<p>IPv6 will increase the capacity for internet domains. Domains listed under the current protocol IPv4 are nearing exhaustion and are expected to run out by March 2012. <br /><br />"DoT has decided to form a panel of consultants for IPv6 implementation in the government sector and to prepare the national IPv6 address policy for the country," the ministry said in a statement. <br /><br />The move was decided by the central and nodal officers in a meeting to review the progress of IPv6 implementation. Security and law enforcement issues in view of adopting IPv6 were also discussed.<br /><br />Last year, the DoT had released a national IPv6 deployment roadmap under which all the government departments have to use IPv6 services by March 2012. <br /><br />According to officials, the new protocol is a scalable technology with the potential to spread the internet reach to each of India's 1.17 billion people. It is already being implemented in the US, EU and Japan, among others.</p>
<p>IPv6 will increase the capacity for internet domains. Domains listed under the current protocol IPv4 are nearing exhaustion and are expected to run out by March 2012. <br /><br />"DoT has decided to form a panel of consultants for IPv6 implementation in the government sector and to prepare the national IPv6 address policy for the country," the ministry said in a statement. <br /><br />The move was decided by the central and nodal officers in a meeting to review the progress of IPv6 implementation. Security and law enforcement issues in view of adopting IPv6 were also discussed.<br /><br />Last year, the DoT had released a national IPv6 deployment roadmap under which all the government departments have to use IPv6 services by March 2012. <br /><br />According to officials, the new protocol is a scalable technology with the potential to spread the internet reach to each of India's 1.17 billion people. It is already being implemented in the US, EU and Japan, among others.</p>