UAE Opens RIPE 75 Meeting to Explore Opportunities in Developing Policies on Internet Numbering Resources Allocation

The 'RIPE 75' meeting, hosted by the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) began today (Sunday, October 22, 2017), with involvement from leading local, regional and international players in telecoms and information and communications technology (ICT), including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, LinkedIn, Nokia, Deutsche Telekom, Netflix, Orange, Omantel, OGERO, VIVA, du, and Etisalat. The meeting stands for a significant action towards sustaining UAE's unrelenting initiatives to create an incorporated framework targeted at positioning the country as a global leader in Electronic/Smart Transformation Index by 2021. This was shown by the UAE telecommunications operator "du", the main connection sponsor, offering the meeting and the participants with Internet connection using the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

The RIPE 75 Fulfilling, which will take place until October 26, 2017 at the Conrad Hotel, has gotten critical significance as a leading forum that unites industry leaders, specialists, governments, worldwide gamers in ICT, and several of the world's leading Internet service and content providers. The participants will deliberate about the state of the Internet and the reliable policies applied by RIPE NCC in the allotment of Internet numbering resources. The leading global occasion consists of discussions, disputes, and increased conferences for trading and sharing knowledge relating to worldwide plans and best practices in creating the Internet in the UAE, Middle East and worldwide.

On the first day of the meeting, RIPE NCC Managing Director Axel Paulk authorized 2 MOUs. The first was with the TRA, which was stood for by H.E. Hamad Al Mansoori, Director General of the TRA and second was with the American University of Beirut, represented by Dr. Youssef Asfour, CIO of AUB, which was targeted at enhancing the participation and exchange of experience amongst the different industries associated with further developing the Internet. The MoUs are aimed at enhancing internet-based investigates and activities and improve the operational performance of networks in the Middle East. Both MOUs work as a motivation to creating Internet services by organizing a collection of meetings, conferences, training programs, and awareness projects regarding IPv6 and other technologies.

The MoUs additionally promotes 'RIPE Atlas', a global, open, advanced Internet Measurement Platform targeted at offering a global network of analyses that determine Internet connectivity and reachability, aside from a bundle of effective devices to assist measure the efficiency of Internet information within the local, regional and global Internet clusters. Among other efforts include the 'RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative' (RACI), which acts as a platform for promoting and strengthening the web links in between the trainees and scholars and the Internet community through meetings, seminars, and various other tasks. RIPE NCC and the TRA also agreed to accept colleges and proving ground in the UAE for briefing pupils and scientists on the latest Internet-related innovations and developments.

H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General, TRA, said: "Hosting the RIPE 75 Fulfilling shows the profound trust of the regional and worldwide community in the UAE which has actually succeeded to establish the sector on par with one of the most sophisticated nations in ICT indices, complying with the instructions of our smart management."

" We appreciate RIPE NCC function in sustaining the telecommunications sector as one of one of the most vital sectors in sustainable advancement. The nine objective of the United Nations-led Sustainable Advancement Goals suggests that financial investment in basic framework including transport, irrigation, energy and info and interaction technology is a vital part in lasting growth and empowerment of cultures in numerous nations. It has long been recognized that development in efficiency and earnings and enhancement of health and education end results need investment in fundamental facilities. Among the goals of this activity is to considerably boost accessibility to info and communication technologies and to look for detailed and inexpensive access to the internet in establishing countries by 2020. RIPE NCC is in a very strategic placement to support financial and social growth in the region," H.E. Al Mansoori added.

Saleem Al Blooshi, Chief Infrastructure Officer at du, stated: "We are honored to partner with RIPE and give state of the art IPv6 connectivity and infrastructure for the RIPE 75. du is established next-generation framework across the UAE in the knowledge that a durable network will carry the economic situation onward and in advance of the rest. It is required to maintain the lasting, long-term advancement of technologies such as 5G, smart cities and the Internet of Things. du's critical investments objective to future-proof the country and to exceed the assumptions of the UAE management."

Hans Petter Holen, RIPE Chair, said: "The top-level regional and worldwide participation at RIPE 75 mirrors the great interest in this global conference being kept in the Middle East to review Internet protocols, info systems and network operation. We were delighted to select Dubai as the host for this collection of discussions, conferences and RIPE Working Group sessions, arranged by the TRA to deal with pertinent problems that sustain the initiatives focused on developing the Internet number source allocation and assignment policies and improve the networks efficiency. These tasks are aimed at conference current and future demands in accordance with smart and digital transformation at the nationwide, regional and international levels.

" The initial day's sessions have satisfied our expectations, as the occasion unravelled to end up being perfect platform to explore brand-new opportunities to more establish the ICT infrastructure, to sustain the critical instructions in the direction of constructing strong economic climates based upon knowledge, innovation and modern technology. We are eagerly anticipating the conversations scheduled in the coming days, which will play a key function in reinforcing communication between the leading gamers in the global Internet sector, to create frameworks that manage the rapid advancements in the regional and international landscape."

The 1st day's sessions highlighted the talks of top international speakers, including Hans Petter Holen, RIPE Chair; H. E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA), and Benno Overeinder, RIPE Program Committee Chair. The attendees shed light on topics which include: Uncovering Traffic Pattern in Saudi Arabia, Ruru: Real-Time Wide-Area TCP Latency Monitoring, State of the Internet in France: Data Interconnection Market Evolution and Transition to IPv6, Decoding the IoT Ecosystem, An Introduction to DDOS Attack, IPv6 Deployment in Cellular Networks and IPv6-only in non-cellular networks. The discussions were held by leading experts, including Luai E. Hasnawi, Taibah University; Richard Cziva, University of Glasgow; Samih Souissi, ARCEP, the French independent administrative Authority in charge of Post and Electronic Communications regulation; Lee Howard, Retevia; Jad El Cham, RIPE NCC; Khaled Fadda, Arbor Networks; Brian Nisbet, RIPE Diversity Task Force, and Jordi Palet Martinez, The IPv6 Company.

The agenda of RIPE 75 functions Plenary and Working Groups on address plan, anti-abuse, connect, cooperation, database, IPv6, measurement, evaluation and devices (FLOOR COVERING), open resource, RIPE NCC Services, DNS and routers, as well as IoT session, tutorials and workshops.