1. The document discusses the early adoption of IPv6 by VSNL International, one of the pioneers in IPv6 deployment. It implemented a dual-stack core network with IPv4 and IPv6 access in the early 2000s. 2. While IPv6 traffic is still minimal, early emphasis on IPv6 gave VSNL high visibility and potential advantages over competitors offering only IPv4. 3. For IPv6 adoption to increase, applications must support it and drivers like the growth of Internet-connected devices and exhaustion of IPv4 addresses may need to occur.

1. Early IPv6 deployment in a global network: Was it worth the effort? LACNIC X ,Quinto Foro Latinoamericano de IPv6 Isla Margarita, Venezuela May 21-25th 2007 Y ves Poppe Director Business Development, IP Services

4. « ..With the internet and the proliferation of semiconductors, you’ll end up with trillions of things connected – not just individuals but cars, roads, homes, appliances, health-care data, and pacemakers. » . Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman IBM, interviewed by Business Week April 3th 2006 North-American issue, pp 52-53 “ The internet is rapidly becoming a key ingredient in our economic infrastructure – akin to electricity and roads – as well as our social structures » OECD Forum Conference Paris, May 22-23th 2006

5. How critically important is IPv6 perceived to be? Depends who you ask Some 565 academics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy voted on january 10 th for the 10 most significant developments in science and technology in China in 2006. The stunning result: 1. Significant achievements in Next Generation Internet (NGI) technology 2. Largest natural gas field discovered in northeast Sichuan 3. China builds first full superconducting experimental Tokamak fusion device 4. Chemical Reaction Resonance at Quantum resolution 5. First "green corridor" in Taklamakan Desert completed 6. First round-the-world oceanic expedition successful 7. Significant progress made in vaccine for Hepatitis B 8. Crucial breakthrough in renovation of electron positron collider 9. China fulfills quantum teleportation of two-particle system 10. Remote Sensing Satellite-1 successfully launched As reported on the Chinese Academy of Sciences website see http://english.cas.cn/eng2003/news/detailnewsb.asp?InfoNo=26385

6. IPv6 ahead of natural gas, fusion, hepatitis B or quantum teleportation ! 1. Significant achievements in Next Generation Internet (NGI) technology China recorded a series of significant developments in its Demonstration Project for Next Generation Internet (NGI), which was launched three years ago. It has succeeded in completing and stably running the world's first and largest pure IPv6 Internet. 2. Largest natural gas field discovered in northeast Sichuan China Petroleum and Chemical Cooperation announced on April 3 that it had discovered the largest and most abundant marine facies natural gas field in northeast Sichuan Province, Puguang Gas Field. 3. China builds first full superconducting experimental Tokamak fusion device China independently developed the world's first full superconducting non-circular experimental advanced superconducting Tokamak device (EAST). The first test on September 28 lasted for nearly three seconds, and generated an electrical current of 200 kiloamperes. Source: CAS website

8. The incredible growth of Mobile Communications As reported by 3G Americas www.3gamericas.org 2.5 billion devices reached mid 2006, three billion by end 2007?

9. Mobile devices, major IPv6 deployment catalyst? The future growth of the Internet lies in the hands of mobile phone users, not computers, … … while the Internet population has exploded from 50 million to 1.1 billion since 1997, it still only reaches a sixth of the world's population. the jump to the next (sixth) version of the Internet Protocol IPv6 is "desperately needed if we are to reach the world's 4 billion people, who are now untouched by the Net." Vint Cerf in Bangalore, February 20 th 2007, as reported by Pronetworks and The Hindu

13. IPTV, major IPv6 deployment catalyst? The february 10-16 North American issue of The Economist, pp65-66, notes in an article on the future of television: “ Combined with other information, such as the computer's IP address and hence its location, advertisers will be able to target their spots much more accurately—all “Desperate Housewives” fans in a particular neighbourhood, for example—and thus ought to pay a premium”. This vision implies unambiguous addressing ,ergo IPv6!! standards battle heats up: Qualcomm Mediaflo versus DVB-H

14. 17 billion Networkable Devices, major IPv6 catalyst? Sun Microsystems estimates that including sensor and RFID networks the world could have a trillion communicating devices in a decade!

20. Dual stack core; IPv4 and IPv6 access