September 1, 2008

TWNIC, IPv6 Promotion Council and JPNIC signed an MoU on mutual co-operation

On 1st Sep, TWNIC(Taiwan Network Information Center), IPv6 Promotion Council and JPNIC(Japan Network Information Center) signed an MoU for continued co-operation in the areas of the evolution of IPv6 and in preparation for a smooth process of IPv4 address depletion.

The Parties agree to jointly identify cooperation in the following areas:

Strategy and policy

Outlook on the demand for new IPv6 telecommunication services
Compare and contract the IPv6 strategies in Taiwan and in Japan
IPv6 Policies of the Governments in the trend of integration and competition.
Mutual contribution in the respective internal IPv6 trials and deployment with the relevant authorities and associated IPv6 projects

Evolution toward IPv6

Architecture (services, requirements, evolution strategy, etc.)
Transition (economic & technical factors, steps, etc.)
IPv6 & Wireless technology solutions: 3G, 3.5, LTE, (access network, applications)
IPv6 in the main sectors: Transportation, Health, environment, Public Safety
IPv6 & Wireless sensors networks: development, use cases and business models

Smooth process of IPv4 address depletion

Address policies around the IPv4 address depletion and other processes in the Internet Registries
Promotion and Increasing the awareness
Technologies for maintaining the communication between existing IPv4 users and emerging users who do not have an IPv4 global address any longer
In-country strategy for deploying the countermeasures in operators, vendors and other stakeholders

A PDF version of the document is available at:
http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/topics/2008/20080901-01.pdf

About TWNIC: http://www.twnic.net.tw/index2.php
About IPv6 Promotion Council: http://www.v6pc.jp/en/index.phtml
About JPNIC: http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/