Switzerland leads global IPv6 user adoption

News Broadband Switzerland 3 JUN 2013
Switzerland leads global IPv6 user adoption
On 20 May, Switzerland reached first place in the global statistics of IPv6 user adoption due to the activation of over 500,000 IPv6 connections by Swisscom, reports the Swiss IPv6 Council. Thanks to the IPv6-enablement of over half a million home users by Swisscom, the IPv6 user share in Switzerland has increased more than tenfold since World IPv6 Launch Day on 06 June 2012 to reach over 10 percent, according to Google data evaluated by Cisco. Switzerland is now ranked first, ahead of Romania (8%) and France (5%). Globally, the percentage of IPv6 users is currently around 1.5 percent, up from 0.65 percent at World Launch Day a year ago.

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Internet

Companies:

Swisscom,  Google,  Cisco

Regions:

Global

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Switzerland

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Services, Market, Internet Access, Market research, Standardisation

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