PRESS RELEASE
IPv6 Forum Sweden Has Been Formed___________________
Stockholm/Luxembourg, January 15, 2012 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes Sweden as its newest country
member with the establishment of the IPv6 Forum Sweden under the leadership of Mr. Olle E
Johansson as President.
The IPv6 Forum Sweden was founded by the Swedish TLD .SE and Edvina AB after organizing several
IPv6 events even dating back to 2001 as well as thru the recent facilitation of the collaboration
between the SIP Forum and the IPv6 Forum and the SIPit interop activities (http://www.voipforum.com/about/). The 2011 IPv6 Swedish conference on the World IPv6 Day was a highlight tomove aggressively to involve all stakeholders.
The prime objective of the IPv6 Forum Sweden and its members is to promote deployment andswifter uptake of the new Internet using the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support
from industry, education, research communities and government agencies enabling equitable accessto technology and knowledge.

"The IPv6 Forum Sweden will attract key stakeholders from the telecom world andindustry to design the practical steps of the last mile to embrace the New Internet World
based on IPv6" stated Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.
"The IPv6 Forum Sweden will work in spreading the right messages to the Swedish
stakeholders to define its own national step-by-step transition plan to IPv6” states Mr. Olle
E Johansson, President of the IPv6 Forum Sweden.
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 in today's Internet, andadds much more, such as virtually unlimited IP address space to connect everyone and everything,stateless configuration, seamless mobility, automated network management, to name a few.

About IPv6 Forum Sweden
The IPv6 Forum Sweden is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the advancement and adoptionof IPv6 in Sweden. Comprised of members, as opposed to corporate sponsors, its mission is toprovide political good will, business and technical leadership and innovative thought for thesuccessful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and telecommunications infrastructure,present and future. http://ipv6-forum.se/
About IPv6 ForumThe IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of Leading Internet vendors, service providers andNational Research & Education Networks (NRENs), with a mission to promote IPv6 by improving
market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing
world-wide access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is toprovide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6Forum 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:
Olle E Johansson
Sweden- oej@edvina.net* Cell phone +46 70 593 68 51,Office +46 8 96 40 20, Sweden

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