Future of the Internet begins to take shape
By Li Weitao (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-25 07:26
"CNGI has given domestic players a chance to prove their competence and test
maturity of their equipment," said Wu.
Last year, 25 domestic research institutions and leading companies including
Lenovo, BOE and China Netcom formed an industrial alliance to facilitate the
commercialization of IPv6 technologies.
Yet, the commercialization of the next generation Internet (NGI) might take
years, as CERNET2 is focused mainly on academic research.
Wu Jianping, a professor with Tsinghua University and director of the expert
committee of CERNET2, expected IPv6 to gain significant global traction around
2010.
"IPv6 and IPv4 will co-exist for a long time," Wu told China Daily.
"There is huge potential for us to develop more exciting applications," he
added.
China had 123 million Internet users by the end of June this year, boasting
the second largest Internet population after the United States.
The number of broadband users reached 77 million and there are 788,000
websites in the country, statistics show.
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