[Apnic-announce] APNIC to receive additional IPv4 allocation from IANA as 'Recovered Space' to be distributed

[APNIC Secretariat <secretariat@apnic.net>]

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APNIC to receive additional IPv4 allocation from IANA as 'Recovered
Space' to be distributed
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LACNIC's announcement that its inventory of IPv4 addresses has reached
less than a /9 (or 8,388,608 addresses) today triggered the activation
of IANA's Recovered Pool of addresses. This means IANA will make a
distribution to each RIR, including APNIC, every six months until the
pool is exhausted. APNIC has received a /11 of IPv4 address space
(2,097,152 addresses) from IANA under the Recovered Pool Policy.

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/allocation-ipv4-post-exhaustion-2012-05-08-en

APNIC will implement procedures for distribution of space from this new
allocation of addresses. APNIC Members will be eligible to receive up to
a /22 from this pool, in addition to the /22 that they can receive under
the last /8 rationing policy. This gives new or existing APNIC Members
up to 2,048 IPv4 addresses from these address blocks, while the space is
available.

APNIC's Director General, Paul Wilson, said reaching this important
milestone had two major implications for organizations in the Asia
Pacific.

''Firstly, APNIC's receipt of the /11 from IANA will mean that
organizations in our region can get a few more addresses, which they
sorely need in many cases. Also, newcomers to the Internet will be able
to receive these small allocations for some years to come, which is
really critical for healthy Internet competition and growth into the
future,'' Wilson said.

''The second, and more important message this milestone highlights, is
that the journey towards exhaustion of IPv4 address space globally is
continuing as expected, and the need for organizations to deploy IPv6 is
increasingly urgent,'' he said.

''I again urge the Asia Pacific Internet community to turn its
investments toward the transition to IPv6. If you depend on the
Internet, then you will depend on IPv6 as a critical part of your
business. Now is the time to be asking those who provide you with
Internet services and expertise - whether they are ISPs, vendors, data
centres, developers, staff, or consultants - how they will support IPv6
services for your in future.''

''The good news is that costs can be minimized by planning ahead - for
instance, by ensuring IPv6 capabilities are gained within the normal
hardware and software upgrade cycles.''

APNIC will advise the community when applications for the new IPv4
addresses can be submitted. APNIC account holders who wish to apply for
IPv4 addresses from the Recovered IPv4 Pool allocation will be able to
do so via MyAPNIC using the standard application process.

    http://www.myapnic.net

All policies for management of IP address space in the Asia Pacific
region are determined by the Internet community through an open,
consensus-based policy development process that is hosted by APNIC. The
policy for allocation of Recovered IPv4 Pool addresses was approved
during the 36th APNIC Conference, held in Xi'an, China, in August 2013.

For more information on IPv4 and IPv6, visit the IPv6 Resources page.

   http://www.apnic.net/ipv6

 
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APNIC Secretariat                                 secretariat@apnic.net
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PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia    Fax: +61 7 3858 3199
6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD            http://www.apnic.net
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