Association of Competitive Telecom Operators IPv6 & TELCOs Workshop On IPv6 New Delhi 21 st July 2009

Introduction ACTO is an industry association formed by several leading long distance carriers that predominately provide data connectivity services to the Enterprise market segment. ACTO members provide enterprise services to multi-sited corporations, Indian BPO outsourcing and ITES sector operating global networks. ACTO is committed to further India’s pro-competitive policies and to partner closely with DoT and other Govt. Agencies to enhance the stakeholder’s engagement with the specific needs of the enterprise segment. ACTO is a registered entity under Societies Registration Act. ACTO founder members are AT&T Global Network Services India Private Ltd., BT Global Services India, Cable & Wireless Network Network Ltd., Equant Network Services India Pvt. Ltd (Orange Business Services) and Verizon Communication India Private Ltd.

why should enterprises care about IPv6?  IPv4 addresses are expected to run out within the next few years.  Telecom Industry coming out of a major recession; relentless technological change; changing regulatory environment; consolidation; globalization.  The next multibillion revenue opportunities imply IP based network convergence, multi-functional end-devices, always on, always p2p reachable, mobile and endowed with end to end security.  A new addressing scheme called IPv6 that substantially increases the number of IP addresses available. By using a 128-bit address space, there are IPv6 IP addresses. for every person on earth and they won't run out.

Five reasons why Telco should care about IPv6  New innovative applications: The massive address space provided by IPv6 will enable a brand new range of applications, particularly in the field of machine-to- machine (M2M) communication and sensor networks. IPv6 is essential for any application that requires a large number of networked devices.  More efficient addressing: IPv6 is essential for any application that requires a large number of networked devices. The larger address space of IPv6 means that companies can do away with network address translation (NAT) and give each device a unique IP address.  Protect your investment: It's only a matter of time before IPv6 replaces existing IP addressing, which means that you need to consider its impact on the entire infrastructure lifecycle.

Five reasons why Telco should care about IPv6 (cont..) Optimized transition costs: Migration to IPv6 should be carried out gradually as it will give you time to build up experience, and keep mistakes and transition costs to a minimum. Enterprises will need to carry out a detailed assessment of the impact IPv6 will have on their applications and infrastructure. International context: Multinational enterprises need to be aware that some countries are adopting IPv6 earlier than others. In China, for example, the government is a keen advocate of IPv6, having already launched a large IPv6 network connecting 25 universities across the country as far back as The EU also has ambitious targets for IPv6 and all EU bodies and US, the Department of Defence to switch to IPv6 by 2010.

IPv6 & Telecom Enterprises A transition to the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) from the current Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) offers various benefits to the large telecom enterprises.  To marked improvement in routing  Inherent security  The auto-configuration capabilities  Promises lower cost in deployment, maintenance and Operations.  Leading to significant cost savings in the long-term for business telecom enterprises.

Benefit of IPv6 to Telecom Enterprises  Larger address space  Better header format  New options  Allowance for extension  Support for resource allocation  Support for more security

Ipv6 & Data Security Security is a major concern in every part of the Internet, covering areas like-  Encryption  Detection of intrusion  Access control  Authentication  Authorization  Integrity protection

Ipv6 & Data Security (Cont..)  All implementations required to support authentication and encryption headers  Authentication separate from encryption for use in situations where encryption is prohibited or prohibitively expensive  Key distribution protocols  Support for manual key configuration required

Contact Information S.N. Zindal Director General 601, Nirmal Towers, 26, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi Tel. No Mobile: web: Thank you !! The statements contained in this presentation do not necessarily represent the opinion of each individual member of ACTO.