Press Release
ASIA Pacific (APAC) IPv6 Council Has Been Founded___________________
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Luxembourg, 12.06, 2023 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes theformation of a new IPv6 initiative with the establishment of the APAC IPv6 Council under theleadership of Prof. Sures Ramadass as its Chairman.
"The APAC IPv6 Council will be re-invigorating former Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Forces
with new key stakeholders from government, industry and academia to further the APAC
IPv6 roadmap milestones with collaborative vision, to continue our efforts in achieving theNew Internet world based on IPv6, moving to IPv6-Only" stated Prof. Sures Ramadass,Chairman, APAC IPv6 Council
The prime objective of the APAC IPv6 Council and its members is to promote deployment andcoordinated uptake of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support from industry,
education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access totechnology and knowledge.
"The APAC IPv6 Council has been created to extend to the APAC Internet community astrong voice and representation in the new Internet world to create momentum in
deploying IPv6-Only and gradually sunset IPv4," stated Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.
The Internet World has been using the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) for the last four
decades. Despite its tremendous success, IPv4 has exhibited signs of strain, especially in its
totally depleted IP address space and its growing security concerns. IPv6 successfully preserves
today's Internet, and adds much more, such as virtually unlimited IP address space to connect
everyone and everything, stateless auto-configuration, seamless mobility, automated network
management, end to end security and new service levels such as SRv6, to name a few examplesof opportunity.

1/2About the APAC IPv6 Council
The APAC IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement andpromotion of IPv6 best practices and lessons learned. Comprised of individual members, asopposed to corporate sponsors, its mission is to provide technical leadership and innovative
thought for the successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking andtelecommunications infrastructure, present and future. The APAC Council collaborates within
the IPv6 Forum with other national based councils in creating a peer reviewed compendium ofrecommended
IPv6specificstandards
anddeployment
bestpractices.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12855372/
About IPv6 ForumThe IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of international Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
and National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), with a mission to promote IPv6 by
improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet andallowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits areorganized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide
industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing
technology. Please visit http://www.ipv6forum.com.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Organization Contact:
IPv6 Forum Contact:
Chairman: Prof. Sures Ramadass
Latif Ladid
Malaysia
Luxembourgsures@nltvc.com+352 30 71 34
Latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com

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