APNIC Senior R&D Scientist, George Michaelson, presented on the state of IPv6 in 2018 at IETF 101 in London, England.

1. World IPv6 Trends
George Michaelson
APNIC
ggm@apnic.net

2. Stats on IPv6 deployment worldwide

3. The world is on around 18% IPv6 Capability
Capability as in ‘can use IPv6’ not necessarily preferring it.
Measured as % of sampled users who can fetch an IPv6 addressed web asset
embedded in a web advertisement.
15million or more samples per day, worldwide
Figures adjusted for relative internet population
We over-sample the US, under-sample India
Other measures place it slightly higher at 20% or better
Consider APNIC a ‘low side’ count and them as ‘high side count’
Its pretty well bracketed. It’s a high confidence figure.
Lets rank the economies by IPv6 capability above and below 18%

4. CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
BE 59.24% IN 58.26% UY 43.90% US 43.82% DE 41.67% GR 38.92% LU 30.95% CH 30.19%
JP 27.81% MY 25.94% GB 25.81% TT 25.54% FR 23.98% BR 23.26% IE 23.11% FI 22.98%
PT 21.09% CA 21.07% NZ 19.53% PE 19.47% EE 18.43%
AU 16.52% EC 15.95% KR 15.38% NL 14.36% SA 14.00% NO 12.51% ZW 12.41% MO 12.27%
PR 12.08% SI 11.36% TH 11.22% RO 10.31% HU 10.10% GT 9.42% VN 9.37% SG 9.05%
CZ 8.68% AR 7.72% AT 7.50% LK 6.91% SE 6.84% PL 6.54% MX 5.42% BA 4.74%
SK 4.69% DK 4.69% BO 3.75% ES 3.35% LI 2.88% IL 2.65% IR 2.09% AE 1.88%
IT 1.74% BG 1.62% DO 1.39% TW 1.27% RU 1.12% MD 1.10% LR 1.09% KE 0.92%
Economies Ranked around 18% IPv6 Capability

5. How much of the world IPv6 is each economy

6. How much of the world IPv6 is each economy
Lets re-scale this to reflect the % of world Internet broken
out by economies
and then calculate the % of worldwide IPv6 each economy is
contributing by relative size.
Lets focus on the top 15.

7. Guess which Economy is Which..

8. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%

9. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%
USA 22%

10. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
USA 22%

11. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%

12. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%
Germany 5%

13. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%
Germany 5%
United Kingdom 3%

14. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%
Germany 5%
United Kingdom 3%
France 2%

15. Guess which Economy is Which..
India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%
Germany 5%
United Kingdom 3%
France 2% Canada 1% Sth Korea
Belgium
Malaysia 1%
Vietnam
Australia
Thailand
Mexico <1%

16. Lets mark out some economic groups

17. CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
BE 59.24% IN 58.26% UY 43.90% US 43.82% DE 41.67% GR 38.92% LU 30.95% CH 30.19%
JP 27.81% MY 25.94% GB 25.81% TT 25.54% FR 23.98% BR 23.26% IE 23.11% FI 22.98%
PT 21.09% CA 21.07% NZ 19.53% PE 19.47% EE 18.43%
AU 16.52% EC 15.95% KR 15.38% NL 14.36% SA 14.00% NO 12.51% ZW 12.41% MO 12.27%
PR 12.08% SI 11.36% TH 11.22% RO 10.31% HU 10.10% GT 9.42% VN 9.37% SG 9.05%
CZ 8.68% AR 7.72% AT 7.50% LK 6.91% SE 6.84% PL 6.54% MX 5.42% BA 4.74%
SK 4.69% DK 4.69% BO 3.75% ES 3.35% LI 2.88% IL 2.65% IR 2.09% AE 1.88%
IT 1.74% BG 1.62% DO 1.39% TW 1.27% RU 1.12% MD 1.10% LR 1.09% KE 0.92%
G8 Economies

18. CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
BE 59.24% IN 58.26% UY 43.90% US 43.82% DE 41.67% GR 38.92% LU 30.95% CH 30.19%
JP 27.81% MY 25.94% GB 25.81% TT 25.54% FR 23.98% BR 23.26% IE 23.11% FI 22.98%
PT 21.09% CA 21.07% NZ 19.53% PE 19.47% EE 18.43%
AU 16.52% EC 15.95% KR 15.38% NL 14.36% SA 14.00% NO 12.51% ZW 12.41% MO 12.27%
PR 12.08% SI 11.36% TH 11.22% RO 10.31% HU 10.10% GT 9.42% VN 9.37% SG 9.05%
CZ 8.68% AR 7.72% AT 7.50% LK 6.91% SE 6.84% PL 6.54% MX 5.42% BA 4.74%
SK 4.69% DK 4.69% BO 3.75% ES 3.35% LI 2.88% IL 2.65% IR 2.09% AE 1.88%
IT 1.74% BG 1.62% DO 1.39% TW 1.27% RU 1.12% MD 1.10% LR 1.09% KE 0.92%
G20 Economies
Missing: CN ID SA TR ZA

19. CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
BE 59.24% IN 58.26% UY 43.90% US 43.82% DE 41.67% GR 38.92% LU 30.95% CH 30.19%
JP 27.81% MY 25.94% GB 25.81% TT 25.54% FR 23.98% BR 23.26% IE 23.11% FI 22.98%
PT 21.09% CA 21.07% NZ 19.53% PE 19.47% EE 18.43%
AU 16.52% EC 15.95% KR 15.38% NL 14.36% SA 14.00% NO 12.51% ZW 12.41% MO 12.27%
PR 12.08% SI 11.36% TH 11.22% RO 10.31% HU 10.10% GT 9.42% VN 9.37% SG 9.05%
CZ 8.68% AR 7.72% AT 7.50% LK 6.91% SE 6.84% PL 6.54% MX 5.42% BA 4.74%
SK 4.69% DK 4.69% BO 3.75% ES 3.35% LI 2.88% IL 2.65% IR 2.09% AE 1.88%
IT 1.74% BG 1.62% DO 1.39% TW 1.27% RU 1.12% MD 1.10% LR 1.09% KE 0.92%
OECD
Missing: CL IS TR

20. CC CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
BE 59.24% IN 58.26% UY 43.90% US 43.82% DE 41.67% GR 38.92% LU 30.95% CH 30.19%
JP 27.81% MY 25.94% GB 25.81% TT 25.54% FR 23.98% BR 23.26% IE 23.11% FI 22.98%
PT 21.09% CA 21.07% NZ 19.53% PE 19.47% EE 18.43%
AU 16.52% EC 15.95% KR 15.38% NL 14.36% SA 14.00% NO 12.51% ZW 12.41% MO 12.27%
PR 12.08% SI 11.36% TH 11.22% RO 10.31% HU 10.10% GT 9.42% VN 9.37% SG 9.05%
CZ 8.68% AR 7.72% AT 7.50% LK 6.91% SE 6.84% PL 6.54% MX 5.42% BA 4.74%
SK 4.69% DK 4.69% BO 3.75% ES 3.35% LI 2.88% IL 2.65% IR 2.09% AE 1.88%
IT 1.74% BG 1.62% DO 1.39% TW 1.27% RU 1.12% MD 1.10% LR 1.09% KE 0.92%
APEC
Missing BN CL CN HK ID PG PH

21. Take-away messages
There is no strong indication that specific sector-economy drivers are
making IPv6 happen
We have strong, developed G8/G20 economies with little or no IPv6
We have emerging Internet Economies with significant IPv6
There are signs that suggest a two-track internet risks emerging
Lack of capital investment to upgrade to dualstack or IPv6
IPv6 is interesting because of the future potential to innovate
Don’t get caught behind incumbent thinking!

22. India
49%Brazil 6%
Japan 6%
USA 22%
Germany 5%
United Kingdom 3%
France 2% Canada 1% Sth Korea
Belgium
Malaysia 1%
Vietnam
Australia
Thailand
Mexico <1%
Looking into the top 15 economies

23. Lets look at the top 15 in more detail

24. Whats going on inside these economies?
Look at the per-AS statistics on when their top ASN (by measured
share of experiments) enabled IPv6.
Focusses on the most ‘impactful’ ASN, and their deployment stories
What can this say about competitive ‘tension’ in services?
Can we see signs of active competition in IPv6? Do we see signs of
market dominance?

25. AS55836 - RELIANCEJIO-IN Reliance Jio Infocomm
Limited
AS38266 - HUTCHVAS-AS Vodafone Essar Ltd.,
Telecommunication - Value Added Services
AS45271 - ICLNET-AS-AP Idea Cellular Limited
AS45609 - BHARTI-MOBILITY-AS-AP Bharti Airtel
Ltd. AS for GPRS Service
AS9829 - BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone
716 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
How to interpret the charts

26. AS55836 - RELIANCEJIO-IN Reliance Jio Infocomm
Limited
AS38266 - HUTCHVAS-AS Vodafone Essar Ltd.,
Telecommunication - Value Added Services
AS45271 - ICLNET-AS-AP Idea Cellular Limited
AS45609 - BHARTI-MOBILITY-AS-AP Bharti Airtel
Ltd. AS for GPRS Service
AS9829 - BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone
716 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
How to interpret the charts
AS NUMBER and WHOIS Nice name
”Width” of the box is % of economies IPv6

27. AS55836 - RELIANCEJIO-IN Reliance Jio Infocomm
Limited
AS38266 - HUTCHVAS-AS Vodafone Essar Ltd.,
Telecommunication - Value Added Services
AS45271 - ICLNET-AS-AP Idea Cellular Limited
AS45609 - BHARTI-MOBILITY-AS-AP Bharti Airtel
Ltd. AS for GPRS Service
AS9829 - BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone
716 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
How to interpret the charts
AS NUMBER and WHOIS Nice name
”Width” of the box is % of economies IPv6
Length denotes %capable

28. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2013-06
2014-02
2014-10
2015-06
2016-02
2016-10
2017-06
2018-02
55836
38266
45271
55441
V6 capability & eyeball share, India 49%
AS NUMBER active in IPv6
Y axis is %IPv6 capable in that ASN
X axis is date
30 day smoothed sample

29. AS55836 - RELIANCEJIO-IN Reliance Jio Infocomm
Limited
AS38266 - HUTCHVAS-AS Vodafone Essar Ltd.,
Telecommunication - Value Added Services
AS45271 - ICLNET-AS-AP Idea Cellular Limited
AS45609 - BHARTI-MOBILITY-AS-AP Bharti Airtel
Ltd. AS for GPRS Service
AS9829 - BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone
716 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2013-06
2014-02
2014-10
2015-06
2016-02
2016-10
2017-06
2018-02
55836
38266
45271
55441
V6 capability & eyeball share, India 49%

30. AS21928 - T-MOBILE-AS21928 - T-Mobile USA, Inc.
AS22394 - CELLCO - Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless
AS7018 - ATT-INTERNET4 - ATT Services, Inc.
AS7922 - COMCAST-7922 - Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
AS20057 - ATT-MOBILITY-LLC-AS20057 - ATT Mobility LLC
AS22773 - ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC - Cox Communications Inc.
AS10796 - SCRR-10796 - Time Warner Cable Internet LLC
AS20115 - CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC - Charter Communications
AS701 - UUNET - MCI Communications Services, Inc. dba Verizon
Business
AS209 - CENTURYLINK-US-LEGACY-QWEST - Qwest Communications
Company, LLC
3951 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
7922
7018
22394
20115
21928
20057
22773
10796
V6 capability & eyeball share, USA 22%

31. AS26599 - TELEFNICA BRASIL S.A
AS26615 - Tim Celular S.A.
AS27699 - TELEFNICA BRASIL S.A
AS28573 - CLARO S.A.
AS18881 - TELEFNICA BRASIL S.A
AS7738 - Telemar Norte Leste S.A.
AS8167 - Brasil Telecom SA - Filial Distrito Federal
AS22085 - Claro SA
3713 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
28573
7738
18881
27699
8167
26615
26599
V6 capability & eyeball share, Brazil 6%

32. AS2516 - KDDI KDDI CORPORATION
AS2518 - BIGLOBE BIGLOBE Inc.
AS2527 - SO-NET So-net Entertainment Corporation
AS17676 - GIGAINFRA Softbank BB Corp.
AS4713 - OCN NTT Communications Corporation
AS9605 - DOCOMO NTT DOCOMO, INC.
AS17511 - K-OPTICOM K-Opticom Corporation
AS9824 - JTCL-JP-AS Jupiter Telecommunication Co. Ltd
175 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
17676
2516
4713
2527
9605
2518
10010
V6 capability & eyeball share, Japan 6%

33. AS8881 - VERSATEL
AS31334 - KABELDEUTSCHLAND-AS
AS6830 - LGI-UPC formerly known as UPC Broadband Holding B.V.
AS3320 - DTAG Internet service provider operations
AS29562 - KABELBW-ASN
AS8422 - NETCOLOGNE
AS6805 - TDDE-ASN1
AS39706 - O2-GERMANY-AS
AS3209 - VODANET International IP-Backbone of Vodafone
255 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2015-07
2016-01
2016-07
2017-01
2017-07
2018-01
3320
31334
6805
6830
29562
8881
8422
V6 capability & eyeball share, Germany 5%

34. AS5607 - BSKYB-BROADBAND-AS
AS2856 - BT-UK-AS BTnet UK Regional network
AS12576 - ORANGE-PCS
AS60339 - H3GUK
AS5089 - NTL
AS9105 - TISCALI-UK ISP Network, UK
AS13285 - OPALTELECOM-AS TalkTalk Communications Limited
AS6871 - PLUSNET UK Internet Service Provider
AS43234 - TT-AOLUK-AS
276 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
5607
2856
12576
V6 capability & eyeball share, United Kingdom 3%

35. AS3215 - AS3215
AS12322 - PROXAD
AS16276 - OVH
AS5410 - ASN-BOUYGTEL-ISP
AS12876 - AS12876
AS15557 - LDCOMNET
AS8228 - CEGETEL-AS
AS51207 - FREEM
AS21502 - ASN-NUMERICABLE
194 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
3215
12322
16276
V6 capability & eyeball share, France 2%

36. AS852 - ASN852 - TELUS Communications Inc.
AS812 - ROGERS-COMMUNICATIONS - Rogers Communications
Canada Inc.
AS7992 - COGECOWAVE - Cogeco Cable
AS5645 - TEKSAVVY - TekSavvy Solutions, Inc.
AS5769 - VIDEOTRON - Videotron Telecom Ltee
AS6327 - SHAW - Shaw Communications Inc.
AS577 - BACOM - Bell Canada
AS855 - CANET-ASN-4 - Bell Canada
AS803 - SASKTEL - Saskatchewan Telecommunications
AS11260 - EASTLINK-HSI - EastLink
389 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
812
852
7992
5645
V6 capability & eyeball share, Canada 1%

37. AS12392 - ASBRUTELE VOO
AS6848 - TELENET-AS
AS5432 - BELGACOM-SKYNET-AS
AS47377 - MES KPN Belgium Business NV has been acquired by
Mobistar
AS44216 - CODITEL
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-10
2013-10
2014-10
2015-10
2016-10
2017-10
5432
6848
12392
2611
V6 capability & eyeball share, Belgium 1%

38. AS4818 - DIGIIX-AP DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd.
AS4788 - TMNET-AS-AP TM Net, Internet Service Provider
AS9930 - TTNET-MY TIME dotCom Berhad
AS9534 - MAXIS-AS1-AP Binariang Berhad
AS38466 - UMOBILE-AS-AP U Mobile Sdn Bhd
AS10030 - CELCOMNET-AP Celcom Internet Service Provider
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2012-01
2012-12
2013-11
2014-10
2015-09
2016-08
2017-07
4788
9534
4818
10030
38466
9930
38322
45960
38044
V6 capability & eyeball share, Malaysia 1%

39. AS9644 - SKTELECOM-NET-AS SK Telecom
AS17853 - LGTELECOM-AS-KR LGTELECOM
AS4766 - KIXS-AS-KR Korea Telecom
AS3786 - LGDACOM LG DACOM Corporation
AS9318 - SKB-AS SK Broadband Co Ltd
AS17858 - POWERVIS-AS-KR LG POWERCOMM
197 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-12
2012-10
2013-08
2014-06
2015-04
2016-02
2016-12
2017-10
9644
17853
V6 capability & eyeball share, South Korea 1%

40. AS18403 - FPT-AS-AP The Corporation for Financing Promoting
Technology
AS45899 - VNPT-AS-VN VNPT Corp
AS45543 - SCTV-AS-VN SaiGon Tourist cable Televition
Company
AS7552 - VIETEL-AS-AP Viettel Group
AS24086 - VIETTEL-AS-VN Viettel Corporation
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-08
2013-06
2014-04
2015-02
2015-12
2016-10
2017-08
45899
18403
V6 capability & eyeball share, Vietnam < 1%

41. AS133481 - AIS-FIBRE-AS-AP AIS Fibre
AS131445 - AIS3G-2100-AS-AP Advance Wireless Network
AS17552 - TRUE-AS-AP True Internet Co.,Ltd.
AS23969 - TOT-NET TOT Public Company Limited
AS132061 - REALMOVE-AS-AP Realmove Company Limited
AS24378 - ENGTAC-AS-TH-AP Total Access Communication
PLC.
AS45758 - TRIPLETNET-AS-AP Triple T InternetTriple T
Broadband
AS45629 - JASTEL-NETWORK-TH-AP JasTel Network
International Gateway
80 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2014-12
2015-05
2015-10
2016-03
2016-08
2017-01
2017-06
2017-11
131445
133481
V6 capability & eyeball share, Thailand < 1%

42. AS8151 - Uninet S.A. de C.V.
AS13999 - Mega Cable, S.A. de C.V.
AS17072 - TOTAL PLAY TELECOMUNICACIONES SA DE CV
AS11888 - Television Internacional, S.A. de C.V.
AS28548 - Cablevisin, S.A. de C.V.
AS28509 - Cablemas Telecomunicaciones SA de CV
AS28545 - Cablemas Telecomunicaciones SA de CV
130 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2011-10
2012-07
2013-04
2014-01
2014-10
2015-07
2016-04
2017-01
2017-10
8151
V6 capability & eyeball share, Mexico <1%

43. AS1221 - ASN-TELSTRA Telstra Pty Ltd
AS4739 - INTERNODE-AS Internode Pty Ltd
AS133612 - VODAFONE-AS-AP Vodafone Australia Pty Ltd
AS4804 - MPX-AS Microplex PTY LTD
AS7545 - TPG-INTERNET-AP TPG Telecom Limited
AS9443 - INTERNETPRIMUS-AS-AP Primus Telecommunications
AS38285 - M2TELECOMMUNICATIONS-AU M2
Telecommunications Group Ltd
AS45510 - TELCOINABOX-AU Level 10, 9 Hunter Street
152 other ASN
%IPv6 %IPv4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2011-10
2012-08
2013-06
2014-04
2015-02
2015-12
2016-10
2017-08
1221
4739
V6 capability & eyeball share, Australia < 1%

44. Observations/Conclusions
Economically diverse economies are deploying IPv6
There are signs it encourages competition in the ISP sector
There are signs that some economies have very entrenched,
dominant ISPs
IPv6 is a significant element of global Internet deployment
Its too big to ignore
Its fate is not certain, but the trends are very encouraging
It looks like good capital investment to deploy
Where is your economy in this story?