Global adoption of IPv6 is slow and shows few signs of accelerating soon. We look at the state of play on the ground in Australia, the UK and Asia, in a round-up from ZDNet reporters around the world.

As of October 7, 2025, fifteen countries rank ahead of the U.S. in IPv6 adoption — including France, India, and Germany, each with adoption rates above 75%, according to public data. In recent years, ...

This won't come as any surprise to anyone in the network business, but Arbor Networks has just published a study of "native IPv6 traffic volumes across multiple large carriers" and found "only a small ...

As the next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the prerequisite for the future growth and development of the Internet. In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, ...

Here’s an example of a basic IPv6 adoption approach: After taking inventory and establishing a customized roadmap, a basic adoption approach could look like this: Phase 1: Start with Internet-facing ...

A study this week has revealed the slow rate of adoption for IPv6, the next version of the Internet’s main communications protocol, and some experts say black markets where companies trade unused IP ...