6bone pTLA request for NOKIA - closes 5 Jan 2001

[Bob Fink]

NOKIA has requested a pTLA and it seems reasonable to me.

This note opens the 2-week review, which will close 5 Jan 2001. Please send 
comments to me or the list.


Thanks,

Bob

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>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:37:34 -0800
>From: David Kessens <david@IPRG.nokia.com>
>To: Bob Fink <fink@es.net>
>Subject: Re: 6bone database
>
>Bob,
>
>I just completed my request for a pTLA.
>
>Does it look OK ?!?
>If so, could you open the two week wait period ?!?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David K.
>---
>
>1. The pTLA Applicant must have a minimum of three (3) months
>    qualifying experience as a 6Bone end-site or pNLA transit.
>
>    Nokia has several 6bone end-sites that are operational for longer
>    than three months:
>
>    NOKIA       (19990419)
>    NOKIA-CHINA (19991130)
>
>    Nokia has fully up to date and maintained registry entries. Nokia has two
>    fully operational nameservers (ns1.nokia.net and ns2.nokia.net). Forward
>    as well reverse DNS is working (try for example bgp6.nokia.net)
>
>    A webserver is being built with some information regarding the
>    Nokia ipv6 backbone and is accessible at http://ipv6.nokia.net/.
>    Work is progressing on making this website fully ipv6 accessible.
>
>2. The pTLA Applicant MUST have the ability and intent to provide
>    "production-quality" 6Bone backbone service. Applicants must
>    provide a statement and information in support of this claim.
>
>    Nokia is running ipv6 networks in several internal and external
>    locations. Nokia is planning to create a Nokia wide backbone.  People who
>    wish to peer with Nokia can contact <peering@ipv6.nokia.net>. People can
>    contact <noc@ipv6.nokia.net> for technical problems. Nokia maintains a
>    minimum of 2 members of technical staff, but in fact has many more people
>    working on the ipv6 network in the different countries where Nokia is
>    active.
>
>    One can visit http://www.nokia.com/ipv6/ for Nokia's vision on
>    ipv6.
>
>3. The pTLA Applicant MUST have a potential "user community" that
>    would be served by its becoming a pTLA, e.g., the Applicant is a
>    major provider of Internet service in a region, country, or focus
>    of interest. Applicant must provide a statement and information in
>    support this claim.
>
>    Nokias user community is the company itself, it's many business
>    units and customers/suppliers of services for the mobile phone
>    industry.
>
>4. The pTLA Applicant MUST commit to abide by the current 6Bone
>    operational rules and policies as they exist at time of its
>    application, and agree to abide by future 6Bone backbone
>    operational rules and policies as they evolve by consensus of the
>    6Bone backbone and user community.
>
>    Nokia agrees with the current 6bone operational rules and commits
>    to abide by these rules.