6 related activities in TRIS countries:

– Do not pretend being a comprehensive study. There might be more IPv6 facilities existing, that author may not be aware off;

– Exclude IPv6 activities in academic networks;

– 19 countries were investigated in terms of IPv6 related activities.

• Following areas were investigated:– public incentives and market activities related to IPv6 deployment;

– regulator’s role and incentives encouraging IPv6 deployment.

• Following information was summarized:– Contributions of TRIS members;

– Contributions to ITU TSB Circular 30 concerning a questionnaire on IPv6 following WTSA-08 Resolution 64 (Questionnaire IPv6 address allocation and encouraging the deployment of IPv6);

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Interviewed countries – TRIS Interviewed countries – TRIS countriescountries

Nr.Nr. CountryCountry

1 Austria

2 Belgium

3 Bulgaria

4 Denmark

5 Finland

6 France

7 Germany

8 Greece

9 Ireland

10 Latvia

11 Lithuania

12 Malta

13 Norway

14 Portugal

15 Romania

16 Spain

17 Sweden

18 Switzerland

19 UK


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2007-2008 in IPv4 / IPv6 address 2007-2008 in IPv4 / IPv6 address adoptionadoption

Source: NRO

N.GelvanovskaSource: TRIS Survey; http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/i-enlaces.php

National IPv6 Task ForcesNational IPv6 Task Forces


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Nr.Nr. CountryCountry

1 Austria (pending)

2 Belgium

3 Bulgaria

4 Denmark

5 Finland

6 France

7 Germany (pending)

8 Greece

9 Ireland

10 Latvia

11 Lithuania

12 Malta

13 Norway

14 Portugal

15 Romania

16 Spain

17 Sweden

18 Switzerland

19 UK

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Less active countriesLess active countries• Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Norway do not have National

Task Forces established;

• Situation in Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and Denmark might be described as following:

– nobody is promoting/encouraging IPv6 deployment or at least there is nothing organized.

• However in Denmark: public procurement strategy as a rule calls for IPv6 enabled solutions; National Strategy and Action plan are being drafted.

• Denmark (in 2003) and Greece (in 2009) have established Task Forces;

• Bulgaria: in 2008 the second (after the first operated by RENATER in France) Europe’s lab for IPv6 training and research was established:

- Managed by Bulgarian State Agency for ICT-DAITS;- Active co-operation with EU projects, i.e. 6DEPLOY;- Over 100 experts were trained already.



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AustriaAustria• Austrian IPv6 Task force established in 2004:

– concentrates on the economic aspects within the Austrian business environment;– established 5 working groups established to investigate the Austrian situation with regard

to Infrastructure, Transition, Access, Applications and Business Opportunities and Regulation;

– Chaired by Telecom Austria;– In 2005 TF presented Austrian IPv6 Roadmap: http://www.ipv6taskforce.at/roadmap/

• September 2004: IPv6 was enabling on the CC-TLD domain servers;• January 2005: IPv6 peering was incorporating in the standard ISP

peering service at the Vienna Internet Exchange (VIX);• European Commission IPv6 Conference, 2006 (http://www.ipv6-

convergence-vienna.net/)Austria claims to be ready for IPv6. Telekom Austria said 4 ISPs are IPv6-customers of the incumbent. Based on allocated IP numbers, only Finland and Switzerland had more numbers allocated per inhabitant in 2006 Source: Warren's

Washington Internet Daily, Volume 7; Issue 107, 2006

http://www.austria.ipv6tf.org/

TRIS Survey on IPv6

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BelgiumBelgium• Belgian IPv6 Task force established in 2003:

– Coordinated by Brussels Universities:• Scientific type of activities; Light structure; No legal existence

• Support from Belgian ISP association, BELNET, BELTUG, “.be” ccTLD

• A number of significant events were hosted:– Belgian IPv6 Event (http://www.ipv6event.be/), 2003;

– Global IPv6 Service Launch Event (http://www.global-ipv6.net/), 2004;

– IPv6 Spring 2004 Event (http://www.ipv6spring2004.be/), 2004;

– European IPv6 Day, 2008 (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ipv6/events/presentations/index_en.htm)



http://www.ipv6tf.be/

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GermanyGermany• The biggest Internet nation in Europe. The Internet population amounts to approx. 53

million users. This corresponds to an average spreading of 65%.

National IPv6 Taskforce created in 2003 (chaired by T-

Systems) yielded ground to the German IPv6 Council;• The German IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum (world-wide consortium of

worldwide leading Internet vendors) and it was founded in 2007 in the Hasso Plattner institute (HPI) in Potsdam :– Chaired by HPI; 18 members from industry, politics and research;– German IPv6 Summit 2004 (http://linda.ipv6.berkom.de/summit/index.html);

– IPv6 in Berlin, 2008 (http://www.ipv6council.de/events/german_ipv6_summit/programme.html)

– 2009: International IPv6 Application contest, International IPv6 Summit– May, 2009: National IPv6 Action Plan:

• http://www.ipv6council.de/fileadmin/summit09/Aktionsplan.pdf;• More focus on non technical IPv6 deployment environment.



http://www.ipv6council.de

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FinlandFinland• National IPv6 task force was created in 2002:

– Chaired by FICORA; over 30 participants meet quarterly;

– Two IPv6 seminars and two IPv6 questionnaires were held:• IST Event. Session "The New Internet: IPv6 Drivers and Challenges in 2006:

http://europa.eu.int/information_society/istevent/2006/cf/network-detail.cfm?id=512

– Documents handled in the group may be found there: http://www.ficora.fi/index/palvelut/palvelutaiheittain/standardointi/standardointiryhmat/ipv6.html

– The idea: active promotion of IPv6 deployment, without regulatory requirements and financial support of transition.

• FICORA is responsible for “.fi” ccTLD administration. Implementation of IPv6 support for “.fi” was divided in three steps:

– To provide IPv6 connectivity for the “.fi” root name servers: In 2006 was implemented the first name server D.fi with IPv6 address. At the moment there are 3 name servers supporting IPv6, including one based on anycast technology with more than 20 name servers worldwide;

– To allow “.fi” domain names to use name servers with IPv6 addresses: implemented in May, 2009 through an on-line management service;

– To have registration/on-line management system available via IPv6: planned for 1Q, 2011.



http://www.fi.ipv6tf.org/

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FranceFrance• First-ever IPv6 test network set-up in 1995;• In 2001 was formally established G6 association which provides

technical expertise and training on IPv6: http://www.g6.asso.fr/index.php/Main_Page;

• G6 took over and integrated IPv6 Task Force France (TFF) established in 2002:

– Work is organized in 7 domains: the facilities of networks and services (operators, Internet providers, service suppliers); networks of firms; IPv6's applications in the home; IPv6's applications for mobiles (mobile electronics, car, public transport); applications linked to utility (education, health, protection); security; impact on society.

– In 2003 “Recommendations for a Strategic Plan in the Development and Implementation of IPv6 Technologies in France” were issued;

– IPv6 Conference in France, 2002 (http://www.renater.fr/IPv6-2002/);– 6th ETSI IPv6 Plugtests, 2005 (http://www.etsi.org/plugtests/IPv6.htm);– French IPv6 Summit, 2006 (http://www.v6summit.com/);– IPv6 applications contest in July, 2009

• From 2009 requirement for IPv6 compatibility was included in all public calls for tender;

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IrelandIreland• National task force was established under the auspices

of the Department of Communications, Energy and National resources in 2004.

• The Irish National IPv6 Centre is responsible for IPv6 research activities:

– situated at the Telecommunications Systems & Software Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology

• According to the Internet Neutral Exchange Association (INEX):– 13 IPv6 enabled members out of 37; Limited access from most providers;

• IPv6 summit, January 2009: http://www.ipv6.ie/summit2009/

– The aim was to raise awareness in the public and private sectors about the need for IPv6 deployment and issues surrounding deployments.



http://ww

w.ipv6-ireland.org/

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MaltaMalta• National Task force established in 2005:

– is led by the Malta Communications Authority (MCA);– No significant incentives in relation to IPv6 deployment were made so far.

• MCA is a member of IPv6 Forum;• At the moment MCA is drafting IPv6 strategy for Malta;• Two events held in 2006:

– Mediterranean IPv6 Workshop: http://events.um.edu.mt/6diss/index.html– IPv6 - The Internet needs Upgrading (seminar by the Chamber of Engineers)



http://www.mt.ipv6tf.org/

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PortugalPortugal

• Task force was established in 2003. Six working groups are operating:– IPv6 mobility; Administration and best practices; LAN and applications; Training and awareness

raising; Interoperability and functioning; Operation, backbone and access network management;

• Fruitful activities:– Numerous recommendations and educational materials were produced and published;

• Portugal IX GigaPix is ready to leverage interest from its members about IPv6;

• Test infrastructure that enables anyone to test if their e-mail service over IPv6 is working:

– [email protected] returns automatic e-mail.

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SpainSpain

• Task force was established in 2002:– 16 members a the moment;

– Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade (MITYC) is a member of TF;

• MITYC is being active promoting IPv6 deploying through launching numerous R&D programs:

– In fields of security, communications systems, information society services.

• Numerous significant events were hosted in Spain:– Primer Foro IPv6 RedIris (http://www.rediris.es/red/agendaipv6.es.html) – Jornada "Desplegando IPv6" (http://www.6sos.org/eventos.php)

From Spain by Internet2 (IPv6 and IPv4).

– Global IPv6 Summits in 2001-2003, 2005 (http://www.consulintel.es/Html/ForoIPv6/madridgishomeeng.htm; http://www.ipv6-es.com/index2002.htm; http://www.ipv6-es.com/; http://www.ipv6-es.com/05/in/i-intro.php)



http://www.spain.ipv6tf.org/

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SwedenSweden• Swedish IPv6 task force was created in 2003:

– Not much news after that;• Swedish IPv6 Conference 2005 (joint with RIPE)• Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) works in different ways

to foster IPv6 deployment:– More in the context of increase of the robustness and security of networks.

• Swedish government made a statement: public content and services should be available to anyone, anywhere and

anytime.• Web page of Swedish presidency

http://www.eu2009.se is signed with DNSSEC and available over IPv6



www.pts.se/en-gb/

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UKUK• Task force was established in 2003 and was active for number of years.

However LINX (London Internet exchange) is the place forum for the discussions at the moment:– IPv6 Technical workshop 2009, https://www.linx.net/events/2009-ipv6/ipv6-2009.html;

• Facts:– Only 30 of 25 million UK based name servers have IPv6 addresses;– None of the major telcos that provide access to the Internet none is yet offering an IPv6 based access

service;– There is very little traffic (<1%) using IPv6 at present;

• There is no involvement from regulatory side in IPv6 issues;

• Some events held in UK:– IPSec2008 (http://www.iipseconline.com/home.html); UK IPv6 Business Event, 2005;

UK IPv6 Deployment Conference 2004 (http://www.uk.ipv6tf.org/events/manchester.html)



http://www.uk.ipv6tf.org/

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland

• National task force established in 2003:– Chaired by Swisscom, 71 members;

– No official commitment from the government in the beginning;

• 2003-2005 Swiss IPv6 Summits (http://www.sicta.ch/; http://ch.ipv6tf.org/summit2003/);

• There is no involvement from regulatory side in IPv6 issues;• Facts:

– Few ISPs are offering IPv6 services today;

– Swisscom offered first “all IP” service based on its IMS core network:

• which supports IPv6 but run on IPv4, in May, 2009;

• migration to IPv6 is planned for 2010-2011.



http://www.ch.ipv6tf.org/

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Where does misunderstanding lie?Where does misunderstanding lie?• Obvious regulatory involvement exists in countries where

Regulator is responsible for DNS operation;

"It is not the government's role to force technological development, but to enable it “, - Austrian Sec. for Arts & Media

Franz Morak

• Essential question -> Is IPv6 really a technological choice?

“The day when the first citizen, will come for e-government services only having IPv6 address, he

(she) must still be able to use those services”, - Patrik Fältström, Senior Consulting Engineer in Cisco, advisor to

the Swedish government on IT policy since 2003

• IPv6 is not a choice… at least for governments.

IPv4 Exhaustion CounterSource: Inet Core



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