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• Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10 per cent

  The long-awaited depletion of the Internet's primary address space came one step closer to reality on Tuesday with the announcement that fewer than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain unallocated.

• 2010 tipped as IPv6 watershed year

  2010 has been signposted as a watershed year for the migration to IPv6 by Australian ISPs, governments and enterprises.

• NBN and IPv6 Forums to dominate the week

  The National Broadband Network (NBN) and the migration to IPv6 will dominate conversations at three conferences this week.

• APNIC chief scientist: The industry is going to get a bit of a shock

  AARnet's first employee and the chief scientist at the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Geoff Huston has warned the internet industry not to be complacent when it comes to IPv6 implementation.

• Google adding IPv6 to YouTube

  Google plans to upgrade its YouTube video streaming Web site to provide support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• Internode may be alone for some time in IPv6 trial

  Internode is going it alone in offering a trial of IPv6 services in native mode on its national ADSL network as other large ISPs report they won't be following suit in the near future. Internode recently announced an IPv6 trial across the company's national network and provides concurrent IPv6 and IPv4 PPP access for any router or computer that supports it.

• Internode offers IPv6 services in native mode on its national network

  Internode is offering IPv6 services in native mode on its national ADSL network. The broadband provider said it had been operating a native IPv6 backbone from mid-2008 but it was only available to those with a direct Ethernet connection or with the ability to tunnel IPv6 through an IPv4 connection. The new offering is being run across the company's national network and provides concurrent IPv6 and IPv4 PPP access for any router or computer that supports it.
  

• Europe moving slow on IPv6 deployment

  Few organizations across Europe have upgraded to IPv6, the new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission.

• Vocus renews warning on IPv4 addresses

  The call for ramping up the roll out of the IPv6 standard has been renewed with a warning the world could run out of IPv4 addresses by as early as 2011.
  

• Cisco bolsters routers to spur IPv6 migration

  Cisco this week enhanced its IPv6 offerings for its carrier core and edge routers in an effort to ease the eventual migration from IPv4.

• Internet pioneer Cerf urges IPv6 migrations

  Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf has repeated a call for migrations to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) to stave off an anticipated lack of available addresses on IPv4.

• Australia leads the way in IPv6 adoption: OECD

  Australia is one of the countries leading the way in IPv6 adoption, according to an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report which calls for more network operators to follow its lead as IPv4 is running out.

• iPhone app predicts IPv4 doomsday

  If you're the kind of person who walks down the street worrying about the depletion of IPv4 addresses, the iPhone can now tell you how long you have until that happens.

• Largest US IPv6 network welcomes rivals

  Little-known Hurricane Electric, the nation's leading provider of IPv6 services, is bracing for new and bigger competitors entering the fray.

• Africa hopes to leapfrog other regions in IPv6 adoption

  Africa's lag behind other regions in technology may actually serve to ensure a faster Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption.