APNIC Senior Advisor - Strategic Engagement Joyce Chen gives an update of IPv6 deployment in the region at APEC TEL 62, held online from 3 to 4 March 2021.

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IPv6 Deployment Update
APEC TEL 62 Development Steering Group Meeting
26 February 2021
Joyce Chen, APNIC
joyce@apnic.net

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About APNIC
The Regional Internet Registry (RIR)
for the Asia Pacific region
• A not-for-profit, open membership-
based organisation, since 1993
• Internet number registration and
certification
• Manage Internet numbers in 56
economies
• Including ASN, IPv4 and IPv6
addresses
• Supports regional Internet development

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Regional Internet Registries

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Vision
A global, open, stable, and secure
Internet.
Mission
To provide essential services as a
Regional Internet Registry, and to
support Internet development in
the Asia Pacific region.

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Why IPv6?
• IPv4 global address supply is exhausted
o New networks require addresses
o Stop-gap measures are short-term (NAT)
https://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/

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Why IPv6?
• The Internet is growing
fast
– Broadband: mobile and
wifi
– “Internet of Things”
• IPv6 is the only viable
option in the long-run
– Much larger address
space than IPv4
– Enable sustainable growth
of the Internet
– Support the emergence of
new technologies
– Able to adapt to global
emergencies like COVID-
19 pandemic https://www.inkwoodresearch.com/reports/asia-pacific-internet-
of-things-iot-in-healthcare-market-forecast-2018-2026/

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Contributing to APEC TEL SAP
“The telecommunication/ ICT infrastructure in the APEC
region must be able to support the increase in Internet traffic,
provide coverage with sufficient capacity and quality to
ensure that data can flow at the volume, speed and reliability
required to meet the demands of the digital economy.”
TEL WG Strategic Action Plan 2021-2025
Priority Area 2.1 Telecommunication/ICT Infrastructure and Connectivity

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https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
The good news is…
IPv6 adoption is growing!

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Global IPv6 End-User Readiness
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6
IPv6 capable = 27.95%
(as of 20 Feb 2020)
Growth accelerating from 2017

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IPv6 Global Top 10
Economy IPv6 capable (%)
1 India 73.18
2 Saint Barthelemy 67.35
3 Belgium 63.69
4 Malaysia 53.27
5 United States 51.32
6 Chinese Taipei 50.97
7 Germany 50.27
8 Greece 49.44
9 Vietnam 45.95
10 Switzerland 45.73
Congrats to APEC TEL
members (yellow
highlight) in the global
top 10!
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6

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IPv6 APEC TEL League Table
Economy IPv6 capable (%)
↑ Malaysia 53.27
United States 51.32
Chinese Taipei 50.97
Vietnam 45.95
Japan 42.85
↑ Thailand 39.39
Mexico 38.16
Canada 29.91
Australia 28.20
New Zealand 24.92
Peru 21.75
↑ Myanmar 21.72
People’s Republic of China 19.91
Singapore 18.13
Republic of Korea 12.34
↑ Philippines 11.53
Russia 10.59
(only economies above 10%)
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6

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IPv6 capability across AP sub-regions
https://directory.apnic.net/compare?subregion=Eastern%20Asia,Oceania,South
-Eastern%20Asia,Southern%20Asia&allocationType=IPv6&compareIPv6=1

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IPv6 user growth from 2019 to 2020
Rank Economy Change (Users)
1 India 161,568,317
2 China 118,082,098
3 Mexico 21,193,448
4 Brazil 17,745,200
5 Japan 15,836,329
6 France 11,557,854
7 Thailand 10,430,694
8 Vietnam 10,146,466
9 Philippines 9,159,114
10 Russia 8,357,617
11 Germany 8,276,402
12 Malaysia 7,528,603
13 Saudi Arabia 7,437,879
14 Chinese Taipei 7,038,298
15 United Kingdom 6,755,156
16 Myanmar 3,944,296
17 Colombia 3,827,137
18 Australia 3,535,571
19 Canada 3,161,705
20 Netherlands 3,042,160
21 United Arab Emirates 2,860,177
22 Sri Lanka 2,580,194
23 Argentina 2,569,302
24 Switzerland 2,069,825
25 Portugal 2,065,010
332M users added to the IPv6 Internet in
2019 and 132M in 2020.
https://labs.apnic.net/?p=1408

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Promoting IPv6 deployment
• Develop policies and guidance
o US Office of Management Bureau’s guidance on transitioning to IPv6-only
o Malaysia IPv6 compliance certification programme
o China’s large-scale adoption drive for IPv6, and move towards IPv6-only
• Enable a healthy competitive environment in industry
o Early mobile market drivers can boost growth rapidly
• Make the digital economy a key priority for growth
o Mobile adoption, IoT, content infrastructure and content delivery networks
• Invest in technical capacity building and infrastructure

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APNIC and Internet Development
• Support Internet development in Asia-Pacific
• Technical capacity building
o Provide training and technical assistance on Internet infrastructure-
related topics
• Support to technical community and security community
• Internet information resources

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APNIC Academy
• Integrated online platform for
blended learning
o Online + F2F / Instructor-Led +
Self-Paced
• Structured standardized training
content and full curriculum
• Continuously developing training
content
• Multiple languages supported
https://academy.apnic.net/en/

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APNIC Internet Directory

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APNIC’s Community Support and Engagement in 2020
Supporting the technical community
• More than 2,500 individuals benefitted from APNIC
training
• Strengthening technical capacity for network
engineers in Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands
• Provided sponsorship, speakers, trainers, and
technical support to 19 Network Operator Group
(NOG) events
• ‘Networking from Home’
o 4 half-day online technical events for NOG
communities in 4 APAC sub-regions
Supporting the Internet ecosystem
• Regional and global multistakeholder Internet
governance events and multilateral
intergovernmental fora

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Coming Up
https://2021.apricot.net/

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Thank you!