Highest IPv6 traffic coming from window phone OS 8

Windows Phone Overtakes Android and iOS on IPv6 Usage. The world is changing, no doubt about that. Especially when it comes to mobile technology; the need to serve consumers with the fastest mobile internet experience has led many companies to upgrade their software system. One of these changes is the growing use of IPv6. Reports showed that the Windows Phone platform leads as the top operating system to use the IPv6. But what is IPv6, anyway?IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is a communications protocol; put simply, it is a series of codes used for exchanging information between devices. Not only computers, but even smartphones uses this system. The IPv6 is the latest revision of the IPv4; it is intended to replace the IPv4. Why replace it? With continuous growth of mobile devices that has Internet accessibility, more IP addresses are needed to manage the communication between these devices – this is where the IPv6 comes in, providing more than what the IPv4 can handle.

As the world today relies more on smartphones than computers in accessing the internet, it is important for the mobile devices to upgrade to a more advance IP system to avoidconnection problems. In the recent data gathered from GCN.com, we can see that the Windows Phone 8 OS, majority of which are Lumia handsets, are making the big shift to usage of IPv6 more than other smartphone platforms, if the information are close enough to the real

situation. Considering the number of WP users compared to other devices, the data shown below implies the dedication of Microsoft to provide bestInternet experience to their platform users.The smartphone wars continue to wage on as we speak. But with all the competition between brands and operating systems, let us remind the people behind the advancingmobile technology to always prioritize the consumers’ needs when developing new devices – after all, without the consumers, the mobile phone market will be forever stagnant.