IPv6 standard: an analysis of uptake in the EU
September 2022
The adoption of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next version of the widely used IPv4, is key to ensure the interoperability, scalability, stability, and security of the Internet. This report provides an overview of the current level of adoption of the IPv6 protocol in Q3 2022 across EU Member States, compared to the global adoption status. The analysis uses a set of publicly available data sources for estimating the rate of adoption of IPv6 across two dimensions: (a) end-user adoption, i.e. end-user hosts capable of using IPv6 to connect to the Internet, and (b) server-side adoption, i.e. Internet services that can operate over IPv6. Our findings show that the level of adoption of IPv6 is similar to the previous measurement period (Q1 2022), with end-user adoption reaching 30% and server-side 14% in the EU. These adoption rates are low, especially on the server-side, considering also that IPv4 addresses have already been depleted.
KAMPOURAKIS Georgios;
KAROPOULOS Georgios;
DRAPER GIL Gerard;
SPIGOLON Roberto;
SANCHEZ MARTIN Jose Ignacio;
2023-06-14
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130655
978-92-68-03442-2 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31507 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-507-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130655,
10.2760/472471 (online),
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