The Information and Communication Technologies Authority will hold a workshop with all stakeholders in September 2011 with a view to raising awareness on the transition from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
In this context Government took note on 12 August of the status in the transition from (IPv4) to (IPv6), which is a new version designed to succeed Internet Protocol version 4. With the increasing number of internet users, the need to provide space for more addresses than is possible with IPv4 is greatly felt.
IPv4, which allows 32 bits for an Internet Protocol address, can support approximately 4 billion addresses, whilst IPv6, which uses 128 bits, can support approximately 340 nonillion addresses. Moreover, the expansion will allow for many more devices and users, flexibility in allocating addresses and efficiency for routing traffic.
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