Internet6 keeps its growth while IoT appears to be a "Killer App"

This post is about understanding how providing Internet6 to end customers has finally become a main trend in 2014 as more and more ISPs are joining the move. In parallel, experts say success of booming Internet applications such as IoT may highly depend on IPv6 roll out.

Let's update & analyze the stats on leading countries (our previous analysis: Feb-2013, 15 months ago).

The pic included above (source: Eric Vyncke stats) let us conclude at first: 

• USA shows an exponential growth: up to 7,25%, from 2,23% in 2013 and 0,42% in 2012.
• Germany the same: now 7,98%, from 1,16% in 2013 and 0,17% in 2012. 

The two above are extremely important countries due to their tech influence and demographic weight  in their respective regions.

We also see countries that have joined the race with a extremely good performance:

• Belgium tops with 16,45% (it was 0,88% in 2013!). Also Switzerland with 10,68% (1,07% in 2013) and Luxemburg -not shown in the pic- with 7,95% (3,69% in 2013) show that many countries in Europe want to lead innovation in IPv6 services.
• We also see other promising countries in EU: Norway, Czech Republic and Portugal.
• In Latin America, Peru is the unbeatable leader with up to 4,83% (it was 0,25% in 2013 and plain 0 in 2012). 
• China - not shown- shows some increase from 0,67% in 2013 up to 0,84%.

On the "more work/attention is needed" side we see:

• India, that goes from 0,27% in 2013 to 0,09% today.
• Brazil, which might have a significant influence, only goes from 0,04% to 0,05%
• France, doesn't grow this year, actually keeps it almost stable from 5,05% to 4,93%.
• Romania, the leading country in EU before, comes down to 5,68% (from 8,21% in 2013).
• All other countries in those regions that may miss the opportunities given by this game-changer.

Obviously, the conclusion is that IPv6 to end users is growing exponentially in tech leading countries that also count with the highest number of Internet accesses, such as US and Germany and it is only a question of time that others will follow behind. We can also conclude that numbers really grow quickly then.

What's the risk of being late then? The actual problem is failing to deliver innovative scenarios & opportunities to entrepreneurs, developers, innovators, startups & all other companies in those countries.

App & Services developers should also pay attention to this trend, as long as millions of users might choose an IPv6-enabled alternative, if proven more efficient or functional.

Selling worldwide, App developers must not care if IPv6 is rolled out in their region. However, knowing where millions of v6-enabled users appear is truly relevant in order to know how and where launching a v6-capable or even v6-only product means and opportunity.

Here we go!

The next diagram shows IPv6 daily traffic in AMS-IX exchange point in Europe. It has grown up to almost 20Gb peaks.

The yearly evolution suggests average traffic got more than double as of May2013.

"Things" will use the new Internet to get connected

With all this growth going on, some experts start to point out IoT as a potential field of application of the Internet6, even with the consideration of potential killer-application.

Read more on IPv6 relevance for IoT at:

•  Finally, IPv6’s killer app: The Internet of Things. (2014)
•  Why the 'Internet of Things' will FAIL without IPv6 (2014)
• Smart cities and the Internet of Things – empowering the citizen (2013)
•  My own thoughts & initial steps on this field are described in this previous post (2013)

However, do not underestimate the applicability of Internet6 for any product that might be benefitted from distributed architectures and simplified networking.

Finally, App developers deploy the logic of their services in the Cloud, so the next post will attempt to discuss a comparison of IPv6-ready public and private Clouds commercial/experimental offering.

Enjoy and get your Apps & networks ready for the future!

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