Evolution of Mobile Networks and IPv6 Miwa Fujii <
[email protected]> APNIC, Senior Advisor Internet Development 25th April 2014 APEC TEL49 Yangzhou, China Issue Date: [25/04/2014] Revision: [3] Overview • Growth path of the Internet – Asia Pacific region • Evolution of mobile networks • IPv6 deployment in mobile networks: Case study • IPv6 deployment status update • IPv6 in mobile networks: way forward 2 Growth path of the Internet The next wave of Internet growth • The Internet has experienced phenomenal growth in the last 20 years – 16 million users in 1995 and 2.8 billion users in 2013 • And the Internet is still growing: Research indicates that by 2017, there will be about 3.6 billion Internet users – Over 40% of the world’s projected population (7.6 billion) • The next wave of Internet growth will have a much larger impact on the fundamental nature of the Internet – It is coming from mobile networks http://www.allaboutmarketresearch.com/internet.htm 4 Internet development in AP region: Internet users 100.00 Internet Users (per 100 inhabitants) New Zealand, 89.51 90.00 Canada, 86.77 Korea, 84.10 Australia, 82.35 80.00 United States, 81.03 Japan, 79.05 Chinese Taipei, 75.99 Singapore, 74.18 70.00 Hong Kong, China, 72.80 Malaysia, 65.80 Chile, 61.42 60.00 Brunei Darussalam, 60.27 Russia, 53.27 50.00 China, 42.30 Viet Nam, 39.49 40.00 Mexico, 38.42 Peru, 38.20 The Philippines, 36.24 30.00 Thailand, 26.50 20.00 Indonesia, 15.36 10.00 Papua New Guinea, 2.30 0.00 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 http://statistics.apec.org/ 5 Internet