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<b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">World
IPv6 Launch, 6 June 2012</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -3.15pt; text-align:
justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height:
115%;">Mauritius, 6 June 2012 - </span></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">AFRINIC</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> hosted a regional
conference of major Internet players across Africa on the future
of the Internet on IPv6. Participants in the conversation were:
Adiel Akplogan – Chief Executive Officer, AFRINIC, <span
style="">Dr. Dawit Bekele – Regional Bureau Director for
Africa Internet Society,</span> Mme Ndéye Maimouna Diop Diagne
– Chair, AFRINIC and ICT Director, Ministry of Posts,
Telecommunications and ICT, Republic of Senegal, Hisham Ibrahim
– IPv6 Manager – AFRINIC, <span style="">Trilok Dabeesing - </span>Director
of IT, Information and Communication Technologies Authority,
Republic of Mauritius, and Fiona Asonga - Chief Executive
Officer, Telecommunications Service Providers Association of
Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point. Other participants came
from ISOC chapters in Africa, and the Internet community in
Africa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -2.25pt; text-align:
justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
meeting heard that the launch of IPv6 on 6 June 2012 represents
a major milestone in the development of the Internet. The
meeting agreed that IPv6 represents the future of the Internet,
and that businesses, equipment vendors, Internet service
providers, and governments in Africa ought to work together to
ensure IPv6 is successfully deployed in the region.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align:
justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i
style="">The </i></span><i style=""><span style="font-size:
12pt; line-height: 115%;">future of the Internet depends on
the ability to connect people in our region</span></i><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,” said Adiel
Akplogan. “<i style="">We cannot think about the future of Internet
without IPv6. The launch of the IPv6 is a major milestone but
also the start of a new journey to the future of the Internet.
We cannot promote Internet develop without IPv6</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align:
justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr.
Dawit Bekele said </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
line-height: 115%;">IPv6 is now part of regular business, and
asked stakeholders and the Internet community to play a greater
role in ensuring effective deployment of the new Internet
Protocol in Africa. </span></p>
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The AFRINIC IPv6 Program
AFRINIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius
Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758
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Join us at AFRINIC-17 Sudan 24 - 30 November 2012
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