According to Arcep and based on data from theApnic (a regional register of IP addresses), Akamai, Facebook and Google, France has crossed the symbolic threshold of 50% Internet access offering activated IPv6. This is an estimate at 51.2% with the median between the data.
” Arcep encourages all players to maintain their efforts, in fact, the gradual depletion of IPv4 addresses requires a complete transition of the entire internet ecosystem to IPv6 in the medium term. “, writes the French telecoms policeman.
The migration from IPv4 to IPv6 is done gradually. There is a phase of cohabitation in parallel with IPv6 before a phase of extinction with the total replacement of IPv4. Thanks to a 128-bit encoding, the IPv6 protocol allows 3.4 x 10^38 possibilities for IP addresses, compared to nearly 4.3 billion with IPv4.
France in the Top 10
With the median data for June and out of the Top 100 countries with the most Internet users, India comes out on top with 67.2% of Internet access offering IPv6. The podium is completed by Belgium (59.9%) and Malaysia (59.6%).
France is ranked seventh in the world behind Germany (54.5%), Saudi Arabia (54.2%) and Greece (52.3%).
In its latest annual barometer for the transition to IPv6 in France, Arcep indicated that in mid-2021 and on the fixed network, the rate of customers activated in IPv6 for Free and Orange was more than 99% and 83%, 44% for Bouygues Telecom and 4.1% for SFR.
On the mobile network, Bouygues Telecom was 87% Android customers and over 99% IPv6-enabled iPhone customers. Rates of 47% and 66% for Orange13% and 90% for SFR. free mobile lagged with 1% Android customers and 0% iPhone customers.
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