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IPv6 deployment update
TWNIC 38th OPM
IPv6 SIG
1 December 2022
George Kuo

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APNIC
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

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The Internet Registry for Asia Pacific
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“A global, open,
stable and secure
Internet”
IP addresses and AS numbers

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Delegating IPv6

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From the beginning

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A decade later

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Where we are now
Allocated IPv6 and holding ratio

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A predictable IPv4 future (then)

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The inevitable exhaustion

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The evolving IPv6 policies
On the other hand…

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IPv6 policy proposals
Year Proposals implemented
2004 prop-016: IPv6 allocations to IPv4 networks
prop-021: Expansion of the initial allocation space for existing IPv6 address space holders
2005 prop-031: Proposal to amend APNIC IPv6 assignment and utilisation requirement policy
2006 prop-033: End site assignment policy for IPv6
prop-035: IPv6 portable assignment for multihoming
prop-041: IPv6 assignment size to critical infrastructure
2008 prop-057: Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria (removing 200 assignments)
2009 prop-073: Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC members with existing IPv4
addresses
2010 prop-082: Removing aggregation criteria for IPv6 initial allocations
prop-083: Alternative criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations
2012 prop-101: Removing multihoming requirement for IPv6 portable assignments
2017 prop-122: Updating “Subsequent IPv6 allocation” policy
prop-121: Updating “Initial IPv6 allocation” policy

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Prop-057
A plan for making 200 assignments!

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Measuring IPv6
deployment

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APNIC Labs
• Routing
• Security
• DNS
• Policy
• IP addresses
• Measurements
Geoff Huston, APNIC Chief Scientist

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Story of the measurement
RIPE 56 – IPv6 plenary
https://meetings.ripe.net/ripe-56/videos/plenary-7.mp4

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How APNIC measures IPv6
https://conference.apnic.net/44/assets/files/APCS549/Measuring-IPv6-using-Ad-based-Measurement.pdf

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The transition
to IPv6 in
progress

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The World average is around 32%

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World by regions
• IPv6 deployment is
not equalized
worldwide
• Within regions there
are a mixture of high
and low intensity
IPv6 Economies
• No single factor
accounts for IPv6
uptake at this time

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The world by regions
• South Asia continues to be the
highest IPv6 penetration
worldwide
– Followed by US & Canada and
Western Europe
• By population most IPv6 is in Asia
Region
IPv6
Capable
%
total
%
Cumulative
Eastern Asia, Asia 18.98% 23.68% 23.68%
Southern Asia, Asia 64.43% 18.43% 42.11%
South-Eastern Asia, Asia 27.80% 8.67% 50.78%
South America, Americas 29.04% 7.60% 58.38%
Northern America, Americas 51.06% 6.77% 65.15%
Eastern Europe, Europe 12.12% 5.31% 70.46%
Western Asia, Asia 15.49% 5.20% 75.66%
Western Europe, Europe 54.84% 3.91% 79.58%
Northern Africa, Africa 1.78% 3.22% 82.80%
Western Africa, Africa 0.70% 2.99% 85.79%
Central America, Americas 41.12% 2.72% 88.51%
Southern Europe, Europe 11.06% 2.65% 91.16%
Eastern Africa, Africa 1.56% 2.50% 93.65%
Northern Europe, Europe 36.32% 2.36% 96.01%
Central Asia, Asia 2.75% 1.05% 97.06%
Southern Africa, Africa 3.55% 0.93% 97.99%
Middle Africa, Africa 1.76% 0.73% 98.72%
Australia & New Zealand, Oceania 38.24% 0.65% 99.36%
Caribbean, Americas 6.93% 0.56% 99.93%
Melanesia, Oceania 2.37% 0.06% 100.00%

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CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC %
BL 86.16% IN 79.16% BE 66.95% MY 61.82% SA 61.68% DE 60.34% MS 57.05% FR 56.67% GR 55.00% UY 54.49%
US 53.44% IL 52.85% LK 52.24% MM 52.22% VN 51.84% FI 51.41% LU 49.18% TW 49.10% JP 48.83% AE 48.04%
MX 48.03% HU 46.57% GB 45.96% AX 45.59% NL 45.33% TH 45.29% AU 41.01% PT 39.52% EE 38.87% BR 38.08%
CH 37.64% CA 36.17% GT 35.96% PR 34.80% AT 34.60% SG 33.83% NP 33.60%
World Average is 32%
CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC % CC %
PY 29.85% SX 27.94% PE 26.69% NZ 25.68% TG 25.31% RO 25.25% CO 25.00% TT 24.99% IE 24.24% NO 24.10%
MO 23.87% EC 22.01% GA 20.32% SR 20.04% AR 19.72% CZ 19.51% LI 19.27% NI 18.59% KW 18.48% BT 18.09%
PL 17.73% OM 17.09% PH 16.51% KR 16.35% BO 16.01% CL 15.93% JO 15.63% BM 15.20% LV 14.02% SI 13.89%
CG 13.18% GY 12.84% CN 12.61% MF 12.58% BY 12.46% GE 11.77% LC 11.43% IS 11.25% MD 11.02% JM 10.43%
RW 10.43% ZW 10.33% SE 10.31% SK 10.09% SV 10.05% RE 9.84% PF 9.11% BG 8.83% KZ 8.17% DK 7.93%
VG 7.23% BA 7.09% AL 7.05% IT 6.88% BZ 6.71% AM 6.71% UA 6.54% HR 6.50% RU 6.43% RS 6.41%
ID 5.70% HN 5.66% KE 5.37% VC 5.26% GD 4.88% ES 4.13% CR 4.04% ZA 4.01% PG 4.01% EG 3.99%
BF 3.70% PK 3.66% GP 3.51% SC 3.22% DO 2.50% BD 1.90% MQ 1.69% TR 1.48% CD 1.45% MC 1.41%
PA 1.40% NC 1.39% LB 1.28% CW 1.18% HK 1.15%
State of the world: November 2022

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The AP region continues to dominate
• From 56 APNIC Economies, in 2018 4 were above average,
7 average and 2 below average:
– 23% of the region’s economies had visible IPv6 capability above 1%
• In 2022, 9 Economies are above average, 10 average and
6 significantly below average, for a total of 25 from 56.
– 44% of the region’s economies are now visible in IPv6 capability
above 1%

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Asia
• Significant population of IPv6
– The majority of IPv6 worldwide by
population is in Asia
– Highly dominated by India, but with
large deployments including Viet
Nam, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan

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The World, Asia and APNIC Economies
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Asia
South Asia
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East Asia
Oceania
Melanesia
Micronesia
Polynesia
APNIC Economies

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India
ASN AS Name
IPv6
Capable
%
total
%
Cumulative
AS55836 RELIANCEJIO-IN Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited 97.83% 47.88% 47.88%
AS45609 BHARTI-MOBILITY-AS-AP Bharti Airtel Ltd. AS for GPRS Service 89.26% 25.43% 73.31%
AS38266 VODAFONE-IN Vodafone India Ltd. 82.34% 5.86% 79.17%
AS45271 ICLNET-AS-AP Idea Cellular Limited 81.35% 4.09% 83.26%
AS24560 AIRTELBROADBAND-AS-AP Bharti Airtel Ltd., Telemedia Services 44.29% 3.00% 86.26%
AS9829 BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone 0.48% 2.30% 88.57%
AS24309 CABLELITE-AS-AP Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Broadband Internet 10.12% 0.66% 89.23%
AS17488 HATHWAY-NET-AP Hathway IP Over Cable Internet 0.33% 0.55% 89.78%
AS133982 EXCITEL-AS-IN Excitel Broadband Private Limited 0.30% 0.51% 90.30%
AS45916 GTPL-AS-AP Gujarat Telelink Pvt Ltd 0.34% 0.45% 90.75%
AS138754 KVBPL-AS-IN Kerala Vision Broad Band Private Limited 7.58% 0.42% 91.17%
AS24186 RAILTEL-AS-IN RailTel Corporation of India Ltd 0.69% 0.35% 91.52%
AS23860 ALLIANCE-GATEWAY-AS-AP Alliance Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. 0.21% 0.33% 91.85%
AS18209 BEAMTELE-AS-AP Atria Convergence Technologies pvt ltd 10.26% 0.30% 92.15%
AS55577 BEAMTELE-AS-AP Atria Convergence Technologies pvt ltd 17.48% 0.28% 92.43%
AS133661 NETPLUS-AS Netplus Broadband Services Private Limited 0.46% 0.26% 92.68%
AS17465 ASIANET Cable ISP in India 0.40% 0.23% 92.92%
AS17665 ONEBROADBAND ONEOTT INTERTAINMENT LIMITED 1.63% 0.22% 93.13%
AS133287 APSFL-AS Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited 0.14% 0.17% 93.31%
AS17747 SITINETWORS-IN-AP SITI NETWORKS LIMITED 0.20% 0.15% 93.46%
• High uptake by
5 market
dominant ISPs
• Clear signs of a
market reaction
to the initial Jio
deployment.
• 86% of the
market in India
is now IPv6
enabled

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India’s top 5 ASN
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Reliance/Jio
Bharti Airtel
Vodafone
ICL
Bharti Telemedia

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Viet Nam
ASN AS Name
IPv6
Capable
%
total
%
Cumulative
AS7552 VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group 59.75% 37.39% 37.39%
AS45899 VNPT-AS-VN VNPT Corp 41.47% 33.44% 70.83%
AS18403 FPT-AS-AP FPT Telecom Company 53.18% 18.66% 89.49%
AS131429
MOBIFONE-AS-VN MOBIFONE
Corporation 75.54% 4.83% 94.32%
rest all the rest 5.68% 100.00%
• All significant ASNs in Viet
Nam are now IPv6 enabled
• Deployment continues across
the economy at a slower
intensity after initial launch
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AS17552 TRUEONLINE-AS-AP True Online 67.97% 18.51% 18.51%
AS131445 AIS3G-2100-AS-AP Advance Wireless Network 93.83% 17.55% 36.05%
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AS133481 AIS-FIBRE-AS-AP AIS Fibre 65.33% 12.88% 62.32%
AS24378 ENGTAC-AS-TH-AP Total Access Communication PLC. 0.08% 9.86% 72.18%
AS132061 REALMOVE-AS-AP Realmove Company Limited 0.09% 9.83% 82.02%
AS23969 TOT-NET TOT Public Company Limited 0.22% 7.85% 89.87%
AS132618 REALFUTURE-AS-AP Real Future Company Limited 0.06% 4.07% 93.94%
AS7470 TRUEINTERNET-AS-AP TRUE INTERNET Co.,Ltd. 0.87% 1.32% 95.26%
rest all the rest 4.74% 100.00%
• Half of the dominant ASN
have significant IPv6
deployment
• Pace has been steady
since launch
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ASN AS Name
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AS17552 TRUEONLINE-AS-AP True Online 67.97% 18.51% 18.51%
AS131445 AIS3G-2100-AS-AP Advance Wireless Network 93.83% 17.55% 36.05%
AS45629 JASTEL-NETWORK-TH-AP JasTel Network International Gateway 57.03% 13.39% 49.45%
AS133481 AIS-FIBRE-AS-AP AIS Fibre 65.33% 12.88% 62.32%
AS24378 ENGTAC-AS-TH-AP Total Access Communication PLC. 0.08% 9.86% 72.18%
AS132061 REALMOVE-AS-AP Realmove Company Limited 0.09% 9.83% 82.02%
AS23969 TOT-NET TOT Public Company Limited 0.22% 7.85% 89.87%
AS132618 REALFUTURE-AS-AP Real Future Company Limited 0.06% 4.07% 93.94%
AS7470 TRUEINTERNET-AS-AP TRUE INTERNET Co.,Ltd. 0.87% 1.32% 95.26%
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market have
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China top 5 by sample volume
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Chinanet
Unicom Backbone
China Mobile
China Telecom
Unicom Beijing

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China has moved at scale (slowly)
• Until mid-late 2018 China did not show any real adoption
• Since mid 2018 we see signs across all the major ISPs of
IPv6 adoption
– There are possibilities the mechanisms used by APNIC, Akamai and
Google do not entirely reflect adoption levels inside China, some
ISPs report significantly higher deployment at scale
• China has good targets in state planning
– Trend is upward but pace is low

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Japan
ASN AS Name
IPv6
Capable
%
total
%
Cumulative
AS2516 KDDI KDDI CORPORATION 80.87% 18.93% 18.93%
AS17676 GIGAINFRA Softbank BB Corp. 57.80% 17.72% 36.65%
AS4713 OCN NTT Communications Corporation 57.32% 13.57% 50.22%
AS9605 DOCOMO NTT DOCOMO, INC. 22.15% 7.14% 57.36%
AS9824 JTCL-JP-AS JCOM Co., Ltd. 0.78% 4.05% 61.41%
AS2527 SO-NET Sony Network Communications Inc. 66.97% 4.02% 65.43%
AS17511 OPTAGE OPTAGE Inc. 49.83% 3.47% 68.90%
AS2518 BIGLOBE BIGLOBE Inc. 74.31% 3.34% 72.24%
AS2519 VECTANT ARTERIA Networks Corporation 43.80% 1.86% 74.10%
AS18126 CTCX Chubu Telecommunications Company, Inc. 69.08% 1.74% 75.85%
• Over half the top-10
ASN at scale have
deployed IPv6
• Pace is slow but
steady
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KDDI
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OCN NTT
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Hinet
EMome
Far EastTone
Taiwan Mobile
Taiwan Star (Vibo)
Taiwan Fixed Network

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Taiwan continues to grow at scale
• An initial surge in 2019 has continued at slower pace
• Some significant carriers still don’t show high deployment
• Some markets may be reaching saturation until the next
significant re-capitalization replaces IPv4 only equipment
(CPE?)

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Observations
• There has been significant progress since 2018 which appears
to be continuing
• APNIC region is dominant in IPv6 deployment at scale by
population and % capability
– Rising from 52% in 2018 to 66% in 2022
– Higher economy count, deeper participation per economy
• The deployment is not equally spread into all economies
– The variances continue to be very confusing: its not about being a
developed, or developing economy, or size, or amount of ASN diversity
– It may be more about cost of capital and willingness to invest
• Some significant telcos are not deploying at all

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For more information, visit
• https://rex.apnic.net/ and
• https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/
• REx is about “everyone” –aggregates
by Economy & the AP Region
– We’re expanding service to cover
global statistics
– We’re looking into including more
datasets from APNIC Labs
• RPKI, DNSSEC
• https://blog.apnic.net/2022/05/04/the-
transition-to-ipv6-are-we-there-yet/

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Calling for your participation
• Learn IPv6 – Build technical capacity
• Discuss IPv6 – Share technical experience
• Speak IPv6 – Deploy IPv6 in your network
• Debate IPv6 – Engage in the policy development
• Celebrate IPv6 – Connect with the Internet community

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Thank you!