A little more than a year ago, in February 2011, the last five IPv4 /8s were allocated to the RIRs. Barely three months later, APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region, was down to its last /8. In contrast LACNIC has over three and a half /8s left but those 60m addresses are not sufficient for the Internet penetration goals of the governments and people of Latin America. Widespread Internet penetration thus relies on IPv6 deployment.

This session will look at the resources available to ISPs and other networks in the region and the rate of IPv4 and IPv6 deployment. It will then look at the deployment issues for domain registries and ISPs as well as looking at the broader picture from the perspective of telecommunications regulation.

This session was coordinated by ICANN and LACNIC in order to reach out all sections of the multi-stakeholder Internet community with timely information and recent experience.

Who Should Attend?

• Content providers
• Internet Access Providers
• Government representatives
• Telecommunications regulators
• Anyone interested in IP addressing issues