Stakeholders advocate more awareness on Internet Protocol Version 6

Stakeholders have advocated for more awareness on the importance of the deployment of Internet Protocol Version Six,(IPV6) in Nigeria as the country ranks third position in Africa IPV6 deployment.

This was one of the issues discussed at a Webinar on the state of Internet Protocol Version Six (IPV6) development In Nigeria, organised by the IPV6 Council Nigeria Android in conjuction with the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).

The Chairman, Internet Protocol Version 6(IPv6) Council Nigeria, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, disclosed that out of the total 9,678 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6) addresses allocated by African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in Africa, only 60 representing 0.62 per cent has been deployed in Nigeria.

This makes Nigeria, the biggest in terms of size and population in Africa, ranked third below South Africa and Egypt, which has 4,806 and 4,106 deployments respectively.

In whole, South Africa and Egypt have 92 per cent of the total IPV6 allocations by AFRINIC, which is responsible for the allocation and management of Internet numbers (IPv4, IPv6 & ASNs) in Africa.

Rudman attributed the poor deployment of IPV6 in Nigeria to the lack of a business case for the Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

He also highlighted other challenges as lack of technical know-how, core, metro and edge equipment compatibility issues, lack of IPv6 upstream service providers and non-requests from end-users.

To address these challenges, he recommended IPv6 awareness and capacity building by organising seminars and training, possibly incorporating IPv6 into the university curriculum.

On his part, the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr Ikechukwu Nnamani in his welcome address, said from healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, transportation, telecommunication and other industries, the world is now digitally connected, making the use of smart technology to greatly improve the quality of lives of the citizens.

He reiterated that with the projection that by 2030, more than 125 billion devices will be connected using IoT, which will put about 15 connected devices into the hands of each consumer, all devices need a unique IP address to function efficiently. Thus, the migration to IPV6 is not optional, but mandatory as the world has run out of IPV4, the initial IP addressing system.

AFRINIC the only regional body that still has some IPV4 for allocation recently indicated it has less than 1.8 million IPV4 available.

Speaking on what telecom advocacy bodies like ATCON are doing with regards to migration; Nnamani said ATCON being a very proactive Association saw the need to train network engineers in Nigeria in order to be able to migrate from IPV4 to IPV6 several years ago.

The Chairman said this vision led ATCON to host an international training on IPv6 with the support of some of its members. This training was done in conjunction with AFRINIC.

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