1. Welcome to Signing of MOU Between Telecommunication Engineering Centre & IPv6 Promotion Council, Japan 1 st October, 2010 1

2. IPv6 Initiatives by Government Various issues on IPv6 were deliberated at different levels in DoT, DIT, TRAI and other Stakeholders during previous years based on which Telecom Commission in 2009 entrusted TEC for IPv6 related activities 2

3. Initiatives by Government Letters by Secretary(T), DoT to all Central and State Government Departments for Procurement of only IPv6 compliant ICT equipments in future Replacement of existing IPv4 based ICT equipments in a phased manner Memorandum of Understanding with the IPv6 Forum for various IPv6 initiatives in the country 3

4. Training Programme with APNIC, Australia (25-26 th Nov 2009, Mumbai) International Summit with IPv6 Forum (15-16 th Dec 2009, New Delhi) Appointment of Nodal Officers in Central & State Govt. Departments for IPv6 Deployment MoU with the IPV6 Forum for IPv6 Activities in India Sr No.DateVenueTheme 121 st July 2009New DelhiMigration from IPv4 to IPv6 in India 215 th Sept 2009 BangaloreIPv6 Transition and Greenfield Applications in India 322 nd October 2009 ChennaiIPv6 as a New Platform for Innovation 427 th Nov 2009MumbaiIPv6: New opportunities for the Country 522 nd Jan 2010KolkataIPv6 Migration Timeframe by Consensus or Mandate These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt. departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.) Workshops conducted by TEC 4

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6. Dec. 1st, 2008 What is IPv6 Ready Logo? Objective – Message of the readiness of IPv6 – Improve interoperability of IPv6 implementations – Totally: Make users to feel easy to use IPv6 IPv6 Ready Logo Committee (a.k.a. v6LC) – Sub-committee of IPv6 Forum Two kinds of Logo – Phase-1 Focusing on Interoperability between IPv6 implementations – Phase-2 Focusing on Professional Use Superset of Phase-1 Fee – Totally Free of Charge! PrimitiveSmarter IPv6 Forum Recommends Phase2 Logo since Jan. 2008 6

7. Dec. 1st, 2008 What is IPv6 Enabled Logo? Objective – Message of the readiness of IPv6 Services – Encourage the administrator to provide IPv6 service – Totally: Make users to feel easy to use IPv6 IPv6 Enabled Logo Steering Group(a.k.a. v6eSG) – Sub-committee of IPv6 Forum Two kinds of Logo – WWW Start Jun. 2009 – ISP Start Jul. 2009 Fee – Totally Free of Charge! ISP LogoWWW Logo Confirm the actual availability. The program would be extended (e.g. IDC, etc..) 7

8. IPv6 Enabled WWW Website Proportion by country (As Of 2009-11-05 18:00:00) No INDIAN Site 8

9. IPv6 Enabled ISP Proportion by country (As of 2009-11-05 18:00:00) No INDIAN ISP 9

10. TEC is developing the Standards Document for IPv6 Testing, which will be released in this financial year. Standards Document based on International Practices & the framework released by IPv6 Forum under the IPv6 Ready Logo Programme Need for IPv6 Test bed for testing these standards Organizations can set up the Test Beds and apply for accreditation to TEC/IPv6 Ready Logo 10

11. Based on various IPv6 activities and discussions with stakeholders a need for a suitable policy was felt for timely implementation of IPv6 in the country. Accordingly TEC has prepared the “National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap”, which has been approved by the Government and was released by Hon’ble MOC&IT in July 2010 Actionable Points of “National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap” 1.All major Service providers (having at least 10,000 internet customers or STM-1 bandwidth) will target to handle IPv6 traffic and offer IPv6 services by December-2011. 2.All central and State government ministries and departments, including its PSUs, shall start using IPv6 services by March-2012. 3.Formation of the IPv6 Task Force with the proposed structure. 11

12. Follow Up Actions to Implement Policy  Letters to all Secretaries of Centre, Secretary(IT) & Chief Secretaries of States – for implementation of government Policy and – appointment of nodal officer if not already done  Responses received from State Governments/UTs (19/35)  Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Lakshdweep, Punjab, Chandigarh Administration, Orissa, Bihar, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, MP, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujrat, UP, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Assam 12

13. Follow Up Actions to Implement Policy  Responses Received from Central Government Departments  Total Departments = 94  Responses received = 55  Nominations received for Nodal officers from different wings of the Departments = 96 13

14. Follow Up Actions to Implement Policy  Letters to 12 important central ministries for nominations in the Task Force  Ministry of Defence  Ministry of Finance  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  Ministry of Home Affairs  Ministry of HRD  Ministry of Power  Ministry of Railways  Ministry of Shipping, Road transport & Highways  Ministry of Science and Technology  Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation  Ministry of Information and Broadcasting  Ministry of Petroleum and natural Gas 14

15. Meetings to Implement Policy Meeting with Principal Secretary(IT), UP on 19 th August 2010 Meeting with Telecom Service Providers on 27 th August 2010 Meeting with Nodal Officers of Central Govt. Departments & Ministries on 31 st August 2010 Review Meeting for discussing Lead/Co-lead organizations for WG in Task Force, 13 th September 2010 Meeting with Secretary(IT), Orissa on 22 nd September 2010 15

16. Proposed Meetings to Implement Policy Meeting with Sikkim Government on 7-8 th October 2010 Meeting with Delhi Government – date to be finalized Meeting with Defence Ministry on 26 th October 2010 16

17. Important Extracts from Meetings Consultancy is needed by all Central and State government departments for IPv6 Implementation Details of activities and Target dates have been circulated to all Central / state governments and Service providers Vendors of mobile handsets have to be pursued for manufacture of IPv6 compliant handsets Vendors and application developers also to be pursued for developing and supporting IPv6 applications 17

18. Important Extracts from Meetings Proper IPv6 address Planning for India by DoT/DIT Urgent need for NIR in India Demand for Security Working Group in task Force To put up a detailed FAQ on IPv6 transition on the website To give out a comprehensive list of IPv6 hardware and software compliance of networking equipments to be used as a ready reference Difficulty of address allocation from APNIC 18

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23. Functions of Different Working Groups WG-1 (Training and Awareness for ~ 250,000 persons) Hands-on trainings in association with APNIC, IISc and other organizations IPv6 Certification programmes for qualified engineers Trainings for nodal officers from government Conducting Workshops, seminars and conferences WG-2 (IPv6 Network Implementation) Studying the different network scenarios and make action plans for individual service providers / organizations. WG-3 (IPv6 Standards and Specifications) Coordinate with TEC for development of common IPv6 specifications for the country, which will be followed by all stakeholders.

24. Functions of Different Working Groups WG-4 (India6 Network) To study, plan and prepare a project report for building a nationwide IPv6 Carrier Network called “Transition Pipe”, which will be entrusted to one of the operators WG-5 (Experimental IPv6 Network) Study, plan and prepare to build this network, which can then be used for experimentation by different vendors and organizations both from the public and the private sector.

25. Functions of Different Working Groups WG-9 (IPv6 Implementation in Government) Coordinate with different state Governments & central Government departments for implementation of IPv6 Guidance on solving problems related to implementation of IPv6 Members will be drawn from Experts in the field & nodal officers in various government departments for active participation

26. Sr.N o. Name of the Working Group Proposed Lead Organization Proposed Co-Lead 1.Training and Awareness WG BSNL CISCO, Tata Communications 2.IPv6 Network Implementation WG CISCOSIFY, BSNL 3. Standards and Specifications Working Group TEC- 4..India6 Network WG Tata Communications CISCO 5.Experimental IPv6 Network WG Sify- 6.Pilot Project WG DITTech Mahindra 7.Applications support WG Tech MahindraUT Starcom, IAMAI 8. Knowledge Resource Development Working Group ISPAIBSNL, IAMAI, NIXI 9.IPv6 Implementation in the Government Working Group DoTDIT, M/o Railways Proposed Lead / Co-LeadOrganizations for Working Groups Note: Each working Group will be headed by a Lead Organization 26

27.  Today TEC will sign the MOU with v6PC, Japan  Under this MOU following activities are envisaged –  Promote IPv6 for telecommunication services  Smoothen the IPv6 transition process  Assist vendors, operators and other stakeholders in the transition  Test Bed creation for IPv6 testing  IPv6 applications in wireless sensors  IPv6 in important sectors like Health, Transportation, Environment, Public Safety  Cooperation in IPv6 trails and IPv6 pilot projects 27

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29. Few Suggested Applications for Pilot projects using IPv6  Logistics and Supply Chain (e.g. Railways, Shipping, Postal etc.)  Intelligent Transport System (e.g. Road & Surface Transport)  Intelligent Warfare (M/o of Defence)  Rural Emergency Healthcare System, Tele-Medicine (M/o Health)  Tele-education (M/o HRD)  Smartgrids (M/o Power)  Smart Buildings (M/o Urban Development, M/o Power)  Sensor based Intelligent Weather Monitoring (Many more such applications involving other ministries are possible and implemented worldwide) 1.Different Ministries, Government Departments and Organizations along with Private Sector can come forward to Work on these and similar Pilot Projects. 2.Many ministries/Departments don’t have enough computerization but they can jumpstart directly with IPv6 without going in for legacy IPv4 networks. 3.Today’s Meeting is with Chairman IPv6 Ready Logo, Japan for IPv6 Applications & Projects 29

30. MOU with the IPv6 promotion Council, Japan will give the needed thrust to deployment of IPv6 in our Country by way of technological collaboration in deploying various IPv6 applications and Pilot Projects 30

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