India to Move Towards IPv6

Online, May 21, 2013 (Newswire.com) - At the Next Generation IP Summit 2013 , it was informed that the switch over from existing IPv4 to IPv6 will bring more secure e-mail address against hacking, limitless address space, e-mail address like AADHAR number for multiple uses including your phone number on a global scale and many new uses in rural areas. India is making this shift and public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. would have to spend Rs 300 crores in changing equipment and training personnel while adopting the new Internet Protocol IPv6. This new protocol is based on 128 bits architecture as against the current IPv4 that is based on 32 bits.

"A major goal of New Generation Networks is to facilitate convergence of networks and services", Mr. N. K. Gupta, Director (CFA), Bharat Sanchar Nigam revealed during the conference. Emphasising that the shift to the new generation was imperative, he pointed out that the address space of 4 billion addresses in existing IPv4 had been exhausted. The BSNL director who is overseeing the change disclosed that an escalating demand for IP addresses acted as the driving force behind the development of the large address space offered by IPv6.

Mr. S. N. Gupta, who serves as member of the Government committee for IPv6 address allocation policy in India and Secretary-General of NGN Forum India explained the huge change which the new system will make and pointed out that each and every particle of the Universe could be allotted an IP address and yet available address will not fall short. "IPv6 is a dynamic host configured protocol that provides so much flexibility that it enables plug and play action in a whole range of services" Mr S. N. Gupta added. About security of IP address in the new system, Mr. S. N. Gupta further said, "Due to "built-in" IP sec technology, it will be more difficult to hack your e-mail. Your IP address could also be your telephone number, your broad band, Internet access not only within the country but globally also."

According to Mr. N. K. Gupta, BSNL director(CFA), the business opportunities in this change over were many and varied like reduced operational expenditure due to simplicity and rationalisation of network, network expansion easier due to future proof technology, triple play services to rural areas bridging the digital divide. He admitted that there were several issues like standards and interoperability issues, higher capital expenditure without corresponding increase in unit revenue and costs in migration but new services on the network would increase revenue and also improved penetration of broadband was made possible.

In a special address Prof. S.K. Kak, Vice-chancellor of Mahamaya Technical University said, "IPv6 could transform agricultural marketing and operations in many different ways enabling agricultural producers and consumers being connected with new products and new marketing techniques. It could bring much efficiency in use of farm inputs including irrigation water, soil nutrients. It could lead to development of devices that could provide remote control of farming operations like targeted fertiliser use and provide monitoring system for these operations." He called on the experts to concentrate on such devices and technologies based on this system to help especially rural areas and specific needs of Indian consumers.

"Yet another opportunity with IPv6 was creating such devices by not only using their own intelligence but collaborating on intelligence which is the most important thing to happen in the near future", the Vice-Chancellor further added.

New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) had already put many of its services on centralised monitoring using the Internet on which the employees uploaded their services in real time. NDMC director for IT, O.P.Mishra revealed that in his organisation the change over to IPv6 was on board with new technology and equipment and they were seeking skilled resources for a change. "Telecom operators had now to shift their internal processes to the IPv6 platform," said Mr. Tamas Otvos, Head of Technology, Uninor. He insisted on the need to create new operating model that was technology agnostic but still operators are facing problems as major part of the handsets in use are yet to support the IPv6 technology.

According to Mr. Shashi Dharan, Managing Director of Bharat Exhibitions, corporations would have to set apart two to six per cent of their annual budget for migration to new technology. This represented a global business of 17.3 billion dollars. Speaking on the regulatory policy aspects of the change to IPv6, Mr. Rajesh Rampal who heads Information Technology at Aircel said, "North America had already moved to this new technology while in Europe many were yet to move fast and in Asia it was just gaining ground. A roadmap for shift to IPv6 had to be implemented by telecom operators both in GSM and CDMA platforms. This roadmap needs to be completed by 2016 and the training of personnel as well as equipment change needs to be accelerated.

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