IPv6 Promotion Council of Japan
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Shuji Nakamura of IPv6 Promotion Council of Japan explained recent activities of the council, such as promotion of IPv6 to non-IT industries and increased cooperations with related organizations in other countries.
IPv6 Promotion Council had 341 members as of the end of October 2003. Its basic activity plan for fiscal 2003 included following:
-Establishing technology and framework for IPv6 device certification
-Accumulating IPv6 transition expertise for home, enterprises and ISPs
-Promotion activities in other countries and local cities of Japan
-Devising applications for daily lives, such as ITS, premise management, and medical/welfare fields
The council is acting as a liaison organization to IPv6 Ready Logo Committee at IPv6 Forum. The logo certification program started in September 2003, and the first group of certified products was already announced.
The council started Transition Working Group, to help home and corporate users who wonder how they can move to IPv6, or they are uneasy or unsure about IPv6. The working group will author guideline document on transition to IPv6.
One of the attempts of the council for businesses trying to utilize IPv6 is Remote Control Node Sub Working Group. This group aims to change the current situation in which many businesses considering ASP-like services without physical network infrastructure consider that they cannot acquire IPv6 address blocks from Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) directly.
Direct allocation by RIRs is subject to certain requirements. Some ASPs wish to conduct address management independent of the service providers they use, but consider that they cannot do it as they think that direct allocation is limited to service providers. This working group therefore explores address management appropriate for the next generation Internet services, and propose changes in the current address policy if necessary. The working group will specifically work to come up with actual cases of IPv6 address allocation to ASPs in remote node control area.
The council also conducted IPv6b Appli Contest, with cooperation from IPv6 Forum and other organizations. This contest is based on the recognition that fresh ideas and work from industries unrelated to the Internet would show new business oppotunities for IPv6. There were about 80 application from the world to the contest altogether.
Nakamura explained that activities of the council entered a new strategic phase, as IPv6 in Japan is moving from general promotion and education stage to business development. Global IPv6 Summit, which has been conducted in December every year, was split in two: IPv6 Technical Summit for more technology-related information exchange, and IPv6 Business Summit for discussing use of IPv6 by non-IT industries. The IPv6 Business Summit will be conducted in February next year. The council plans another event called Global IT Business Exchange in autumn next year, for matching IPv6-related providers and buyers from around the world.
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