ZTE has helped China Telecom successfully complete commercial testing for IPv6 capabilities on its mobile network in Hunan province, a key milestone in China Telecom’s plans for future 4G LTE deployment.
As covered in 4G Digest’s October 13th issue, IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses – the basis for Internet as we know it today – are quickly running out.
First introduced by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in 1974 and now evolved into its fourth version, the Internet Protocol (IPv4) has spread as the main packet switching technology worldwide.