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IPv6 Council Spain Has Been Founded___________________
Madrid/Luxembourg, July 20, 2016 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes Spain with the establishmentof the IPv6 Council under the leadership of Mr. Carlos Ralli Ucendo as its chairman.
Mr. Carlos Ralli Ucendo connected for the first time Telefónica R&D to the international IPv6
networks (6Bone) back in 1999. He led the "LONG: Laboratories over IPv6 networks" EU FP5
IST project and later co-chaired the Euro6IX project: European IPv6 Internet Exchanges
Backbone. He has performed IP network on-site audits in the Telefonica networks of Brazil,
Chile and Colombia. In 2010 and 2011 he was the head of delegation to the IETF and was theglobal coordinator of Telefonica participation in the ISOC-organized IPv6 World IPv6 days.
Carlos also chaired (2010-2014) the Spanish IPv6 Observatory , which brought together the main
Telecom operators (Vodafone, BT, Euskaltel and Telefonica), the National Research network(Rediris), Universities (UPM, UMU, UPV, UPV/EHU, UPC), integrators (Consulintel,Bondis.org, .) and the Spanish Internet Exchange point (Espanix) as per their interest in theadoption and evolution of IPv6 at an international and national scale."
Lately, he has been in charge of the adaptation of EU FIWARE IoT platform to IPv6 andlaunched Telefonica’s “Sevilla IPv6 Smartcity Pilot” including IPv6 3G connectivity:
https://www.fiware.org/2016/05/23/fiware-enables-seville-ipv6-smartcity-pilot/
The prime objective of the IPv6 Forum and its members is to promote deployment and swifter
uptake of the new Internet using the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support fromindustry, education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access totechnology and knowledge.
"The Spanish IPv6 Council has been created to extend to this key Internet community a strong
voice and representation in the new Internet World to enable equal access to knowledge andeducation on New Generation Internet technologies and create momentum in deploying IPv6"
said Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.

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"The IPv6 Council Spain will attract key stakeholders from government, industry and academia
to design an IPv6 roadmap and vision together for a timely adoption of the New Internet World
based on IPv6" Stated Mr. Carlos Ralli Lucendo, Chairman of the Spain IPv6 Council.
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, mandated security and new optional service levels.
About Spain IPv6 Council
The Spain IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement anddissemination of IPv6. Comprised of individual members, as opposed to corporate sponsors, its
mission is to provide technical leadership and innovative thought for the successful integration ofIPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure, present and future.
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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 byimproving 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:

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

CARLOS RALLI UCENDO
carlos.ralliucendo@telefonica.com

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