IP Addresses To Run Out In 340 Days

With IPv4 Internet adresses becoming scarce, thinq_ has interviwed Axel Pawlik managing director of RIPE NCC the RIR that services Europe, and reports that there's growing evidence of a new net land grab as large companies snap...

As regional Internet registries (RIRs) announce the exhaustion of IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses, a fledgling market for addresses is starting to take shape. As Internet users finally realise the limitations of IPv4's address...

The Asia-Pacific region is running out of IPv4 addresses, a report revealed. The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), confirmed on Friday that the region (Asia, Australia, and the Pacific) has hit the Stage 3 of IPv4...

Microsoft has spent $7.5 million on acquiring IP address based on IPv4 protocol, as the world is on the brink of running out of web address. The IPv4 protocol, which was created in 1981, came with a pool of 4.5 billion web...

The Internet has officially run out of free IPv4 web addresses to issue after the final five blocks were handed over to the regional bodies that distribute them.Even though the five blocks - called /8s - contain some 16 million...

The remaining few current generation of IP Version 4 (IPv4) web addresses are running dry as the central pool drops down to its last block of 16 million each.The BBC reports that, early this morning, the organisation managing web...

UK broadband services provider Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has announced plans to make IPv6 allocation an automatic feature for new customers. The new system has been put in place due to a shortage of IPv4 addresses. As a...

UK broadband services provider Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) has announced plans to make IPv6 allocation an automatic feature for new customers. The new system has been put in place due to a shortage of IPv4 addresses. As a...

Facebook, Google and Yahoo have teamed up to promote the new IPv6 web protocol in a bid to encourage other websites to adopt the new address scheme. Internet regulators have warned that the older IPv4 Web protocol will run out of...

The world is on the brink of running out of IPv4 addresses after the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned four IPv4 blocks to two different registries, leaving only 7 in the global pool.The organisation has warned...

Google's Vice President and chief Internet evangelist, Vint Cerf, warned UK businesses that doing nothing to transition to IPv6 is not an option and suggested that the UK government introduces tax credits to encourage companies...

Google's vice president has warned that Europe will run out of IP addresses by early next year, isolating the UK from rest of the online world.Vint Cerf, considered by many as the "godfather of the internet", implored the UK...

Regional Internet Registries are left with only 5 per cent IPv4 addresses, as organisations continue to avoid the transition to IPv6. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority recently gave away two blocks of IPv4 addresses to...

The White House has issued advisory to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) advising them to shift to a better domain before the web world runs out of space.The White House administration headed by president Barrack Obama has...

From its humble beginnings a few decades ago, the Internet has experienced explosive growth due to the rise in personal computers as well as other connected devices such as mobile phones and gaming consoles. It forms an integral...