IPv6 Deployment Status in Malaysia

1. IPv6 Deployment Status in Malaysia Deployment Status and Scenario in Asia Pacific Countries/Region Mr Mahizzan Mohd Fadzil 1st Global IPv6 Summit in Asia Pacific Concurrent with APRICOT2003, Taipei 19-28 February 2003

2. MIMOS • Established in 1985. • Main focus is on applied R & D in ICT & Microelectronics. • Experimented with Internet in 1987. • Commercialized the Internet in 1992 • Corporatised in 1996 • MIMOS operates its major businesses through SBUs or subsidiaries :- • MySEM - MIMOS Semiconductor Business • MSCSB - MIMOS Smart Computing PC Business • JARING - MIMOS Internet Services • MIMOS is also a partner in a JV initiative in an associate company operating as a CA - DigiCERT SB JARING (initially termed as Joint Advanced Research Integrated Networking project) is Malaysia's first and main gateway to Internet access, developed and managed by MIMOS.

3. Experimentation HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1986-1991 1992-1996 1997- 2002 Expansion Commercialization • Rolled out the first UUCP based network in Malaysia among Universities • Used dialup telephone lines (PSTN), packet switch network (X.25) and analogue leased lines • Primarily for research and education • The 15th country in the world to managed its own TLD (.MY) • First international satellite leased circuit (64 kbps) installed in 1992 • Upgraded to T1 (1.5 Mbps) in 1994. • Expanded to major towns in the whole of Malaysia • Got the first ISP licence • Introduced 4-digit short code for PSTN • Installed the first T3 line in conjunction with INET97 • Government grants 6 more Tier 1 ISP License • IDC Business expands • Multiple STM-1 Circuits outbound • Broadband Services introduced (DSL,Wireless)

4. Internet Growth in Malaysia

5. IPv6 Knowledge Base Melting Pot of IPv6 Malaysia Regulator and Policy Makers Operational Expertise MCMC & MECM Regulators and Policy Makers guiding and promoting the adoption of “good” technologies while facilitating and incentifying the industry for growth and national development Service Providers testing the assimilation of technologies and Deployment issues. Sharing common problems while testing new areas of technology relevant to its own organizational strength ISPs and Industry Players Individuals , Consumers and Manufacturer R & D Laboratory Research Institute undertake and dwell into finer issues of the Protocol and the enhancement of its features Universities and Research Institute Handheld Joe Public Ideas and Research Contribution in the use and adoption of New Devices and equipment while leveraging on IPv6

6. Industry Perspective • There are currently 6 Main Tier 1 based ISP • All except one are Telecommunication Service Provider. • They are TMNet, TIMENET, CELCOM, MAXIS, DIGI and JARING; • Almost all Service Providers are exploring IPv6 to varying degrees. • JARING, MAXIS, CELCOM and NTT MSC is actively participating and undertaking trials. • To date JARING and NTT MSC has been allocated IPv6 Production IP Address and can provide IPv6 Services

7. Industry - Projects JARING – MANIS • Implementing IPv6 Research Test bed • Developed and launch IPv6 Tunnel Broker Service • Testing IPv6 application and services • Testing and deploying IPv6 Migration/Transition Tools http://manis.net.my/ NTT/MSC – ArcNet6 • IPv6 enabled devices testing and evaluation • IPv6 commercial transition techniques and issues http://www.arcnet6.net.my/

8. Research Perspective • Malaysia has more then 20 Government Funded Universities and Research Institute Undertaking some form of ICT R&D • Four Centers which are actively spearheading R&D Activities in IPv6 Research are Science University of Malaysia based in Penang, University Putra Malaysia in KL, Multimedia University in Cyber Jaya and University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. • MIMOS R&D focuses on Technology Assimilation and Deployment issues. • The Science University of Malaysia (USM) leads several IPv6 Project in Network Monitoring and etc and under the auspicious sponsorship of APAN-MY.

9. Research - Projects Science University of Malaysia (USM/AI3) http://www.usm.my/ • Development of IPv6 Video Conferencing • Testing of IPv6 over Satellite Connectivity • Network Monitoring and Management tool for IPv6 • IPv6 Host Name Registration Algorithm, ietf draft University Putra Malaysia (UPM) http://www.upm.edu.my/ • Internet Protocol version 6 over ATM • Reliable and Scalable Multicast Communication in Real Time Collaborative Systems Multimedia University (MMU) http://www.mmu.edu.my/ • IPv6 Routing Table Lookup Study and Implementation • Performance analysis for IPv6 and IPv4 University Malaya (UM) http://www.cc.um.edu.my/ • Mobile IPv6 Network Simulation Tools

10. Government and Regulatory • Governance of the Communication Service in Malaysia is under the CMA (1998) • The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is actively spearheading the promotion and ensuring that the consumers enjoy a satisfactory Communication Services at an affordable pricing while promoting the adoption of new technologies; • In the promotion of new technologies, the MCMC has indicated and possibly exploring incentives scheme for industry in the use of new technologies (such as IPv6); • The regulators have also indicated their seriousness by actively participating in industry discussions and have sought feedbacks from industry in the IPv6 Adoption.

11. Concluding Remarks • The growth potential of Internet Penetration in Malaysia is growing • Internet Technology and its corresponding application will run our lives - we need to embrace it • Malaysia is embracing IPv6 and is still an infant in Global IPv6 Community • We need to create greater awareness and promote the development of applications using IPv6 as a platform of choice • We hope to achieve this by organizing and hosting a IPv6 Forum in Malaysia in Q3/Q4

12. Thank You Contact :- mahizzan@jaring.my