Much has been written in the international media over the last few weeks about the dwindling pool of Internet addresses using the original Internet protocol, called IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4).
These news stories have piqued international interest and raised important questions about the future of the Internet’s addressing system. The answers to those questions are of interest to 2-billion Internet users.
Against that backdrop, four international non-profit groups, which work to coordinate the world’s Internet addressing system and its technical standards, are planning to make a major announcement at a news conference on Thursday, February 3 in Miami, Florida.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is joining the Number Resources Organization (NRO), Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Internet Society, to discuss with journalists, the future of the Internet address system and the global transition to the next generation of Internet addresses.
Here are the details:
- WHAT: News Conference by ICANN, NRO, IAB and the Internet Society.
- WHEN: Thursday, 3 February at 1000 EST US (1500 UTC)
- WHERE: Intercontinental Hotel, Room - Concourse II, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, Florida, USA.