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<div class=WordSection1><pre>There was some press about this last week but here’s more detail on the Indian commitment to IPv6. Courtesy of our friends in New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Regards<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Mike Biber<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IPv6 Forum Australia<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The Indian Department of Telecommunications has " ordered " all <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Internet service providers and telecommunications providers to be <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IPv6-compliant by Dec 2011 , and all government agencies and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>public-sector companies will need to switch by March 2012.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Comment<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> India is taking IPV6 seriously ie adopting a command and control <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>approach . The roadmap published last month is weighty document ( <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>100+ pages )<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Some key points<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>* The roadmap estimates the need for at least 350,000 IPv6 trained <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>personnel within the next few years.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>* Establishment of an Indian IPv6 Centre for Innovation<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>* Development of the IPv6 standards and specifications for the <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>country based on the IPv6 Ready Logo Standards and specifications and <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>our country's local requirements. The<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>final set of specifications thus prepared shall be followed by all <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>service providers<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and concerned industries for deploying their IPv6 equipments in the country to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>meet out the Conformance, Interoperability and other requirements.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>*Enabling legislation for mandatory certification - The government <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>shall mandate<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IPv6 certification of products so that vendors and purchasers supply <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and deploy only<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IPv6 compliant products. Such a government mandate can greatly <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>incentivize vendors<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to support IPv6 and obtain such certification in their products.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>*IPV6 enabling applications that are highlighted in the roadmap<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Logistics and Supply Chain in Indian Railways<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Intelligent Transport System<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Rural Emergency Health Care<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>- Smartgrids for Power Distribution<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Reference<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.tec.gov.in/ipv6_major.php">http://www.tec.gov.in/ipv6_major.php</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The Policy Document "National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap" was released <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>by Thiru A.Raja, Hon'ble MOC&IT, Government of India, in a function <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>on 20th July 2010 in Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Shri Sachin Pilot, Hon'ble MOS(C&IT), Government of India also graced <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the occasion. The function marked the completion of one year of <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>activities on IPv6 entrusted to TEC by the Telecom Commission. TEC <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>had conducted various workshops and seminars throughout the country <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>during 2009-10 and based upon the inputs from them the "National IPv6 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Deployment Roadmap" a policy document for transition from IPv4 to <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>IPv6 in India was prepared and approved by the Government for <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>implementation by different stakeholders specially Central and state <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>government departments and Telecom Service providers.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Roadmap: <a
href="http://www.tec.gov.in/National-IPv6-Deployment-Roadmap.pdf">http://www.tec.gov.in/National-IPv6-Deployment-Roadmap.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>===<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>India Tells Internet Service Providers To Move To IPv6 / July 26, 2010<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.newsfactor.com/news/India-Orders-Net-Transition-To-IPv6/story.xhtml?story_id=1320026R2KLC">http://www.newsfactor.com/news/India-Orders-Net-Transition-To-IPv6/story.xhtml?story_id=1320026R2KLC</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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