Seven years ago, on 6 June 2012, thousands of network operators / Internet Service Providers, content providers, website operators, businesses and organizations came together to permanently enable IPv6 on their networks and sites. It’s been amazing to see the the growth since that time! Google’s IPv6 statistics show excellent growth from 2012 with their global IPv6 stats now around 25%.

Our own IPv6 measurements also show that continued growth, with some network operators showing now over 60%, 70% and even 90% IPv6 deployment.

This is great to see, and we look forward to seeing the growth continue over the years ahead.

To that end, what can you do today to help promote further growth of IPv6?

If you are seeking ideas, we have several suggestions:

• Start deploying IPv6 now if you haven’t already.
• Add into your Requests for Proposals (RFPs) requirements such as RIPE-554: Requirements for IPv6 in ICT Equipment.
• Take advantage of existing IPv6 deployment information including the Internet Society’s Deploy360 Programme.
• Share last year’s State of IPv6 Deployment 2018 with management or others who may not understand where IPv6 deployment is.
• Register your network with the World IPv6 Launch statistics so that it can be added into our stats.
• Write an article about IPv6 and share it on social media with the hashtag #IPv6.
• Listen to a podcast about IPv6 and share that episode or show with other people.

Or… whatever else you can do to help IPv6 grow! Thank you for your help – and let’s see how we get to even higher deployment numbers.

Happy 7th Launchiversary!

We’ve just published our latest IPv6 Launch network operator measurement results update. IPv6 deployment continues to make huge gains around the globe. Some highlights worth noting:

British Sky Broadcasting (AS5607) IPv6 deployment is proceeding rapidly.

In the US, Cox Communications (AS22773) IPv6 deployment is also ramping up fast.

One of our measurement sources, LinkedIn, recently wrote about their IPv6 deployment experience and noted that, “IPv6 is performing better than IPv4 for mobile networks.”

If you’re a network operator deploying IPv6 and would like to join Sky, Cox and the other networks that make up the ranks of World IPv6 Launch participants, please register your network for measurement.

Well that didn’t take long. As we predicted last month, “it won’t be long before IPv6 will be the dominant protocol to major web properties from AT&T’s network.” And as our latest World IPv6 Launch network operator measurement results show, that is now the case with AT&T ranked in 1st position with IPv6 deployment of 52.13%.

Something we couldn’t have predicted was the arrival of Saudi Arabia on the IPv6 stage. Now in 18th position with an IPv6 deployment measure of 7.07%, Saudi Telecom Company clearly mean business. There’s more information about this deployment in a recent lightning talk from Sander Steffann.

Other new entrants this month include MEO who have been building IPv6 deployment in Portugal for some time and are now included in our rankings in 17th position with IPv6 deployment of 44.11%, GVT of Brazil in 23rd position (3.47%), Sprint Wireless of the USA in 40th position (1.6%) and Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, in 64th position (0.53%).

And don’t forget – if you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register your AS number and be counted!

New World IPv6 Launch network operator measurement results have just been published for the month of April, 2015.

Perhaps the most striking news this month is that after several years of steady and consistent growth in IPv6 deployment, AT&T now sit at the number 1 spot in our rankings of IPv6 deployments globally. This is a pretty significant achievement and it’s also worth noting that it won’t be long before IPv6 will be the dominant protocol to major web properties from AT&T’s network.

We also have a new entrant to highlight this month in the form of Bolivian telecoms cooperative Comteco who enter our listings this month with an IPv6 deployment measurement of 9.43%.

And don’t forget – if you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register your AS number and be counted!

New World IPv6 Launch network operator measurement results have just been published for the month of March, 2015.

Keen observers will note some fairly large shifts in the IPv6 deployment percentages for some of the higher-ranked networks, and fewer networks overall than we have reported on recently. The reasons for this are down to some changes in the way we’re handling data from our measurement sources (Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and LinkedIn). In an effort to present a more accurate (or perhaps, less inaccurate) measurement, we’re excluding any data sources that look like outliers to our algorithm. Hopefully this will result in smoother tracking of IPv6 deployment over time, and a more accurate representation of levels of deployment activity currently underway.

Some new entrants in this month’s figures to call attention to:

– AT&T Wireless at 0.93%
– Deutsche Glasfaser at 41.94%
– Premier Communications at 4.13%

And don’t forget – if you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register your AS number and be counted!

A little later than usual we’ve just uploaded our latest monthly measurement update.

A couple of things to highlight this month:

– Strong IPv6 deployment growth at T-Mobile USA continues and this month they crossed the 50% IPv6 barrier. A great achievement for a major wireless network.

– Japanese ISP STnet have joined the ranks of World IPv6 Launch networks and show up in this month’s rankings with over 36% IPv6 deployment.

Don’t forget – if you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register and be counted!

We’ve published our latest measurements of World IPv6 Launch network operators. We continue to see very encouraging growth in measured deployment across hundreds of networks both large and small.

This month I’ll highlight some of the networks new to our list that illustrate the global nature of IPv6 deployment taking place:

• Telekom Malaysia, one of Asia’s leading communications companies
• Get AS, Norway’s second largest cable operator
• Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, the public telecommunications company in Ecuador
• Sunrise AG, the 2nd largest telecommunications company in Switzerland

These are all networks new to our measurements and showing growing and significant levels of IPv6 deployment. Don’t forget – if you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register and be counted!

We expect to continue measuring IPv6 Launch network operators throughout 2014.

We’ve published our latest measurements of IPv6 Launch network operators. We continue to see encouraging growth in measured deployment across many networks both large and small.

New this month, and in at number #19 in our default ranking is Telefonica Czech Republic with an IPv6 deployment measure of 12.89%. This is a network we hadn’t been measuring before. If you’re turning up IPv6 on your network please register and be counted!

We expect to continue measuring IPv6 Launch network operators throughout 2014.

We’ve published our latest measurements (and graphs for the top 10) of IPv6 Launch network operators. We continue to see encouraging growth in measured deployment across many networks both large and small.

If you have an IPv6 deployment underway, register your network and get some public recognition for your efforts. We expect to continue measuring IPv6 Launch network operators throughout 2014.

We’ve just published our last IPv6 network operator measurements update for 2013. IPv6 deployment is continuing to grow across the hundreds of networks that we’re measuring. In the last twelve months we’ve seen huge increases in IPv6 deployment percentages for some of the world’s largest networks. Here’s to even more rapid IPv6 deployment growth in 2014!