Press Release
IPv6 Council Tunisia Has Been Founded___________________
Tunis/Luxembourg, October 2, 2016 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes the formation of a new IPv6
initiative with the establishment of the IPv6 Council Tunisia under the leadership of Dr. Tarek
Bejaoui, as its President. Tarek is associate professor in the Department of Computer
Engineering, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, and member of the Executive Committeeof MEDIATRON Lab. of Sup'Com, University of Carthage. Tarek Bejaoui operates as industrial
consultant since 2006, and he is the Founding President of the Tunisian WirelessCommunications Society -TWCS.

"The Tunisia IPv6 Council will be winning key stakeholders from government, industry
and academia to design the IPv6 roadmap and vision together for Tunisia to embrace theNew Internet world based on IPv6," stated Dr. Tarek Bejaoui, President, IPv6 Council
Tunisia.
The prime objective of the Tunisia 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 Tunisia IPv6 Council has been created to extend to the Tunisian 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 two
decades. 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 Tunisia IPv6 Council
The Tunisia IPv6 Council is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement andpromotion of IPv6 best practices and lessons learned in Tunisia. Comprised of individual
members, 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.
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:
Chair: Dr. Tarek Bejaoui
Latif Ladid
Tunisia
Luxembourg
tarek.bejaoui@supcom.tn+352 30 71 34
Latif.ladid@ipv6forum.com

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