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Nokia forms company-wide program to expand IPv6 technology for Mobile Internet
May 08, 2000
Nokia has established a company-wide program to promote the IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) standard for increased Internet address space for the Mobile Internet.
IPv6 provides vast Internet address space, making it possible to allocate an Internet address to practically every electronic device on earth, offering a clear advantage over the present IPv4 protocol. Furthermore, IPv6 technology brings the necessary security and quality which the existing Internet is lacking today.
Nokia sees the provision of increased address space offered by IPv6 as vital to building the Mobile Information Society, since every mobile device requires its own IP address to enable operators, service providers and end-users to reap the full benefits of new services and applications in the Mobile Information Society.
The IPv6 protocol incorporates features like network security, mobility, and quality of service and is specified by the IETF's (Internet Engineering Task Force) IPng (IP next generation) working group, which is co-chaired by Nokia. As an active member of the global IPv6 Forum, a consortium of Internet industry players founded to promote IPv6 and ensure interoperability of IPv6 devices between operators and services, Nokia views IPv6 as a basis for scalable high-quality IP networking and hence is supporting the standard.
The current IPv4 technology, from which IPv6 has evolved, will not be able to support the billions of devices predicted to require IP addresses in the future, as it is already becoming exhausted and depends on address sharing.
"IPv6 plays an important role in the implementation of Nokia's Global IP Mobility strategy and is therefore pivotal to Nokia's vision of the Mobile Information Society, hence our decision to set up this company wide program," said Asko Räsänen, head of the Nokia IPv6 System and Marketing Program, "Contrary to the current IPv4 standard, the vast number of address available in IPv6 will enable every device to be addressed and connected to the Internet while the security and quality of services offered by IPv6 make it a fundamental building block of future IP mobility networks, dramatically reducing the complexity of the existing Internet."
Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, broadband and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 56 000 people.
Further information:
Nokia Networks
Communications Department
Tel. + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax + 358 9 5113 8199
Email nokia.networks@nokia.com
www.nokia.com
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