Here is a job opening for IP folks. IPv6 Program Manager in Singtel
Interesting to see that a job opening specifically for IPv6. Today we are running out of Public IPv4 addresses and APNIC announced their last block allocation last month. In Singapore I see all the Mobile operators are issuing Public IP for their mobile broadband (e.g. internet apn, sh-internet) which took me by surprise. Singapore is the only country I've seen which is using Public IP for mobile broadband.
I've captured the public IP allocation (best estimate only as this is based on publicly available info) and here is the table. This is the list of Top-5 IP owners in Singapore based on APNIC allocations. I've further break it based on their actual operations.
If you see the availability of Public IP for each of the postpaid subscriber (Stats from 2010 annual reports of M1, SH, ST) the ratio looks pretty bad for singtel mobile.
For singnet the ratio is close to 1 and they are left with approx 100 K IP. Assuming they have used/reserved 64,000 IP for infra & other misc purposes they are left with little margins. Which means if they want to add new dsl subscribers, they need to get new public IP internally or externally. Currently the IPv4 black market prices are going around US5/IP which is relatively cheap but moving forward this may increase and become a burden.
Also for the NG-NBN subscribers they need to give new IP addresses. If the NG-NBN opens up a new segment (unlikely as the internet penetration hitting >100%) then it will be an added trouble to singnet.
So overall I believe singtel will feel the pinch much earlier than sh or m1 and singtel is working in the right direction by getting a program mgr to lead the deployment. Also in the region the mobile broadband is just in the starting phase and going to explode in the coming years. So they can share the lessons and experiences regionally. For the ROI portion, with the deployment experience potentially they can offer their IPv6 migration services to SME's or Corporates. :)
Interesting to see that a job opening specifically for IPv6. Today we are running out of Public IPv4 addresses and APNIC announced their last block allocation last month. In Singapore I see all the Mobile operators are issuing Public IP for their mobile broadband (e.g. internet apn, sh-internet) which took me by surprise. Singapore is the only country I've seen which is using Public IP for mobile broadband.
If you see the availability of Public IP for each of the postpaid subscriber (Stats from 2010 annual reports of M1, SH, ST) the ratio looks pretty bad for singtel mobile.
For singnet the ratio is close to 1 and they are left with approx 100 K IP. Assuming they have used/reserved 64,000 IP for infra & other misc purposes they are left with little margins. Which means if they want to add new dsl subscribers, they need to get new public IP internally or externally. Currently the IPv4 black market prices are going around US5/IP which is relatively cheap but moving forward this may increase and become a burden.
Also for the NG-NBN subscribers they need to give new IP addresses. If the NG-NBN opens up a new segment (unlikely as the internet penetration hitting >100%) then it will be an added trouble to singnet.
So overall I believe singtel will feel the pinch much earlier than sh or m1 and singtel is working in the right direction by getting a program mgr to lead the deployment. Also in the region the mobile broadband is just in the starting phase and going to explode in the coming years. So they can share the lessons and experiences regionally. For the ROI portion, with the deployment experience potentially they can offer their IPv6 migration services to SME's or Corporates. :)
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