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  • Trai releases recommendations on transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in India

    Trai releases recommendations on transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in India

    Mumbai: TRAI today issued its recommendations on Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in India’. After receiving comments from stakeholders on consultation paper and completing Open House Discussions at Bangalore and Delhi, TRAI had issued the draft recommendations to solicit the comments of stakeholders. Based on the responses received on the draft recommendations, TRAI finalised its recommendations on the subject for forwarding to the Government.

    Recommendations :-

    The salient features of TRAI’s draft recommendations are as follows:

    (i) Definition of IP address mentioned in ISP licence needs to be amended to enable 128 bits to be used as needed for IPv6 based addressing, in place of 32 bits at present.
    (ii) The usage of IPv6 in the platforms/applications pertaining to
    e-governance to be mandated, so that headstart is taken for IPv6
    deployments. The Govt. should also mandate IPv6 compatibility in its own procurement of IT systems and networks.
    (iii) Workshops and seminars to bring awareness about IPv6 and its benefits for service providers and end-users community should be conducted through Govt. agencies.
    (iv) Establishment of National Internet Registry (NIR) in the country,
    within the framework of APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry, utilizing the existing setup of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).
    (v) Enlargement of the existing IPv6 test bed of ERNET to make it
    countrywide and accessible to all interested parties.
    (vi) Upgradation of NIXI as a national testbed for IPv6 & interconnection among its various nodes to provide access to all ISPs.
    (vii) Encouragement to TEC, CDOT, and CDAC to set up the IPv6 testbeds through Govt.’s funding.

    The detailed recommendations are available on TRAI’s website at:
    www.trai.gov.in.

  • Trai releases Draft Recommendations on Issues Relating to Transition of IPv4 to IPv6 in India

    Trai today issued its draft recommendations on ‘Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 in India’ to solicit the comments of stakeholders before finalising these for forwarding to the Government.

    The primary motivation for deploying IPv6 is considered to be its capability to expand the available IP address space to a very large extent in addition to providing better quality of service, mobility support and security. This is considered necessary in view of fast expanding Internet usage and increased demand on the IP address space.

    Background: TRAI had issued a consultation paper on these issues during August’05 highlighting the need for migration to IPv6, Regulatory issues related to migration, Creation of National Internet Registry (NIR), Setting up of IPv6 test bed and adoption of the International best practices. After receiving comments from stakeholders and completing Open House Discussions at Bangalore and Delhi, TRAI has issued the recommendation document and owing to its very technical nature, has asked for comments on the document before finalization.

    Recommendations: –

    Major thrust of TRAI’s recommendations is in setting up of test beds for experimentation in IPv6 technologies, creation of a National Internet Registry in the country in addition the current Regional Internet Registry, presently located in Australia and bringing awareness about IPv6 through the Govt. Agencies. In addition, the deployment of IPv6 capable equipments in Govt.’s IT projects & networks and also in e-governance application platforms have been recommended.

    The salient features of TRAI’s draft recommendations are as follows:
    (i) Definition of IP address mentioned in ISP licence to be amended to enable 128 bits to be used as needed for IPv6 based addressing, in place of 32 bits at present.

    (ii) The usage of IPv6 in the platforms/applications pertaining to e-governance to be mandated, so that headstart is taken for IPv6 deployments. The Govt. should also mandate IPv6 compatibility in its own procurement of IT systems and networks.

    (iii) Workshops and seminars to bring awareness about IPv6 and its benefits for service providers and end-users community should be conducted through Govt. agencies.

    (iv) Establishment of National Internet Registry (NIR) in the country, within the framework of APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry, utilizing the existing setup of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).

    (v) Enlargement of the existing IPv6 test bed of ERNET to make it countrywide and accessible to all interested parties.

    (vi) Upgradation of NIXI as a national testbed for IPv6 & interconnection among its various nodes to provide access to all ISPs.

    (vii) Encouragement to TEC, CDOT, CDAC to set up the IPv6 test beds through Govt.’s funding.

    The detailed draft recommendations are available on TRAI’s website at: www.trai.gov.in. Various stakeholders are requested to provide their comments on these recommendations on or before December 30, 2005 on e-mail trai09@bol.net.in or Fax No. 011-26191998.

  • China breaches US bastion with high-speed internet Cernet2

    China breaches US bastion with high-speed internet Cernet2

    MUMBAI: Another American bastion falls to the Chinese Dragon. China has announced today the launch of the first backbone network of the next-generation Internet, Cernet2 (China Education and Research Network).

    The GenNext Internet network, which connects 25 universities in 20 cities in China, has been able to achieve a monstrous speed of up to 40 gigabits per second during a trial run conducted on 7 December. This is a record for real-world applications, where the average speeds are about 2-10 GPS for universities.

    The Cernet2 coverage is expected to expand to 100 universities soon. With the launch of Cernet2, China expects to ‘gatecrash’ into the league of world’s internet leaders. Cernet expert committee director Wu Jianping has been quoted in a China Daily report as saying, “We were a learner and follower in the development of the first generation Internet, but we have caught up with world’s leaders in the next-generation Internet, become a first mover, and won respect and attention from the international community.”

    The launch of Cernet2 also brings China the distinction of inventing the first network based on pure Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) technology. What is significant is the IPv6 will now enable China to generate more IP addresses. In the current IPv4-powered scenario, the United States controls 74 per cent of the 4 billion IP addresses.

    Cernet2 is financially supported by the China Next-generation Internet (CNGI) fund of 1.4 billion yuan ($169 million). The fund was set up by National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) to support six next-generation Internet networks.