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SAMENA COUNCIL ACTIVITY SAMENA TRENDS

Key Messages on IPv6:
• Transforming and future-proofing networks requires
IPv6 transition, as IPv6 is a prerequisite for leveraging
enhanced innovative use-cases in the areas of 5G,
IoT, AI, and cloud
• IPv6 will play a big role in IoT and Cloud Computing,
Blockchain (other ledger technology / smart contracts)
and is key to NGN services, and IPv6+Protocol
Innovation, from IPv6 best-effort to differentiated
high-quality services such as (SRv6 Slicing) will be
game-changers
• In Banking / Financial MNCs Sector, IPV6 deployment
is on the rise, with key drivers being large WANs,
adopting SD-WAN, and cost issues related to IP
addressing
• Retail Sector is also making a promising progress,
with IPv6 adoption taking place in retail shops on Wi-
Fi networks, and proofs of concept are taking place
• Key milestones in IPv6 transition include
establishment of the IPv6 taskforce and bring
stakeholders together to drive readiness; focusing
on enterprises and conducting multiple bilateral
projects with enterprises to assess needs to adopt
IPv6 and stimulate demand for IPv6; publishing IPv6
deployment guidelines; and enabling and upgrading
home devices to adopt IPv6
• IPv6 is not just solving an address shortage, but
it also brings simplified protocol layers, avoiding
complexities of maintaining the dual stack, and
provides better security; it can enhance performance,
in particular the latency and outperform IPv4 roundtrip
values, page-load times, etc.
• Awareness, collaboration, and capacity development
are at the heart of any successful IPv6 transition
• A national strategy is important, but governments
need to accompany this with good policies: for
example, Governments can ensure that all services
are ready and available in IPv6; they should play a
leading role, then the ecosystem will follow
• Increased transparency and continued dialogue with
all stakeholders, effective community collaboration,
also with Internet organization RIPE NCC, ITU and
IPv6 Forum, are key
• Plan early! Start early! Train early! Migration plans
should be put into place urgently and planning should
start with the product cycle in mind and integration
and insisting with vendors that the new devices
should support IPv6
• ITU, as a Member States’ agency of the UN, is
using dual-stack deployment (IPv4 and IPv6 at the
same time), and its entire delegate Wi-Fi network is
accessible via IPv6; one native IPv6 VALN is being
used for testing purposes
• For Telecom Operators, IPv6 adoption can support
the move to resilient advanced networks and ensure
the offerings of advanced services

9 OCTOBER 2021