India IPv6 Policy & its Implementation in India in India R M A R. M. Agarwal, l DDG (NT), Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Telecommunications Department of Telecommunications
Only 34 million IPv4 addresses for a population of 1.2 billion in India. pop lation of 1 2 billion in India � But But the the requirement requirement for for IP IP addresses addresses will will keep keep increasing with new services, new networks, new applications. � Telecommunications will be largest consumer of IP addresses in coming years (Broadband, 3G, NGN, 4G LTE etc ) 4G, LTE etc.) � IPv4 is a diminishing resource and is very costly compared to IPv6 right now and will be more costlier with passage of time IPv6 right now and will be more costlier with passage of time IPv6 is the only solution ! IPv6 is the only solution !
Release of Policy Document on IPv6 Th The Government of India released the G t f I di l d th “ National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap ” In July-2010, which is the guiding document for deployment of IPv6 in India p y by all stakeholders in private and Government sector Government sector
POLICY DECISIONS � All major Service providers (having at least 10,000 internet customers or STM-1 bandwidth) will target to handle IPv6 traffic t STM 1 b d idth) ill t t t h dl IP 6 t ffi and offer IPv6 services by December-2011 . � All central and State government ministries and departments, including its PSUs, shall start using IPv6 services by March-2012. g , g y � Formation of the India IPv6 Task Force � Formation of the India IPv6 Task Force
India IPv6 Task Force 1 1. Formation of IPv6 Task Force was approved by Government The Formation of IPv6 Task Force was approved by Government. The IPv6 Task Force has the following committees & working Groups. • Oversight Committee • Steering Committee Steering Committee • 10 working groups 2. Membership of the task Force Approved by Government in December 2010 December 2010 5
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Lead d Action Taken/Remarks WG No. Name of Group Proposals and Projects Organizations 1. Awareness Workshops & specialized a) Proposal for 5/26 awareness Training & trainings WG 1 WG-1 BSNL BSNL workshops approved by DoT workshops approved by DoT awareness 2. IPv6 Test Bed for training b) Item-2 under process in DoT a) Major service providers are being pursued to meet the Action Plan &I Pv6 deadline of 31.12.2011 Questionnaires for Assessment of IPv6 WG-2 Network NT Cell ,DoT b) Recent meeting with major readiness circulated to all service providers implementation Service Providers & Content providers held on 14 th July, 2011 2011. Standards & WG-3 TEC IPv6 Standards released Specifications Tata IPv6 network information has been sought by Proposals from some Service WG 4 WG-4 India6 Network India6 Network Communicatio Communicatio Tata Communications from all major service Tata Communications from all major service Providers still Awaited ns providers Experimental IPv6 WG-5 Sify Proposal of Experimental IPv6 Lab received Network 1. Proposal of Smart buildings for TEC and A proposal for initial Electronics Niketan submitted. Budgetary support of Rs. 2. Initial Proposals on rural healthcare and 2,90,000 to DIT to conduct WG-6 Pilot Project DIT distance education of HP government the survey of these received However financial contribution received. However, financial contribution buildings and preparing was not committed by the State Govt. & project reports. DIT
Proposal received for pan-India workshops WG-7 Application Support Tech Mahindra with the Content providers, application providers and other vendors Knowledge Proposal received for pan-India workshops WG-8 Resource ISPAI with the universities, colleges and others Development p 1. Draft Expression of Interest for short listing IPv6 Consultants for IPv6 government organizations is under government organizations is under Implementation in WG-9 NT Cell ,DoT approval. the Government Network 1. A Committee for National IPv6 Address policy formed . This group has been formed Define security policies, technical Network Security Network Security Security Cell, Security Cell recently and first meeting of the recently and first meeting of the architectures and best practices for IPv6 hit t d b t ti f IP 6 WG-10 group DoT working group members will be security adoption in India. held shortly.
� To monitor the Progress of IPv6 Policy implementation, DoT has issued a IPv6 implementation activity sheet to DoT has issued a IPv6 implementation activity sheet to all Government Organization and same is being reviewed.
Timeframe of Activities by Government Sector to meet Target Dates Sl. No. Activity Proposed Target Date Target Date 1. Appointment of State Nodal Officer , Nodal officers from central 31.8.2010 government departments 2. 2 Ci Circulation of letters, guidelines, checklist etc. to all ministries / l ti f l tt id li h kli t t t ll i i t i / 15 9 2010 15.9.2010 organizations / educational institutions / PSUs etc. and orders on appointment of departmental nodal officers to all Departments 3. 3 Appointment of Next level Departmental Nodal Officers Appointment of Next level Departmental Nodal Officers 30 9 2010 30.9.2010 4. Form a “State Transition Team” consisting of concerned officers & 31.10.2010 experts from stakeholders like service provider, vendors, software developers etc ) for giving technical advice and look into issues developers etc.) for giving technical advice and look into issues concerned with transition to IPv6 5. Call a meeting of all ministries, organizations, educational institutions, 30.11.2010 PSUs etc and discuss the following issues – PSUs etc. and discuss the following issues a) Instructions issued by DoT b) Checklists issued by TEC c) Annexure ‘A’ & ‘B’ of Roadmap d) P d) Preparation of equipment reports ti f i t t
Timeframe of Activities by Government Sector to meet Target Dates Sr Sr. Activity Activity Proposed Proposed No. Target Date 6. Reports preparations based on activities in Sr. No. 5 31.12.2010 7. Audit of Equipment Reports by other Agency 15.01.2011 8. Based on the Equipment Audit Reports, prepare an Equipment 15.02.2011 replacement plan to phase out non-compliant hardware and software. A Assistance may be taken from “State Transition Team” i t b t k f “St t T iti T ” 9. Based on the replacement plan, prepare a procurement plan for 15.03.2011 different ministries / departments 10. Identify persons for IPv6 training and send them on training A continuous (Parallel Activity) process 11. Float tenders for procurement of hardware and software as per the 15.04.2011 plans l 12. IPv6 Address Allocation Policy 30.06.2011 13. Set up a pilot test network either centrally or in each department for y 31.07.2011 testing and training
Timeframe of Activities by Government Sector to meet Target Dates Sr. No. Activity Proposed Target Date 14. 14. Equipment Procurement and deployment in the network Equipment Procurement and deployment in the network 31.10.2011 31.10.2011 15. Testing of hardware and software and migration of applications 28.02.2012 16. Launch of IPv6 Services 31.03.2012
� All Government department have been directed to procure only IPv6 compliant ICT equipments. � Formation of National Internet R egistry (NIR). � All Nodes of NIXI made IPv6 compliant. � All Government Websites to be made IPv6 ready. � R elease of India IPv6 Task Force newsletter. � IPv6 Address allocation Committee.
DOT is in Process of Short listing the the IPv6 Consultants for for Government Organizations � EOI Document is available on www.dot.gov.in under ‘tender corner’ Last date of EOI Submission is 8 th September 2011, up to 15.00 Hrs .
Scope of Consultancy In order to effectively progress IPv6 migration Expression of Interest (EOI) In order to effectively progress IPv6 migration, Expression of Interest (EOI) aims to shortlist Consulting Agencies / Firms / Institution / Academic and Research Institutes / Societies who can provide the various IPv6 services Like Like- • IPv6 Consulting. • End-to-End IPv6 Consulting (IPv6 consulting + Project Management). • IPv6 Implementation. The government organization may choose any of the above mentioned g g y y services or its subcomponent as per their requirement.
Scope of Consultancy 1. IPv6 Consultancy propose to cover s: y � IPv6 Migration Assessment and Gap Analysis: • IPv6 Awareness across organization • Current State of IPv6 readiness • Current State of IPv6 readiness • Existing IPv6 Adoption Plans and their State • Infrastructure Readiness and network audit • Detailed IPv6 Training and Education Roadmap and Plan � Strategy Planning: • Detailed IPv6 Implementation / Adoption Roadmap and Project Plan Detailed IPv6 Implementation / Adoption Roadmap and Project Plan • Detailed IPv6 Adoption Governance / Transition Management • Procurement plan and Budget Planning for network infrastructure equipment systems and 3rd party applications equipment, systems and 3rd party applications. • Current IPv6 adoption strategy and implementation plans • Key adoption challenges • Creating documentation templates and comprehensive documentation roadmap
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