[AusNOG] India National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap - all ISP's to be to be IPv6-compliant by Dec 2011

[Michael Biber]

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