Silicon India: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested overhauling India’s Internet backbone to move to the next generation protocol called the IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 6, to facilitate the growth of broadband and Internet services.
In a consultation paper (pdf) on migrating from the existing standard of IPv4, released on Friday, the telecom regulator has said that the growth of Internet and broadband services would require large amount of IP addresses, which may not be available in the existing version. In addition, the new Internet version is seen as having better security standards, quality of service and supports mobility.
The features of the latest version would enable devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, home appliances and computers to be linked to the Internet. The TRAI move is in addition to the initiative taken by the Government, which has set up an IPv6 Implementation Group (IPIG) to chart out the roadmap to the new Internet version.
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