The fact that they are set to run out at some point has, over the past several years, pushed regulatory bodies in telecoms at every level (global, regional and national) to come up with strategies to migrate from the current IPv4 standard addressing which has been in use since the 1970s to IPv6 which was first approved in the 1990s.
You can read more on IP adresses and the diffrences between IPv4 and IPv6 by following this link here to the Internet Society’s explanation.
POTRAZ, Zimbabwe’s own telecoms regulator has also been working on its own migration strategy for an IPv4 to IPv6 transition, conducting training on IPv6 and gathering feedback from stakeholders rregarding this change.
It recently announced that it had devleoped the draft national IPv4 to IPv6 migration strategy for Zimbabwe. This document is expected to provide a layout on how Zimbabwe will deal with migration in terms of training, awareness and enabling for the country’s ICT industry.
You can download a pdf copy of Zimbabwe’ Draft National IPv4 to IPv6 Migration Strategy by following this link
Now that the draft strategy is out POTRAZ is seeking comments and input from the public which will help in the final crafting of the document. All input can be directed to POTRAZ and the director General and it is being accepted until the 16th of September 2016.
Do you have something to add to Zimbabwe’s IPv4 to IPv6 strategy? Send your emails to ipv6@potraz.gov.zw
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