APNIC Senior Internet Resource Analyst Zen Ng gives an update on the status of IPv6 in South East Asia at SGNOG 10, held in Singapore on 22 September 2023.
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IPv6 End User Readiness - APNIC stats
35% in
2023
Source: https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6
17% in
2018
The World is 35% IPv6 Capable
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IPv6 Table - World
No. Country
IPv6 Capable
1 India 77.92%
2 Malaysia 66.69%
3 Belgium 66.55%
4 France 66.35%
5 Saint Barthelemy 63.49%
6 Germany 62.54%
7 Uruguay 59.59%
8 Saudi Arabia 58.64%
9 Israel 57.70%
10 Vietnam 57.00%
11 United States of America 56.89%
12 Greece 56.62%
13 Sri Lanka 53.80%
14 Taiwan 53.65%
15 Aland Island 53.61%
16 Japan 52.46%
17 Finland 50.31%
18 Hungary 50.02%
18 countries over 50% IPv6 Capable in 2023
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IPv6 End User Readiness by Region
Region IPv6 Capable
Asia 40.61%
Americas 43.16%
Oceania 35.34%
Europe 31.03%
Africa 2.12%
Sub Region IPv6 Capable
Southern Asia 63.95%
Eastern Asia 33.14%
South-Eastern
Asia
31.45%
Western Asia 16.42%
Central Asia 4.57%
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How is South East Asia doing?
Country IPv6 Capable
Malaysia 66.69%
Vietnam 57.00%
Thailand 47.26%
Myanmar 32.42%
Indonesia 16.74%
Philippines 16.46%
Singapore 15.77%
Lao 0.28%
Cambodia 0.07%
Brunei 0.06%
Timor-Leste 0.05%
South East Asia is 31.45% IPv6 Capable!
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10-year history - as of July 2023
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MY 65%
VN 55%
TH 46%
MM 32%
ID 16%
PH 16%
SG 15%
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Success stories in Singapore
• StarHub (AS55430) with 62.05% IPv6 capable
• Simba (AS4817) with 44.46% IPv6 capable
Ø New market entrant in 2019 at 20%, grown to 40% overtime.
• MobileOne (AS4773) with 30.32% IPv6 capable
Ø are the large success stories of customer facing IPv6
• Amazon, Akamai-Linode, CloudFlare, FDC Servers are all examples of
CDN dual stack deployments
• Since Singapore is one of the successful early adopters of IPv4. Why not
IPv6?
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Getting IPv6 addresses from APNIC is One Click
away
• “One Click” From MyAPNIC to receive your IPv6
addresses.
– If you have IPv4 allocation, you will receive a /32 IPv6 allocation
– If you have IPv4 assignment, you will receive a /48 IPv6 assignment
• Not an APNIC Member?
– https://www.apnic.net/apply
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Technical Support
APNIC is ready to provide technical
training and technical assistance for
IPv6 deployment.
• Operational trainings
– Direct country assistance (Gov)
– Standalone workshops
– Training at NOGs
• Technical Assistance
– Remote or F2F
• Visit academy.apnic.net for
upcoming training and workshops
• Plan, prepare, deploy. Find your
10-step plan here:
apnic.net/community/ipv6/
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Financial Support
• APNIC Foundation and the Information
Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia)
provides financial support.
• Recipients of 2022 IPv6 Deployment grants
– BOOM! Inc., Micronesia: USD 250,000
– Tonga Communication Corporation, Tonga: USD
250,000
– National Institute of Technology Karnataka,
Surathkal, India: USD 240,000
– Yayasan Badan Wakaf Universitas Islam Indonesia,
Indonesia: USD 60,000
• Applications for 2023 IPv6 Deployment
grants are being reviewed.
• Keep an eye on ISIF Asia website for future
announcements of grants.
https://isif.asia/