[afripv6-discuss] The African IPv6 Task Force

Sami H. O. Salih sami at ntc.gov.sd
Sat Jan 28 21:41:25 SAST 2012


Dear Hisham,

We appreciate your efforts toward deploying IPv6 in Africa.
of course we participate .....

Sami H.O. Salih
Head of R&D, NTC,Sudan
Prosedent of SDv6TF

> Dear all,
>
> I am glad to announce that the African IPv6 Task Force AF6TF will should
> be up and running by mid Feb.
>
> I am sharing some initial thoughts to the mailing list and am waiting on
> your feedback and of curse your participation to the TF.
>
> The idea of establishing a regional task force that that focuses its
> efforts on the uptake of IPv6 deployment within the region has been
> discussed for sometime in the African region.
>
> To achieve this goal the African IPv6 Task Force (AF6TF) divided its work
> scope among several focus groups to provide a more specialized approach
> and measurable targets.
>
> Focus groups
>
> 1.    National and Governmental Focus Group
>
> The Mandate:
>
> This FG will assist governmental members and policy makers in defining and
> promoting a clear dated roadmap for the IPv6 implementation strategies on
> their large national networks and backbones.
>
> 2.    Transit and Peering Focus Group
>
> The Mandate:
>
> This FG will assist transit and peering providers in developing and
> implementing processes and best practice scenarios to assist with the
> proper and efficient deployment of IPv6 in their networks.
>
> 3.    DNS and Web Focus Group
>
> The Mandate:
>
> This FG will assist ccTLDs, host and content providers in promotion and
> diffusion of IPv6 capable services on their networks.
>
> 4.    Security and applications Focus Group
>
> The Mandate:
>
> This FG will facilitate collaboration between academic and research
> organizations in the development of IPv6 tools, applications and devices.
> The FG will attempt to actively contribute to the international standards
> and specification bodies tasked with IPv6 matters.
>
> 5.    Mobile Focus Group
>
> The Mandate:
>
> This FG will assist Mobile operators in defining and promoting a clear
> dated roadmap for the IPv6 implementation strategies on their networks in
> preparation for Mobile Internet and LTE services.
>
>
>
> All of these FGs will report back to a steering committee elected from the
> active members participating in the different FG.
>
> The Secretariat will be provided by AfriNIC and will work with the
> Steering Committee to support each of the FGs, the scope will include also
> material preparation, meeting organization, maintaining a mailing list for
> discussion, along side with hosting and publishing the Task Force website.
>
> I am waiting on your comments and input
>
> Regards
> Hisham Ibrahim
> IPv6 PM, AfriNIC
>
>
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