<s>
Deployment	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
Version	I-Protocol
6	I-Protocol
(	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
progress	O
since	O
the	O
mid-2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv4	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
in	O
use	O
since	O
1982	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
stages	O
of	O
exhausting	B-Protocol
its	I-Protocol
unallocated	I-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
space	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
still	O
carries	O
most	O
Internet	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
,	O
all	O
major	O
operating	O
systems	O
in	O
use	O
on	O
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
server	O
systems	O
had	O
production-quality	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
phone	O
networks	O
present	O
a	O
large	O
deployment	O
field	O
for	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
devices	O
as	O
mobile	O
telephone	O
service	O
continues	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
3G	B-Architecture
to	O
4G	B-Architecture
technologies	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
voice	O
is	O
provisioned	O
as	O
a	O
voice	B-Application
over	I-Application
IP	I-Application
(	O
VoIP	B-Application
)	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
US	O
cellular	O
operator	O
Verizon	B-Application
released	O
technical	O
specifications	O
for	O
devices	O
to	O
operate	O
on	O
its	O
4G	B-Architecture
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specification	O
mandates	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
operation	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
3GPP	O
Release	O
8	O
Specifications	O
(	O
March	O
2009	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
deprecates	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
as	O
an	O
optional	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
show	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
availability	O
of	O
its	O
global	O
user	O
base	O
at	O
around	O
39	O
–	O
43%	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
(	O
greater	O
on	O
weekends	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Countries	O
including	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
and	O
India	O
now	O
run	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
their	O
traffic	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
over	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
with	O
other	O
countries	O
including	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Brazil	O
and	O
Japan	O
approaching	O
50%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Russia	O
and	O
China	O
have	O
less	O
than	O
10%	O
adoption	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
countries	O
such	O
as	O
Sudan	O
and	O
Turkmenistan	O
having	O
less	O
than	O
1%	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
such	O
as	O
6rd	B-Protocol
,	O
conceived	O
by	O
Rémi	O
Després	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
to	O
enable	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rapid	I-Protocol
deployment	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
publishes	O
statistics	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
among	O
Google	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
graph	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
since	O
2008	O
and	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
by	O
country	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akamai	B-Application
publishes	O
by-country	O
and	O
by-network	O
statistics	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
for	O
traffic	O
it	O
sees	O
on	O
its	O
global	O
Content	O
Distribution	O
Network	O
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
global	O
view	O
into	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
growing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
routing	O
tables	O
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
with	O
the	O
SixXS	O
Ghost	O
Route	O
Hunter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
tool	O
provided	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
all	O
allocated	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
prefixes	O
until	O
2014	O
and	O
marks	O
with	O
colors	O
the	O
ones	O
that	O
were	O
actually	O
being	O
announced	O
into	O
the	O
Internet	O
BGP	B-Protocol
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
prefix	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
it	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
ISP	O
at	O
least	O
can	O
receive	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
packets	O
for	O
their	O
prefix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integration	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
existing	O
network	B-Architecture
infrastructure	I-Architecture
may	O
be	O
monitored	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
organizations	O
are	O
involved	O
with	O
international	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
test	O
and	O
evaluation	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
to	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
New	O
Hampshire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YearMajor	O
development	O
and	O
availability	O
milestones1996IPv6	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Pedro	O
Roque	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
mainline	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1996	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
implementations	O
of	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
stack	O
in	O
the	O
world.6bone	O
(	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
virtual	O
network	O
for	O
testing	O
)	O
is	O
started.1997By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1997	O
IBM	O
's	O
AIX	B-Application
4.3	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
platform	O
supporting	O
IPv6.Also	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
Early	O
Adopter	O
Kits	O
for	O
DEC	O
's	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Tru64	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
are	O
made	O
available.1998Microsoft	O
Research	O
releases	O
its	O
first	O
experimental	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
support	O
is	O
not	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
a	O
production	O
environment.1999In	O
February	O
,	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Forum	O
is	O
founded	O
by	O
the	O
IETF	O
Deployment	O
WG	O
to	O
drive	O
deployment	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
results	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
regional	O
and	O
local	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Task	O
Forces.1999Implementation	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
tunnel	I-Protocol
broker	I-Protocol
,	O
by	O
Ivano	O
Guardini	O
that	O
also	O
contributed	O
the	O
RFC:3053	O
,	O
at	O
CSELT.2000Production-quality	O
BSD	O
support	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
becomes	O
generally	O
available	O
in	O
early	O
to	O
mid-2000	O
in	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
NetBSD	B-Device
via	O
the	O
KAME	O
project.Microsoft	O
releases	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
technology	O
preview	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2000.Sun	O
Solaris	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
in	O
February.Compaq	O
ships	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
with	O
Tru64.2001In	O
January	O
,	O
Compaq	O
ships	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
with	O
OpenVMS.Cisco	O
Systems	O
introduces	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
on	O
Cisco	B-Protocol
IOS	I-Protocol
routers	O
and	O
L3	O
switches.HP	O
introduces	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
with	O
HP-UX	B-Application
11i	O
v1.On	O
April	O
23	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
launches	O
the	O
European	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Task	O
Force2002Microsoft	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
SP1	O
have	O
limited	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
testing	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
2002.Microsoft	O
Windows	O
XP	O
(	O
2001	O
)	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
developmental	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP1	O
(	O
2002	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
is	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
core	O
networking	O
technology	O
,	O
suitable	O
for	O
commercial	O
deployment.IBM	O
z/OS	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
version	O
1.4	O
(	O
general	O
availability	O
in	O
September	O
2002	O
)	O
.2003Apple	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
v10.3	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
Panther	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
(	O
2003	O
)	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
which	O
is	O
enabled	O
by	O
default.2004In	O
July	O
,	O
ICANN	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
address	O
records	O
for	O
the	O
Japan	O
(	O
jp	O
)	O
and	O
Korea	O
(	O
kr	O
)	O
country	O
code	O
top-level	O
domain	O
nameservers	O
are	O
visible	O
in	O
the	O
DNS	B-Application
root	I-Application
server	I-Application
zone	O
files	O
with	O
serial	O
number	O
2004072000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
records	O
for	O
France	O
(	O
fr	O
)	O
are	O
added	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
DNS	O
publicly	O
operational.2005Linux	O
2.6.12	O
removes	O
experimental	O
status	O
from	O
its	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
implementation.2007Microsoft	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
which	O
is	O
enabled	O
by	O
default.Apple	O
'	O
s	O
AirPort	B-Device
Extreme	I-Device
802.11n	I-Device
base	O
station	O
includes	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
gateway	O
in	O
its	O
default	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
On	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Forum	O
,	O
Stealth	O
Communications	O
and	O
CounterPath	O
Solutions	O
,	O
announced	O
worldwide	O
VoIP	B-Application
interoperability	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
Asterisk	B-Language
(	O
PBX	O
)	O
2008On	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
IANA	O
adds	O
AAAA	O
records	O
for	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
of	O
six	O
root	B-Application
name	I-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
transition	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
possible	O
to	O
resolve	O
domain	O
names	O
using	O
only	O
IPv6.On	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
IETF	O
does	O
an	O
hour-long	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
blackout	O
at	O
its	O
meeting	O
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
capture	O
informal	O
experience	O
data	O
to	O
inform	O
protocol	O
design	O
work	O
going	O
forward	O
;	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
many	O
fixes	O
in	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
applications.On	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
publish	O
their	O
Action	O
Plan	O
for	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
version	I-Protocol
6	I-Protocol
(	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
)	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
making	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
available	O
to	O
25%	O
of	O
European	O
users	O
by	O
2010.2011On	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Internet	O
Society	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
several	O
large	O
companies	O
and	O
organizations	O
,	O
held	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Day	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
24-hour	O
test	O
of	O
IPv6.2012On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Internet	O
Society	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
many	O
large	O
companies	O
and	O
organizations	O
,	O
held	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Launch	O
Day	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
permanent	O
deployment	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
,	O
all	O
major	O
operating	O
systems	O
in	O
use	O
on	O
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
server	O
systems	O
had	O
production-quality	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
has	O
supported	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
production-ready	O
state	O
beginning	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
later	O
have	O
improved	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
since	O
Panther	B-Operating_System
(	O
10.3	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
2.6	I-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
also	O
have	O
mature	O
production	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
peer-to-peer	O
file	O
transfer	O
protocol	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
avoid	O
NAT	O
issues	O
common	O
for	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
private	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
governments	O
increasingly	O
required	O
support	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
new	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
government	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
specified	O
in	O
2005	O
that	O
the	O
network	O
backbones	O
of	O
all	O
federal	O
agencies	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
completed	O
before	O
the	O
deadline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
in	O
2010	O
required	O
federal	O
agencies	O
to	O
provide	O
native	O
dual-stacked	O
IPv4/IPv6	O
access	O
to	O
external/public	O
services	O
by	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
internal	O
clients	O
were	O
to	O
utilize	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Office	O
of	O
Management	O
and	O
Budget	O
(	O
OMB	O
)	O
issued	O
the	O
latest	O
U	O
.	O
S	O
.	O
federal	O
government	O
IPv6-only	O
policy	O
in	O
its	O
memorandum	O
(	O
M-21-07	O
)	O
directing	O
all	O
federal	O
government	O
agencies	O
to	O
complete	O
at	O
least	O
80%	O
of	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
to	O
the	O
single	O
stack	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
2025	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progress	O
on	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
's	O
external	O
facing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
services	O
is	O
tracked	O
by	O
NIST	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
government	O
of	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
implemented	O
a	O
five-year	O
plan	O
for	O
deployment	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
called	O
the	B-Protocol
China	I-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
Generation	I-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Internet	O
Engineering	O
Task	O
Force	O
created	O
a	O
working	O
group	O
for	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
sunset	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
protocol	O
changes	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
sunset/shutdown	O
of	O
remanent	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
this	O
working	O
group	O
was	O
closed	O
as	O
no	O
immediate	O
work	O
could	O
be	O
identified	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
slow	O
transition	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Engineering	O
Task	O
Force	O
expects	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
coexist	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
as	O
it	O
is	O
considered	O
impractical	O
to	O
transition	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
short	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv4	B-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
are	O
expected	O
to	O
slowly	O
transition	O
into	O
segmented	B-Architecture
subnetworks	B-Protocol
using	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
Residual	I-Protocol
Deployment	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slow	O
transition	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
has	O
caused	O
significant	O
resentment	O
in	O
the	O
Internet	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
many	O
larger	O
enterprises	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
are	O
transitioning	O
to	O
phasing	O
out	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
moving	O
towards	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Single-Stack	O
within	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
recent	O
blog	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
describes	O
their	O
heavily	O
translated	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
as	O
"	O
potentially	O
fragile	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
operationally	O
challenging	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
regard	O
to	O
dual-stack	O
operations	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
those	O
running	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
simultaneously	O
)	O
"	O
complex	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnwarNet	O
(	O
www.anwarnet.dz	O
)	O
;	O
AfriNIC	O
has	O
allocated	O
range	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
address	O
space	O
to	O
AnwarNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnwarNet	O
started	O
IPV6	B-Protocol
services	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
design	O
goals	O
was	O
to	O
support	O
both	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
protocols	O
equally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
multicast	B-Protocol
routing	O
and	O
jumbo	B-Protocol
frames	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
Now	O
Pty	O
Ltd	O
introduced	O
the	O
first	O
commercial-grade	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
tunnel	I-Protocol
broker	I-Protocol
service	O
in	O
Australia	O
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
IPv6Now	O
introduced	O
the	O
first	O
dual-stacked	O
(	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
&	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
)	O
web	O
hosting	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internode	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
ISP	O
in	O
Australia	O
to	O
have	O
full	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
and	O
make	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
available	O
to	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Victorian	O
State	O
government	O
granted	O
A$	O
350,000	O
to	O
establish	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
testbed	O
network	O
(	O
VIC6	O
)	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
industry	O
to	O
evaluate	O
their	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
products	O
and	O
strategies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telstra	O
announced	O
on	O
5	O
September	O
2011	O
that	O
their	O
backbone	O
network	O
was	O
fully	O
double-stacked	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
commenced	O
providing	O
its	O
enterprise	O
,	O
government	O
and	O
wholesale	O
customers	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
helping	O
customers	O
through	O
the	O
transition	O
;	O
they	O
would	O
activate	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addressing	O
for	O
its	O
mobile	O
network	O
on	O
12	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aussie	O
Broadband	O
started	O
enabling	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
all	O
new	O
residential	O
NBN	O
customers	O
 '	O
services	O
on	O
1	O
November	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infolink	O
successfully	O
tested	O
and	O
started	O
commercial	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
beta	O
deployment	O
to	O
end	O
user	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
Bangladesh	O
on	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
successfully	O
tested	O
and	O
started	O
commercial	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
to	O
end	O
user	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
Rangpur	O
Division	O
,	O
Bangladesh	O
on	O
January	O
25	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Logica	O
Netherlands	O
(	O
operating	O
within	O
the	O
SPITS	O
project	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
Mobistar	O
Belgium	O
)	O
successfully	O
tested	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
over	O
UMTS/GPRS	O
in	O
Belgium	O
and	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
within	O
a	O
vehicle	O
platform	O
as	O
an	O
Intelligent	O
transportation	O
system	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
test	O
was	O
performed	O
both	O
in	O
gsm	O
and	O
in	O
tethering	O
mode	O
using	O
a	O
Nokia	O
smart-phone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
research	O
and	O
government	O
ISP	O
Belnet	O
offers	O
native	O
IPV6	B-Protocol
to	O
all	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telenet	O
started	O
its	O
transition	O
in	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
helping	O
to	O
push	O
the	O
Belgian	O
average	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
usage	O
to	O
almost	O
30%	O
by	O
September	O
2014	O
and	O
putting	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
of	O
worldwide	O
ISPs	O
of	O
which	O
customers	O
are	O
visiting	O
websites	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
APNIC	O
,	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
penetration	O
is	O
52%	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2019	O
;	O
penetration	O
briefly	O
peaked	O
around	O
70%	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Brazil	O
has	O
38.4	O
%	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
country	O
was	O
boosted	O
in	O
2015	O
when	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
telecommunications	O
agency	O
,	O
Anatel	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
Internet	O
operators	O
and	O
service	O
providers	O
would	O
be	O
required	O
to	O
provide	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
to	O
consumers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Has	O
constructed	O
a	O
research	O
center	O
to	O
study	O
the	O
possibilities	O
of	O
adopting	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
ISP	O
Blizoo	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
many	O
home	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
ISP	O
ComNet	O
Bulgaria	O
Holding	O
Ltd	O
.	O
has	O
provided	O
complete	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
for	O
all	O
customers	O
and	O
households	O
within	O
company	O
network	O
in	O
Bulgaria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
is	O
slow	O
but	O
ongoing	O
,	O
with	O
major	O
Canadian	O
ISPs	O
(	O
notably	O
Bell	O
Canada	O
)	O
lacking	O
in	O
support	O
for	O
its	O
residential	O
customers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
their	O
business	O
customers	O
(	O
including	O
server	O
packages	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Canada	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
39.66	O
%	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rogers	O
Communications	O
has	O
deployed	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
wide	O
,	O
including	O
their	O
DOCSIS	O
3.0/3.1	O
wireline	O
broadband	O
network	O
and	O
their	O
HSPA/LTE	O
mobile	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
appeared	O
that	O
all	O
Wireless	O
LTE	O
devices	O
in	O
the	O
network	O
had	O
only	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
and	O
no	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
gateway	O
,	O
IP	O
address	O
and	O
DNS	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shaw	O
Communications	O
has	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
including	O
DOCSIS	B-Protocol
3.1	I-Protocol
for	O
residential	O
customers	O
using	O
the	O
latest	O
XB6	O
cable	O
modems	O
since	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fibrenoire	O
,	O
a	O
Canadian	O
Metro	O
Ethernet	O
fibre	O
network	O
operating	O
in	O
Quebec	O
and	O
Ontario	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
providing	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
since	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aptum	O
Technologies(formerly Cogeco Peer 1 )	O
has	O
provided	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
backbones	O
to	O
Canadian	O
data	O
centres	O
since	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
its	O
peering	B-Protocol
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TekSavvy	O
has	O
deployed	O
its	O
own	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
to	O
its	O
customers	O
on	O
DSL	O
in	O
Alberta	O
,	O
British	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Ontario	O
,	O
and	O
Quebec	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
cable	O
customers	O
serviced	O
by	O
Rogers	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vidéotron	O
has	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
customers	O
on	O
their	O
Helix	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SaskTel	O
has	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
for	O
business	O
customers	O
subscribing	O
to	O
their	O
Dedicated	O
Internet	O
or	O
LANSpan	O
IP	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telus	O
has	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
for	O
business	O
services	O
and	O
residential	O
customers	O
with	O
61.23	O
%	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
usage	O
in	O
August	O
2021	O
according	O
to	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Launch	O
measurements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origen	O
Telecom	O
is	O
a	O
Canadian	O
internet	O
service	O
provider	O
operating	O
in	O
Montreal	O
and	O
Toronto	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
for	O
its	O
business	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Belair	O
Technologies	O
Operating	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Laval	O
and	O
surrounding	O
area	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Cornwall	O
and	O
Toronto	O
,	O
and	O
fully	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TelKel	O
,	O
an	O
ISP	O
that	O
offers	O
FTTH	B-Architecture
only	O
,	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Quebec	O
and	O
suburbs	O
,	O
supports	O
native	O
dual-stack	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
the	O
beginning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogeco	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beanfield	O
Metroconnect	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
business	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EBOX	B-General_Concept
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
2013	O
on	O
fiber	O
and	O
DSL/FTTN	O
last-mile	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GemsTelecom	O
has	O
provided	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
2009	O
on	O
fiber	O
and	O
DSL/FTTN	O
last-mile	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Protocol
China	I-Protocol
Next	I-Protocol
Generation	I-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
(	O
CNGI	B-Protocol
,	O
中国下一代互联网	B-Protocol
)	O
project	O
is	O
an	O
ongoing	O
plan	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
gaining	O
a	O
significant	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
through	O
the	O
early	O
adoption	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
showcased	O
CNGI	B-Protocol
's	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
infrastructure	O
during	O
the	O
2008	O
Summer	O
Olympics	O
,	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
a	O
major	O
world	O
event	O
has	O
had	O
a	O
presence	O
on	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
event	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
Olympics	O
provided	O
the	O
largest	O
showcase	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
technology	O
since	O
the	O
inception	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deployment	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
was	O
widespread	O
in	O
all	O
related	O
applications	O
,	O
from	O
data	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
and	O
camera	O
transmissions	O
for	O
sporting	O
events	O
,	O
to	O
civil	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
security	O
cameras	O
and	O
taxis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
were	O
streamed	O
live	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
networked	O
cars	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
monitor	O
traffic	O
conditions	O
readily	O
,	O
all	O
network	O
operations	O
of	O
the	O
Games	O
being	O
conducted	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
CERNET	O
(	O
China	O
Education	O
and	O
Research	O
NETwork	O
,	O
中国教育和科研计算机网	O
,	O
教育网	O
)	O
set	O
up	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
CERNET2	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
then	O
many	O
academic	O
institutions	O
in	O
China	O
joined	O
CERNET2	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CERNET-2	O
is	O
probably	O
the	O
widest	O
deployment	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Students	O
in	O
Shanghai	O
Jiao	O
Tong	O
University	O
and	O
Beijing	O
University	O
of	O
Posts	O
and	O
Telecommunications	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
get	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
China	O
issued	O
an	O
"	O
Action	O
Plan	O
for	O
Promoting	O
Large-scale	O
Deployment	O
of	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
Version	I-Protocol
6	I-Protocol
"	O
where	O
it	O
encouraged	O
a	O
nationwide	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlined	O
in	O
the	O
plan	O
,	O
China	O
had	O
set	O
goals	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
next-generation	O
internet	O
technical	O
system	O
and	O
industrial	O
ecosystem	O
with	O
independent	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
in	O
5	O
to	O
10	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
aimed	O
at	O
having	O
the	O
largest	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2025	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
US	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
Georgia	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
categorized	O
China	O
as	O
being	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
169	O
countries	O
that	O
had	O
little	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Akamai	B-Application
's	I-Application
latest	O
State	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
Report	O
asserts	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
23.5	O
%	O
among	O
Chinese	O
internet	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
China	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
national	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rollout	O
by	O
2030	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
country	O
known	O
to	O
advocate	O
towards	O
a	O
single-stack	O
network	O
and	O
had	O
earlier	O
in	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
overtaken	O
India	O
in	O
becoming	O
the	O
Number	O
1	O
country	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
having	O
the	O
most	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
528	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
country	O
has	O
a	O
deployment	O
ratio	O
around	O
22.91	O
%	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
both	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
APNIC	O
stats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
O2	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
have	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
residential	O
xDSL	O
lines	O
since	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
dual-stack	O
PPPoE	O
with	O
CGN	O
for	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
T-Mobile	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
have	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
residential	O
xDSL	O
lines	O
since	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
dual-stack	O
PPPoE	O
with	O
one	O
public	O
static	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
address	O
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
prefix	O
delegated	O
via	O
DHCP-PD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UPC	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
have	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
residential	O
DOCSIS	B-Protocol
lines	O
since	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6-only	O
network	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
over	O
DS-Lite	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
is	O
generally	O
available	O
in	O
data	O
centers	O
and	O
web	O
hosting	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
country	O
has	O
only	O
7.22	O
%	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
traffic	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
stats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
(	O
in	O
Danish	O
)	O
follows	O
national	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISP	O
Fullrate	O
has	O
begun	O
offering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
condition	O
that	O
their	O
router	O
(	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
ISP	O
itself	O
)	O
is	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Estonian	O
Telekom	O
is	O
providing	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
access	O
on	O
residential	O
and	O
business	O
broadband	O
connections	O
since	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Estonia	O
has	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
28%	O
by	O
July	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FICORA	O
(	O
Finnish	O
Communications	O
Regulatory	O
Authority	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
NIC	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
.fi	B-General_Concept
top	O
level	O
domain	O
,	O
has	O
added	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
address	O
to	O
DNS	O
servers	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
entering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
address	O
when	O
registering	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
registration	O
service	O
domain.fi	O
for	O
new	O
domains	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
over	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
small	O
Finnish	O
ISP	O
Nebula	O
has	O
offered	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
access	O
since	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FICORA	O
held	O
national	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
day	O
on	O
June	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
Elisa	O
and	O
DNA	O
Oyj	O
started	O
providing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
mobile	O
subscriptions	O
,	O
and	O
Telia	O
Company	O
(	O
via	O
6rd	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
DNA	O
Oyj	O
(	O
native	O
)	O
started	O
providing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
fixed-line	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Finland	O
has	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
40%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AFNIC	O
,	O
the	O
NIC	B-Protocol
for	O
(	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
the	O
.fr	B-General_Concept
Top	O
Level	O
Domain	O
,	O
has	O
implemented	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renater	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
national	O
academical	O
network	O
,	O
is	O
offering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
including	O
multicast	B-Protocol
support	O
to	O
their	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
French	O
ISP	O
,	O
rolled-out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
as	O
an	O
opt-in	O
at	O
end	O
of	O
year	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
also	O
activated	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
mobile	O
network	O
just	O
after	O
Christmas	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nerim	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
ISP	O
,	O
provides	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
all	O
its	O
clients	O
since	O
March	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orange	O
(	O
formerly	O
France	O
Telecom	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
ISP	O
,	O
is	O
currently	O
rolling	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
wired	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ETA	O
Q2	O
2016	O
for	O
FTTH	B-Architecture
and	O
VDSL	O
,	O
2017	O
for	O
ADSL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OVH	B-General_Concept
has	O
implemented	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FDN	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
associative	O
ISP	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
providing	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SFR	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
ISP	O
,	O
rolled	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
as	O
an	O
opt-in	O
on	O
its	O
wired	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
France	O
has	O
66.73	O
%	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
traffic	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
46%	O
according	O
to	O
APNIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Germany	O
has	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
61%	O
by	O
April	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DFN	O
backbone	O
network	O
offers	O
full	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
for	O
their	O
participants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
scientific	O
networks	O
in	O
Germany	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
Munich	O
Scientific	O
Network	O
(	O
MWN	O
)	O
operated	O
by	O
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum	B-General_Concept
,	O
are	O
connected	O
to	O
this	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deutsche	O
Telekom	O
started	O
rolling	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
new	O
All-IP	B-Protocol
DSL	O
customers	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telekom	O
started	O
to	O
roll	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
dual	O
stack	O
)	O
in	O
their	O
mobile	O
network	O
in	O
August	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
Deutsche	O
Telekom	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
APN	O
for	O
IPv6-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vodafone	O
Kabel	O
Deutschland	O
and	O
Unitymedia	O
offer	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
their	O
new	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
a	O
regional	O
carrier	O
and	O
ISP	O
,	O
offers	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regional	O
carrier	O
and	O
ISP	O
NetCologne	O
has	O
begun	O
offering	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Primacom	O
(	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
PŸUR	O
)	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
former	O
Tele	O
Columbus	O
)	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
since	O
end	O
of	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deutsche	O
Glasfaser	O
offers	O
ipv6	B-Protocol
via	O
DHCPv6	O
or	O
6rd	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv4	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
is	O
provided	O
via	O
CGN	O
to	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
O2	O
has	O
introduced	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
new	O
DSL	O
customers	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vodafone	O
started	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
its	O
mobile	O
network	O
end	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DateEntityDescription2004Hong	O
Kong	O
Internet	O
ExchangeHong	O
Kong	O
Internet	O
Exchange	O
(	O
HKIX	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
local	O
Internet	O
exchange	O
point	O
,	O
started	O
to	O
operate	O
its	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
exchange	O
(	O
HK6IX	O
)	O
.2006Hong	O
Kong	O
Internet	O
Registration	O
CorporationThe	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
Internet	O
Registration	O
Corporation	O
,	O
the	O
administrator	O
of	O
the	O
.hk	B-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
started	O
offering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
domain	O
name	O
services.2008Hong	O
Kong	O
governmentHong	O
Kong	O
government	O
enhanced	O
the	O
Government	O
Backbone	O
Network	O
to	O
inter-connect	O
the	O
systems	O
of	O
bureaux	O
and	O
departments	O
using	O
IPv6.2009Hong	O
Kong	O
governmentHong	O
Kong	O
government	O
enhanced	O
the	O
Government	O
Internet	O
Gateway	O
systems	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
public	O
can	O
access	O
over	O
200	O
government	O
websites	O
,	O
including	O
GovHK	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
use	O
Internet	O
mails	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
over	O
60	O
government	O
bureaux	O
and	O
departments	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
government	O
users	O
can	O
access	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
resources	O
through	O
the	O
Internet.2012Hong	O
Kong	O
ObservatoryThe	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
Observatory	O
launched	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
time	O
service.2012Hong	O
Kong	O
governmentHong	O
Kong	O
government	O
initiated	O
the	O
Next	O
Generation	O
GovWiFi	O
Programme	O
to	O
provide	O
better	O
and	O
faster	O
free	O
Wi-Fi	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
for	O
the	O
general	O
public.2013goIPv6	O
ConsortiumThe	O
goIPv6	O
Consortium	O
introduced	O
free	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
tunneling	O
service	O
for	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
through	O
their	O
existing	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Hungary	O
Externet	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
ISP	O
starting	O
deploying	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
network	O
in	O
2008	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
information	O
on	O
telecompaper.com,	O
UPC	O
Hungary	O
will	O
start	O
deploying	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
mid-2013	O
,	O
finishing	O
it	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
December	O
RCS&RDS	O
(	O
Digi	O
)	O
has	O
enabled	O
native	O
dual-stack	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
customers	O
receive	O
dynamic	O
/64	O
prefixes	O
)	O
for	O
its	O
FTTB/H	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
UPC	O
Hungary	O
introduced	O
DS	O
Lite(with private IPv4 addresses )	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
enabled	O
on	O
a	O
customer-to-customer	O
basis	O
if	O
the	O
customer	O
asks	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magyar	O
Telekom	O
deployed	O
dual-stack	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
using	O
dynamic	O
/56	O
prefixes	O
on	O
DSL	O
and	O
GPON	B-Architecture
and	O
static	O
prefixes	O
on	O
DOCSIS	B-Protocol
)	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
wired	O
(	O
and	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
compatible	O
mobile	O
)	O
customers	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
statistics	O
of	O
APNIC	O
,	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
use	O
in	O
Hungary	O
as	O
of	O
2018	O
December	O
has	O
reached	O
around	O
20%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
IPv6	B-Protocol
statistics	O
the	O
adoption	O
rate	O
in	O
Hungary	O
as	O
of	O
April	O
2022	O
is	O
42%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
India	O
has	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
around	O
68.94	O
%	O
in	O
January	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
APNIC	O
placed	O
India	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
75%	O
preferring	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Department	O
of	O
Telecommunications	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
India	O
has	O
run	O
workshops	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
13	O
February	O
2015	O
at	O
Silvassa	O
&	O
on	O
11	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
at	O
DoT	O
headquarters	O
,	O
New	O
Delhi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
also	O
released	O
roadmaps	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sify	O
Technologies	O
Limited	O
,	O
a	O
private	O
Internet	O
service	O
provider	O
,	O
rolled	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sify	O
has	O
a	O
dual-stack	O
network	O
that	O
supports	O
commercial	O
services	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
transport	O
for	O
its	O
enterprise	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sify	O
is	O
a	O
sponsored	O
member	O
of	O
6Choice	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
by	O
India-Europe	O
cooperation	O
to	O
promote	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERNET	O
The	O
Indian	O
Education	O
and	O
Research	O
Network	O
,	O
Department	O
of	O
Electronics	O
&	O
IT	O
of	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
India	O
is	O
providing	O
dual-stack	O
networks	O
from	O
2006	O
onwards	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
many	O
EU	O
funded	O
initiative	O
such	O
as	O
6Choice	O
,	O
6lowpan	O
,	O
Myfire	O
,	O
GEANT	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERNET	O
provides	O
Consultancy	O
and	O
Turnkey	O
project	O
Implementation	O
to	O
organisations	O
migrating	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
along	O
with	O
fulfilling	O
their	O
Training	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ERNET	O
has	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
central	O
facility	O
aimed	O
at	O
system	O
and	O
network	O
administrators	O
to	O
provide	O
hands-on	O
training	O
in	O
the	O
use	O
and	O
configuration	O
of	O
web	O
,	O
mail	O
,	O
proxy	O
,	O
DNS	O
and	O
other	O
such	O
servers	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
spearheaded	O
by	O
Praveen	O
Misra	O
,	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
evangelist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reliance	O
JIO	O
has	O
deployed	O
and	O
is	O
offering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
services	O
in	O
India	O
since	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
migrated	O
200M	O
of	O
their	O
Internet	O
users	O
on	O
their	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
only	O
mobile	O
network	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Reliance	O
had	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
over	O
92%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Department	O
of	O
Telecom	O
(	O
DoT	O
)	O
has	O
set	O
the	O
below	O
deadline	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Government	O
organisations	O
should	O
complete	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
transition	O
and	O
migration	O
of	O
their	O
websites	O
on	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
latest	O
by	O
30	O
June	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
new	O
retail	O
wireline	O
customer	O
connections	O
provided	O
by	O
Service	O
Providers	O
after	O
31	O
December	O
2022	O
shall	O
be	O
capable	O
of	O
carrying	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
traffic	O
either	O
on	O
dual	O
stack	O
or	O
on	O
native	O
IPV6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Service	O
Providers	O
shall	O
endeavour	O
to	O
progressively	O
replace/upgrade	O
the	O
CPEs	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
ready	O
and	O
are	O
owned	O
by	O
Service	O
Providers	O
latest	O
by	O
31	O
December	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSNL	O
created	O
a	O
webpage	O
for	O
Franchises	O
of	O
Bharat	O
Fibre	O
to	O
configure	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
various	O
ONT	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Ireland	O
as	O
seen	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Fastweb	O
announced	O
in	O
2015	O
the	O
initial	O
availability	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
for	O
its	O
residential	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TIM	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
Italian	O
ISP	O
,	O
has	O
offered	O
since	O
2017	O
a	O
basic	O
pilot	O
service	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
allow	O
its	O
customers	O
to	O
connect	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2022	O
several	O
users	O
began	O
to	O
report	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
PPPoE	O
profile	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
seems	O
that	O
TIM	O
has	O
completely	O
abandoned	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
its	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
in	O
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
MAP-E	O
for	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
over	O
PPPoE	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
in	O
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
in	O
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
assigning	O
a	O
via	O
DHCPv6	O
Prefix	O
Delegation	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
in	O
Dual	O
Stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Italy	O
had	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
5.29	O
%	O
by	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telecommunications	O
company	O
NTT	O
announced	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
ISP	O
to	O
offer	O
public	O
availability	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
services	O
in	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT	O
's	O
NGN	B-Protocol
allows	O
for	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
over	O
Ethernet	O
connection	O
to	O
various	O
ISPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
ISPs	O
provide	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
use	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
transition	O
mechanisms	O
such	O
as	O
DS-Lite	O
or	O
MAP-E	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
PPPoE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
80%	O
of	O
NTT	O
NGN	B-Protocol
users	O
had	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
internet	I-Protocol
access	O
through	O
an	O
ISP	O
operating	O
on	O
the	O
NGN	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT	O
Docomo	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
cell	O
phone	O
operator	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
started	O
providing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
dual-stack	O
service	O
to	O
devices	O
sold	O
since	O
Summer	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
transitioning	O
to	O
a	O
NAT64/DNS64	O
-based	O
single-stack	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
starting	O
in	O
Spring	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Japan	O
had	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
43.79	O
%	O
by	O
April	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LITNET	O
academic	O
&	O
research	O
network	O
has	O
supported	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commercial	O
ISPs	O
have	O
not	O
publicly	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RESTENA	O
,	O
the	O
national	O
research	O
and	O
education	O
network	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
running	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
it	O
runs	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
Internet	O
exchanges	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
peering	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
RESTENA	O
also	O
runs	O
the	O
.lu	O
top	O
level	O
domain	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
P&T	O
Luxembourg	O
,	O
main	O
telecom	O
and	O
Internet	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
has	O
announced	O
they	O
have	O
production	O
quality	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
since	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
professional	O
customers	O
being	O
connected	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deployment	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
residential	O
customers	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
Luxembourg	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
36%	O
by	O
July	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SURFnet	O
,	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
Dutch	O
academical	O
network	O
SURFnet	O
,	O
introduced	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
network	O
1997	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
beginning	O
using	O
IPv6-to-IPv4	O
tunnels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
backbone	O
is	O
entirely	O
running	O
dual-stack	O
,	O
supporting	O
both	O
native	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
XS4All	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Dutch	O
broadband	O
provider	O
to	O
introduce	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
network	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
only	O
been	O
experimental	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
the	O
provider	O
provided	O
the	O
first	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
DSL	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
DSL	O
connections	O
became	O
available	O
to	O
almost	O
all	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
June	O
2012	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
was	O
enabled	O
by	O
default	O
for	O
all	O
new	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business-orientated	O
Internet	O
provider	O
BIT	O
BV	O
has	O
been	O
providing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
all	O
their	O
customers	O
(	O
DSL	O
,	O
FTTH	B-Architecture
,	O
colocated	O
)	O
since	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SixXS	O
had	O
two	O
private	O
Dutch	O
founders	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
partnering	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
service	O
providers	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
to	O
provide	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
via	O
IP	O
tunnels	O
to	O
users	O
worldwide	O
since	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
started	O
out	O
as	O
IPng.nl	O
with	O
a	O
predominantly	O
Dutch	O
user	O
base	O
and	O
reorganized	O
as	O
SixXS	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
reach	O
users	O
internationally	O
and	O
be	O
diversified	O
in	O
ISP	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SixXS	O
also	O
provided	O
various	O
other	O
related	O
services	O
and	O
software	O
which	O
contributed	O
significantly	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
and	O
operation	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
ISP	O
Introweb	O
provides	O
an	O
IPv6-only	O
8	O
Mbit/s	O
ADSL	O
connection	O
for	O
6	O
euro	O
per	O
month	O
to	O
100	O
customers	O
as	O
a	O
pilot	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
companies	O
to	O
learn	O
how	O
to	O
adapt	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
as	O
for	O
themselves	O
in	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
fully	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
enabled	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Signet	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
ISP	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
which	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
together	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
on	O
multiple	O
national	O
fiber	O
networks	O
(	O
Eurofiber	O
,	O
Glasvezel	O
Eindhoven	O
,	O
BRE	O
,	O
Glasnet	O
Veghel	O
,	O
Ziggo	O
,	O
and	O
Fiber	O
Port	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Dutch	O
hosting	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
biggest	O
one	O
,	O
Leaseweb	O
,	O
support	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
customers	O
by	O
default	O
get	O
only	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
address	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
government	O
sites	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Rijksoverheid.nl	O
)	O
are	O
available	O
via	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
over	O
UMTS/GPRS	O
was	O
successfully	O
tested	O
in	O
Belgium	O
and	O
The	O
Netherlands	O
within	O
a	O
vehicle	O
platform	O
as	O
an	O
Intelligent	O
transportation	O
system	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
test	O
was	O
performed	O
both	O
in	O
GSM	O
and	O
in	O
tethering	O
mode	O
using	O
a	O
Nokia	O
smart-phone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
T-Mobile	O
Netherlands	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
plans	O
to	O
deploy	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
surveys	O
conducted	O
by	O
the	O
New	O
Zealand	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Task	O
Force	O
indicated	O
that	O
awareness	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
had	O
reached	O
a	O
near-universal	O
level	O
among	O
New	O
Zealand	O
's	O
large	O
public	O
-	O
and	O
private-sector	O
organizations	O
,	O
with	O
adoption	O
mostly	O
occurring	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
normal	O
network	O
refresh	O
cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
New	O
Zealand	O
's	O
ISP	O
and	O
carrier	O
community	O
have	O
a	O
test	O
environment	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
many	O
have	O
started	O
bringing	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
products	O
and	O
services	O
on-stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
New	O
Zealand	O
government	O
websites	O
are	O
available	O
over	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
including	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Defence	O
(	O
New	O
Zealand	O
)	O
,	O
Ministry	O
for	O
Primary	O
Industries	O
(	O
New	O
Zealand	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Internal	O
Affairs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Massey	O
University	O
has	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
border	O
and	O
core	O
campus	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Massey	O
's	O
main	O
website	O
is	O
IPv6-enabled	O
and	O
remote	O
login	O
to	O
some	O
servers	O
and	O
network	O
equipment	O
also	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
systems	O
administration	O
and	O
networking	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
enabled	O
on	O
15	O
websites	O
hosted	O
at	O
Tauranga	O
City	O
Council	O
(	O
TCC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
to	O
equipment	O
on	O
the	O
council	O
's	O
internal	O
LAN	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
made	O
to	O
enable	O
IPV6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
internal	O
networks	O
across	O
the	O
organization	O
have	O
been	O
enabled	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
dual-stack	O
technology	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
enable	O
both	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
internal	O
servers	O
and	O
client	O
devices	O
communicate	O
via	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
teredo	O
relay	O
and	O
6to4	O
relay	O
ensure	O
users	O
using	O
these	O
two	O
transition	O
technologies	O
are	O
well	O
served	O
when	O
accessing	O
IPV6	B-Protocol
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
University	O
of	O
Auckland	O
IT	O
Services	O
team	O
has	O
partially	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
Science	O
Faculty	O
and	O
the	O
Computer	O
Science	O
Department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
via	O
KAREN	O
and	O
its	O
commercial	O
ISP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Science	O
is	O
fully	O
dual-stacked	O
;	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
undergraduate	O
laboratory	O
assignments	O
and	O
for	O
post-graduate	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KAREN	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
's	O
R&E	O
network	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
native	O
network	O
and	O
has	O
provided	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
standard	O
service	O
offering	O
to	O
its	O
members	O
since	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
started	O
providing	O
residential	O
customers	O
with	O
dual	O
(	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
)	O
service	O
using	O
DHCPv6	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
trial	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Government	O
Technology	O
Services	O
,	O
a	O
business	O
group	O
of	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Internal	O
Affairs	O
(	O
DIA	O
)	O
,	O
has	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
website	O
as	O
a	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
how	O
New	O
Zealand	O
government	O
websites	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Internet	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
South	O
Island-based	O
Internet	O
Service	O
Provider	O
Snap	O
Internet	O
provides	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
network	O
is	O
fully	O
IPv6-enabled	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
service	O
running	O
alongside	O
Snap	O
's	O
normal	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palmerston	O
North-based	O
ISP	O
Inspire	O
Net	O
has	O
had	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
transit	O
since	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
Service	O
Provider	O
DTS	O
's	O
transit	O
,	O
managed	O
and	O
hosting	O
services	O
are	O
fully	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
capable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trans-Tasman	O
service	O
provider	O
Vocus	O
Communications	O
offers	O
full	O
dual-stack	O
IP	O
transit	O
services	O
and	O
also	O
supports	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
transport	O
on	O
its	O
private	O
IP	O
WAN	O
service	O
in	O
NZ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globe	O
Telecom	O
has	O
already	O
set	O
in	O
motion	O
the	O
transition	O
of	O
its	O
core	O
IP	O
network	O
to	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
fully	O
prepared	O
even	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	O
runs	O
out	O
of	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globe	O
claims	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
local	O
telecommunication	O
company	O
to	O
test	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
with	O
Department	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
(	O
Philippines	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
like	O
test	O
networks	O
or	O
users	O
,	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
or	O
both	O
may	O
be	O
present	O
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Globe	O
Telecom	O
has	O
successfully	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
2020	O
on	O
its	O
5G	O
network	O
and	O
in	O
2021	O
on	O
its	O
fiber	O
and	O
4G	B-Architecture
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
University	O
of	O
the	O
Philippines	O
Diliman	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Launch	O
and	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
network	O
since	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PLDT	O
takes	O
lead	O
in	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
and	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dito	O
Telecommunity	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
its	O
start	O
of	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sky	O
Cable	O
on	O
its	O
Sky	O
Fiber	B-Architecture
broadband	I-Architecture
service	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radius	O
Telecoms	O
on	O
its	O
Red	O
Fiber	B-Architecture
broadband	I-Architecture
service	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Polish	O
national	O
research	O
and	O
education	O
network	O
began	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
trial	O
period	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
now	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
numerous	O
educational	O
and	O
private	O
clients	O
connected	O
via	O
citywide	O
networks	O
operated	O
by	O
local	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polish	O
Internet	O
Exchange	O
,	O
a	O
commercial	O
and	O
carrier-neutral	O
Internet	O
traffic	O
exchange	O
point	O
,	O
has	O
facilitated	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
peering	B-Protocol
between	O
numerous	O
operators	O
since	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orange	O
Polska	O
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
mobile	O
operator	O
launched	O
mobile	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
via	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
protocol	O
for	O
their	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Sony	O
Xperia	O
Z1	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
IPv6-compliant	O
device	O
commercially	O
available	O
in	O
Orange	O
Poland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
ISP	O
named	O
RCS&RDS	O
offers	O
dual-stack	O
IPv4/IPv6	O
PPPoE	O
services	O
to	O
current	O
home	O
users	O
using	O
modern	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
IPv6-ready	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
1	O
million	O
RCS	O
&	O
RDS	O
residential	O
customers	O
can	O
now	O
use	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
a	O
dual-stack	O
PPPoE	O
connection	O
and	O
16%	O
already	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
deployment	I-Architecture
reached	O
44%	O
-	O
48%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
network	O
has	O
started	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
beta	O
test	O
,	O
since	O
December	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2023	O
Telefónica	O
España/Movistar	O
Spain	O
began	O
upgrading	O
its	O
mobile	O
network	O
to	O
enable	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LEARN	O
network	O
had	O
deployed	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
since	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dialog	O
Axiata	O
provides	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
customers	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
since	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SLT	O
provides	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
Fixed	O
LTE	O
customers	O
,	O
since	O
2018	O
and	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
only	O
(	O
NAT64	B-Protocol
)	O
to	O
DSL	O
and	O
Fiber	O
customers	O
,	O
since	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobitel	O
provides	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
since	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sudanese	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
task	O
Force	O
SDv6TF	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
fellow	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
migration	O
plan	O
(	O
2011	O
–	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
all	O
telecom	O
operators	O
are	O
becoming	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
enabled	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
tested	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
at	O
the	O
AFRINIC-17	O
meeting	O
held	O
in	O
Khartoum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SudREN	O
(	O
Sudanese	O
Research	O
and	O
Education	O
Network	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
ISP	O
to	O
provide	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
of	O
the	O
member	O
institution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
SudREN.edu.sd	O
is	O
fully	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
certification	O
received	O
from	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Forum	O
,	O
for	O
WWW	O
and	O
ISP	O
Enabled	O
Logos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bahnhof	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tele2	O
have	O
begun	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rollout	O
to	O
mobile	O
customers	O
(	O
both	O
consumers	O
and	O
businesses	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tre	O
rolled	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Com	O
Hem	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
businesses	O
and	O
to	O
consumers	O
in	O
some	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operators	O
offering	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
access	O
for	O
business	O
clients	O
and	O
collocation	O
customers	O
include	O
Tele2	O
and	O
Phonera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swisscom	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
over	O
6rd	B-Protocol
to	O
private	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Init7	O
offers	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
all	O
their	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iway	O
offers	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
customer	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sunrise	O
provides	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
products	O
,	O
private	O
customers	O
can	O
enable	O
6rd	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
UPC	O
Switzerland	O
offers	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
with	O
DS-lite	O
to	O
new	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Started	O
deploying	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
(	O
Tunisian	O
Internet	O
Agency	O
)	O
obtained	O
a	O
new	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
block	O
from	O
AFRINIC	O
(	O
2c0f:fab0::/28	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
–	O
2015	O
,	O
Gnet	O
(	O
Global	O
Net	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
CIMSP	O
(	O
Computing	O
Departement	O
of	O
Health	O
Ministry	O
)	O
received	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
prefixes	O
from	O
AFRINIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deployment	O
of	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
tunnel	O
between	O
ATI	O
and	O
HE	O
(	O
Hurricane	O
Electric	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
CCK	O
(	O
Centre	O
de	O
Calcul	O
El	O
Khawarizmi	O
)	O
obtains	O
its	O
own	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
/32	O
)	O
block	O
from	O
AFRINIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
ISET	O
Charguia	O
(	O
Higher	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technologies	O
in	O
Tunisia	O
)	O
deployed	O
its	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
network	O
as	O
end	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
implementation	O
has	O
taken	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JANET	O
,	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
education	O
and	O
research	O
network	O
,	O
introduced	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
unicast	O
support	O
into	O
its	O
service	O
level	O
agreement	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
major	O
UK	O
universities	O
and	O
colleges	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Cambridge	O
and	O
Esher	O
College	O
)	O
upgraded	O
their	O
campus	O
routing	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
provide	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
unicast	O
support	O
to	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrews	O
&	O
Arnold	O
launched	O
a	O
native	O
(	O
non-tunneled	O
)	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
service	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
and	O
offer	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IDNet	O
have	O
offered	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
(	O
dual	O
stack	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
)	O
as	O
standard	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK	O
government	O
started	O
to	O
replace	O
much	O
of	O
its	O
Government	B-General_Concept
Secure	I-General_Concept
Intranet	I-General_Concept
(	O
a	O
wide	O
area	O
network	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
Public	B-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
(	O
PSN	O
)	O
in	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aspiration	O
was	O
to	O
deploy	O
using	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
and	O
support	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
but	O
suppliers	O
must	O
be	O
capable	O
of	O
supporting	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
BT	O
Group	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
that	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
customers	O
can	O
expect	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
in	O
early	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zen	O
Internet	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
all	O
customers	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
successful	O
trial	O
earlier	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spitfire	O
Network	O
Services	O
offer	O
native	O
dual-stack	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
broadband	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sky	O
Broadband	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
a	O
majority	O
of	O
their	O
customers	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EE	O
Limited	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
the	O
Radio	O
access	O
network	O
for	O
most	O
consumers	O
by	O
Autumn	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
home	O
broadband	O
services	O
currently	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
however	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aquiss	O
enabled	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
for	O
their	O
broadband	O
customers	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2020	O
they	O
completed	O
their	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rollout	O
for	O
services	O
and	O
systems	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
web	O
hosting	O
platform	O
,	O
VOIP	B-Application
and	O
other	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statistics	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
has	O
reached	O
an	O
IPv6	B-Architecture
adoption	I-Architecture
rate	O
of	O
43.55	O
%	O
as	O
of	O
April	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
use	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
percent	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
tablets	O
use	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
46.2	O
%	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
users	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
use	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
DateEntityDescription2000Stealth	O
CommunicationsStealth	O
Communications	O
(	O
AS8002	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
providing	O
production	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
since	O
2000	O
when	O
it	O
received	O
its	O
pTLA	O
status	O
on	O
6bone	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
later	O
received	O
its	O
sTLA	O
allocation	O
from	O
ARIN	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
12th	O
organization	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
to	O
receive	O
production	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
addressing	O
in	O
North	O
America.2005Sonic.netSonic.net	O
offers	O
partial	O
support	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
assign	O
a	O
to	O
any	O
customer	O
requesting	O
address	O
space	O
and	O
deliver	O
the	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
packets	O
over	O
a	O
6in4	B-Protocol
tunnel.2008Department	O
of	O
DefenseAs	O
with	O
IPv4	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
holds	O
a	O
larger	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
allocation	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
entity	O
,	O
a	O
block	O
,	O
enough	O
to	O
create	O
almost	O
2.3	O
quadrillion	O
(	O
)	O
local	O
area	O
networks	O
,	O
64	O
times	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
the	O
next	O
largest	O
entity.2008Hurricane	O
ElectricHurricane	O
Electric	O
(	O
AS6939	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
adopter	O
and	O
maintains	O
a	O
native	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
backbone	O
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
and	O
hosting	O
providers	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
backbone	O
operator	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
reach	O
200	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
BGP	B-Protocol
adjacencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
its	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
tunnel	I-Protocol
broker	I-Protocol
service	O
,	O
Hurricane	O
also	O
provides	O
free	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
in	O
several	O
other	O
countries.2011ComcastComcast	O
started	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
pilot	O
market	O
deployment	O
in	O
2011.2011Time	O
Warner	O
CableTime	O
Warner	O
Cable	O
was	O
conducting	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
trials	O
for	O
their	O
customers	O
from	O
September	O
2011.2011AT	O
&TAT&T	O
started	O
testing	O
their	O
networks	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
in	O
2006	O
.	O
and	O
started	O
rolling	O
out	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
to	O
customers	O
with	O
compatible	O
CPEs	O
in	O
Q4	O
2011.2012US	O
Department	O
of	O
EducationUS	O
Department	O
of	O
Education	O
(	O
ED	O
)	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
cabinet-level	O
agency	O
to	O
deploy	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
on	O
its	O
DNS	O
services	O
across	O
its	O
17	O
.gov	O
domains	O
on	O
August	O
5	O
,	O
2012.2012Google	O
FiberGoogle	O
Fiber	O
launched	O
with	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
in	O
2012.2012Charter	O
CommunicationsCharter	O
Communications	O
offers	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
access	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
customers	O
via	O
a	O
freely	O
accessible	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rapid	I-Protocol
deployment	I-Protocol
server	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
March	O
2012.2012CenturyLinkCenturyLink	O
offered	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
access	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
customers	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
2012.2013T-MobileT-Mobile	O
has	O
made	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
its	O
default	O
phone	O
configuration	O
for	O
all	O
new	O
Android	O
4.3	O
+	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
phones	O
configured	O
by	O
default	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
/	O
464XLAT	O
include	O
the	O
Samsung	O
Galaxy	O
Note	O
3	O
,	O
Galaxy	O
Light	O
,	O
MetroPCS	O
Samsung	O
Mega	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Nexus	O
5.2013Verizon	O
WirelessAs	O
of	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
over	O
31%	O
of	O
all	O
users	O
on	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
had	O
IPv6.2016Verizon	O
WirelessAs	O
of	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
over	O
72%	O
of	O
all	O
users	O
on	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
had	O
IPv6.2017Hurricane	O
ElectricHurricane	O
Electric	O
(	O
AS6939	O
)	O
becomes	O
the	O
first	O
Internet	O
backbone	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
reach	O
4000	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
BGP	B-Protocol
adjacencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Society	O
promoted	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Day	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
event	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
test	O
drive	O
"	O
for	O
full	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
rollouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Society	O
declared	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
date	O
for	O
"	O
World	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
Launch	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
participating	O
major	O
websites	O
enabling	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
permanently	O
,	O
participating	O
ISPs	O
offering	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
,	O
and	O
participating	O
router	O
manufacturers	O
offering	O
devices	O
enabled	O
for	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
