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L-r: John Otueneh of ISOC, Bayero Agabi of NIG, DigitalSENSE
Africa Media,
Mrs. Nkemdili Nweke, chairperson Mrs Ibukun Odusote represented
by
Mrs Blessing Korie, COO NIRA Ope Odusan speaking and Head IT Systems
Phase3
Telecom Mr Benedict Othella at Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable 2013.
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NIRA, he said,
recognises these efforts by DigitalSENSE, especially on IPv6 awareness, stressing that IPv4 exhaustion, which paved way for the introduction of IPv6 has a unique 32-bit
number which identifies the location of a computer network and could be likened
to ‘street address,’ but on the cyber space, which enables other computers to
find out exactly where you are and deliver information to the end-user’s
computer systems.
He explained
that IPv6 is the sixth revision to the Internet Protocol and the successor to
IPv4 with a unique feature: using 128-bit addresses.
Odusan equally
noted that the .ng is owned by Nigerians and a domain name is essential in the
internet.
“It is easier
for humans to remember numbers that is why the use of domain names,” he said.
NiRA, Odusan
said, is the custodian of domain names on .ng country code Top Level Domain
(ccTLD) and handles a lot of issues in the internet and as a member of the
Africa Internet Community, recognises the urgency to migrate to the .ng domain
names and pledged the support of NiRA for this roundtable forum.
In his contribution to the colloquium, Mr. Odusan said that the successes of IP version
6 has actually allowed more inclusiveness, more devices being included for
communication such as cars, fridges, homes to name a few.
“It takes two to tangle, so you need the device makers and the telco’s to really make a success of this,” he said, adding that consumers should demand for products that are version 6 compatible.
Remmy Nweke/
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