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international organisations including RIPE NCC, the regional internet registry overseeing IT infrastructure in Europe, Middle East and
portions of Asia?Chafic Chaya, Regional Communications Manager for Middle East at RIPE NCC, told TheIndianSubcontinent Middle East that its
partly because of using technical workaround solutions and the misconception that there is no demand from the end-users, that little content
is reachable over IPv6 or that Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) such as modems are not geared to connect over IPv6.However, he said that
major content providers such as YouTube, Facebook and Netflix are increasingly reachable over IPv6, and as outdated CPE is replaced by
modern IPv6-compatible gear.Furthermore, he said that the (IPv4) pool has been exhausted in November this year, which means that networks in
marketplace Heficed, said that the global IPv4 address depletion remains an issue for growing organisations that are not ready for the
switch to IPv6.He said that IPV4 is a hot topic right now and will be for the next 10 years as the internet penetration rate is growing fast
and the IPv6 does not cover the whole of the internet.The IPV6 was introduced in 1999 but only 25% of the internet is accessible over IPv6
in the last 20 years while the rest 75% is on IPv4.With IPv4, the internet can have 32-bit addresses and provides approximately 4.3 billion
important due to the dearth of internet protocols and the inability of IPv4 to meet the growing demand in light of the rapid growth of the
The demand for IPv6 will grow as more internet of things devices are going to be connected to the network.Salam Yamout, Regional Director
go on IPv6 but unless everyone moves to the IPV6, the network operators have to maintain both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time.Grinius said
that the investment for IPv6 is the biggest hurdle and so, IPv4 is gone stay for a while.Chaya said that networks are increasingly employing
(LEAs) work difficult and challenging to pinpoint the culprits behind cybercrime
decades or more to get IPv6 up and running
However, IPv4 prices are going up quickly
Right now, the price momentum is around 25-30% per year
register by becoming a member for $1,500 per year and an IPv4 address can be leased for a minimum of 25 cents a month.The right solution for
small- and medium-sized businesses or enterprises, instead of purchasing an IP address, he said is to lease an IP address.However, Grinius
said the market is hardly regulated and scattered throughout countless IP address brokers, leading to murky practices and pricing.He said
the demand and supply are growing fast and the biggest demand is from the US, Europe and Asian region
We work with many Arab countries, including the UAE.Chaya said that a shortage of IPv4 addresses create a lot of problems for a network that
is looking to grow or add new users, many networks today are attempting to mitigate this scarcity by acquiring surplus addresses from other
