ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK INFORMATION CENTRE

The region served by APNIC covers the entire Asia Pacific, comprising 56 economies throughout Asia and Oceania. APNIC classifies these economies into four regions South, Southeast, Central-east, and Oceania. The late 1990's and early 2000s presented tough challenges for the Asia Pacific region, but during this decade we see APNIC establish itself as a mature, highly professional service organization. APNIC staff and membership steadily increased, and in 2000, APNIC membership grew by a rec... ord 52%. 2002 marked a period of considerable organizational growth, with the recognition of National Internet Registries (NIRs); the launch of multilingual help desk services and MyAPNIC, the launch of the Internet Routing Registry (IRR), and the deployment of a root server project. APNIC's training also expanded with the addition of new courses, and to accommodate geographical distance and time zone differences, APNIC started providing eLearning training in 2006. In 2007, the APNIC community resolved to actively promote the deployment of IPv6, and in 2008, complemented this initiative by introducing the APNIC IPv6 Program to help community members transition smoothly to IPv6. By 2010, it was becoming clear that IPv4 exhaustion was an imminent certainty, and to encourage IPv6 deployment, APNIC launched the "Kickstart IPv6" policy, which allows existing IPv4 holders to automatically receive an IPv6 allocation through MyAPNIC and “kick start” their IPv6 deployment. In 2011, APNIC's request to IANA for two unreserved IPv4 address blocks triggered the final global distribution policy. As a result, IANA made the final allocation of IPv4 space to the RIRs. In that same year, APNIC made its last regular IPv4 allocation, activating the "last /8 policy". 2012 saw a shift in APNIC's service offering, from delegation to transfers. APNIC has since established a sanctioned mechanism to allow transfers of IPv4 address space both intra and inter-regionally, processing its first inter-regional transfer between an APNIC Member and an organization in the ARIN region in October. In December 2012, APNIC participated in WCIT-12 by contributing a series of articles distinguishing the Internet and telephony models. This helped to inform discussion about updates to the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs).More