Need for Promoting Internet-Based Infrastructure and Services
- Policy directives promote investments in internet infrastructure, applications, and services.
- Improved ICT supports sectors like healthcare, security, education, environment, and economy.
IPv4 Address Exhaustion and Impact
- IPv4 addresses are rapidly depleting, expected scarcity by 2011.
- Scarcity threatens growth and expansion of internet services.
Adoption and Promotion of IPv6
- IPv6 deployment mitigates IPv4 exhaustion.
- Enables continuous growth of internet capability and services in the Philippines.
Mandate of the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT)
- CICT tasked to provide strategic, reliable, cost-efficient ICT infrastructure.
- Supports nation-building and global competitiveness per Executive Order No. 269 (s. 2004).
General Policy on Technology Adoption
- Government to adapt and promote modern technology for national benefit.
- Encourages upgrading ICT infrastructure and services.
- Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 prioritized due to address exhaustion risks.
Specific Policies for IPv6 Transition
- Government online services to be IPv6 compliant within two years.
- Prohibition of government procurement of IPv4-only equipment/software after two years.
- Government agencies must include IPv6 migration plans in their Information Systems Strategic Plans.
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs) required to provide IPv6 within two years.
- Encouragement of IPv6 and IPv4 interoperability.
- Government-private sector cooperation for compliance promotion.
- Capacity-building and public awareness programs on IPv6 to be implemented.
Key Definitions
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT): Total electronic processes and means for data handling.
Establishment of Inter-Agency Task Force
- Task force formed to implement and monitor the Executive Order.
- Includes government and private sector representatives.
- First meeting within 60 days of the Order’s promulgation.
- Task force dissolves after full compliance reports from government agencies and ISPs.
Functions of the Inter-Agency Task Force on IPv6
- Formulate IPv6 roadmap.
- Manage IPv6 data collection.
- Develop metrics for IPv6 usage and benefits.
- Provide periodic reports to the President via CICT Chairman.
- Promote training, awareness, and capacity building.
- Maintain IPv6 compliance database.
- Recommend further policies as needed.
- Perform additional tasks as assigned by the Office of the President.
Funding for IPv6 Migration
- Agency-level IPv6 migration funding included in respective agency budgets.
Issuance of Implementing Rules and Regulations
- CICT responsible for issuing IRR within 90 days of the Order’s approval.
Repealing Clause
- Executive issuances, orders, and regulations inconsistent with this Order are repealed or amended accordingly.
Separability Clause
- If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions remain effective.
Effectivity Clause
- The Order takes effect 15 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.