For Immediate release
IPv6 Council Nigeria Has Been Founded___________________
Lagos/Luxembourg, February 2, 2014 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes the formation of a newIPv6 initiative with the establishment of the IPv6 Council Nigeria formed November 14, 2014
under the leadership of Mr. Muhammed Rudman, CEO, Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria(IXPN) and a Board member of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), as its
Chair and Mr. Chris Uwaje, Chair: Mobile Software Solutions Ltd and 2014 WSA African
Content Awardee as its vice-chair.

"The Nigeria IPv6 Council will be winning key stakeholders from government, industry
and academia to design the IPv6 roadmap and vision together for Nigeria to embrace theNew Internet world based on IPv6" stated, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, Chair, IPv6 Council
Nigeria.
"The Nigeria IPv6 Council will drive the right messages to the prime stakeholders toenable IPv6 in their networks to empower the developers and the users to be on part withthe rest of the world" stated, Mr. Chris Uwaje, Vice-Chair, IPv6 Council Nigeria.
The prime objective of the Nigeria IPv6 Council and its members is to promote deployment andcoordinated uptake of the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support from industry,
education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access totechnology and knowledge.
"The Nigeria IPv6 Council has been created to extend to the Nigerian Internet community
a strong voice and representation in the new Internet world to create momentum indeploying IPv6" stated Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.
The Internet World has been using the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) for the last twodecades. Despite its tremendous success, IPv4 is showing signs of strain especially in its fast
depleting IP address space and its growing security concerns. IPv6 preserves everything good intoday'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 optional service levels.

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About the Nigeria IPv6 Council
The Nigeria IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement andpromotion of IPv6 best practices and lessons learned in Nigeria. Comprised of individualmembers, as opposed to corporate sponsors, its mission is to provide technical leadership andinnovative thought for the successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking andtelecommunications infrastructure, present and future. Please visit: (under construction)

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 IPv6
Forum 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:
Chair: Mr. Muhammed Rudman,m.rudman@ixp.net.ng
Vice-Chair: Chris Uwaje
uwajenet@gmail.com

IPv6 Forum Contact:
Latif Ladid
Luxembourg+352 30 71 34
Latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com

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