[LAC-TF] Fwd: IPv6 Forum Grenada Has Been Formed

[Alejandro Acosta]

Great news!

On 3/13/12, Arturo Servin <aservin at lacnic.net> wrote:
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>> Subject: IPv6 Forum Grenada Has Been Formed
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>> PRESS RELEASE
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>>                                IPv6 Forum Grenada Has Been Formed
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>> Grenada/Luxembourg, March 12, 2012 - The IPv6 Forum welcomes Grenada as
>> its newest country member with the establishment of the IPv6 Forum Grenada
>> under the leadership of Brent McIntosh as its president.
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>> Brent is Regional Manager-Network Services at Columbus Communications
>> Grenada Ltd and recently certified as an IPv6 Gold engineer by the IPv6
>> Forum Education program.
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>> The prime objective of the IPv6 Forum Grenada and its members is to
>> promote deployment and swifter uptake of the new Internet using the new
>> Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with support from industry, education,
>> research communities and government agencies enabling equitable access to
>> technology and knowledge.
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>> "The IPv6 Forum Grenada will attract key stakeholders from the telecom
>> world and industry to design the practical steps of the last mile to
>> embrace the New Internet World based on IPv6" stated Latif Ladid, IPv6
>> Forum President.
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>> "The IPv6 Forum Grenada will work in spreading the right messages to the
>> Grenada stakeholders to define its own national step-by-step transition
>> plan to IPv6” states Brent McIntosh, President of the IPv6 Forum Grenada.
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>> The Internet World has been using the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
>> for the last two decades.  Despite its tremendous success, IPv4 is showing
>> signs of strain especially in its fast depleting IP address space and its
>> growing security concerns.  IPv6 preserves everything in today's Internet,
>> and adds much more, such as virtually unlimited IP address space to
>> connect everyone and everything, stateless configuration, seamless
>> mobility, automated network management, to name a few.
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>> About  IPv6 Forum Grenada
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>> The IPv6 Forum Grenada is a chapter of the IPv6 Forum dedicated to the
>> advancement and propagation of IPv6 in Grenada. Comprised of members, as
>> opposed to corporate sponsors, its mission is to provide political good
>> will, business and technical leadership and innovative thought for the
>> successful integration of IPv6 into all facets of networking and
>> telecommunications infrastructure, present and future.
>> http://www.ipv6forum.gd/index.html
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>> About IPv6 Forum
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>> The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of Leading Internet vendors,
>> service providers  and National Research & Education Networks (NRENs),
>> with a mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness,
>> creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing
>> world-wide access to knowledge and technology.  The key focus of the IPv6
>> Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6.
>> IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various
>> locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best
>> available information on this rapidly advancing technology.  Please visit
>> http://www.ipv6forum.com
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