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Information Technology personnel in the Pacific region do not have enough skills to configure IPv6 onto routers says Connect Network Team leader, Rhythum Kumar.

Mr Kumar added that awareness on the importance of IPv6 in the country was also needed since many people remained in the dark on this important issue.

“We still need awareness on the importance and benefits of transiting from IPv4 to IPv6 in the Pacific Region,” he said.

“At the moment many people are still unaware of IPv6 and they are comfortable with IPv4.

"For those who are unaware they will continue to rely heavily on this version."

Many people do not feel comfortable at all with this transition since they do not have knowledge on the benefits and effects of not migrating to IPV6.

Connect CTO says there are less IT personnel in Fiji who have taken the IT course Cisco 35, (Cisco Certified Network Professional) which educates individuals on how to carry out the transition.

He added that this was one of the main reasons why IT specialists were needed from overseas since they are highly skilled and more experienced and have also implemented IPv6 networks on Telco level.

However, Mr Kumar remains positive that in the coming months, more and more people will migrate to IPv6 in Fiji since IPv4 now fails to accommodate the next wave of network growth.

Connect will soon be trialing IPv6 in the next two months and has also advised people in the Pacific Region to do the same.

As IPv6 progresses through early adoption, it is deployed more and more in large public and private networks worldwide.

There is a need for infrastructure to be put in place now and people are to start planning since IPv4 addresses would run out by mid next year.