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• Comcast lengthens IPv6 lead

  Comcast continues to outpace rival U.S. cable companies in the development of next-generation Internet connectivity and content.

• LTE devices must support IPv6, says Verizon

  Any manufacturers who want their devices to work on Verizon's upcoming Long Term Evolution network will have to give them the ability to support IPv6.

• Orange offers IPv6 on global VPN

  IP networking carrier Orange Business Services has turned on IPv6 in its IP VPN backbone and the service is now available in 35 countries, including Australia.

• European agency stresses IPv6 co-operation

  European companies are not being pressed to accelerate IPv6 deployment according to the European Internet registry.

• Agency tightens IPv4 address procedure

  The organization that assigns Internet addresses in the U.S. plans to raise the bar for getting them as the supply of IPv4 (Internet Protocol, version 4) addresses nears exhaustion, raising the specter of aggressive speculation on a soon-to-be-rare resource.

• No business case for IPv6, survey finds

  Business incentives are completely lacking today for upgrading to IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, according to a survey of network operators conducted by the Internet Society (ISOC).

• IPv6 fails to reach 5 percent of Internet

  Only a small percentage of the Internet supports the emerging protocol IPv6 despite the technology being mandated by the US government.

• Google ramps up IPv6 mission, google.com a year away

  Google has begun preaching the wonders of IPv6 in the hope more awareness will help expedite the transition from the legacy IPv4 networks most people use today.

• NTT details IPv6-powered TV service

  NTT this week disclosed technical details about what it claims is one of the largest, most successful commercial applications of IPv6, the next-generation Internet network protocol.

• AT&T builds $23M IPv6 network for US military

  AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the US Army in Germany that will cost approximately US$23 million when it is completed next year.

• OpenBSD 4.4 released, ups hardware support

  OpenBSD founder and release manager Theo de Raadt has announced the release and availability of version 4.4 with numerous feature enhancements and bug fixes from the previous release.

• Big changes ahead for the Internet, says Vint Cerf

  The Internet will get support for IPv6, a more secure domain name system and international characters, during the next couple of years, according to Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google.

• Communications Alliance to look into Australia's IPv6 readiness

  The Communications Alliance has commissioned a study into the challenge Australia will face as it begins IPv6 adoption.
  

• IPv6 laggards to lose big business

  Organisations will lose business unless their networks support the next generation of Internet addresses, experts say.
  

• Study shows glacial pace of IPv6 adoption

  A study this week has revealed just how slow is the rate of adoption for IPv6, the next version of the Internet's main communications protocol, and some experts say black markets where companies trade unused IP addresses may be only a few years away.