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Sunday, 16 August 2009 05:58 Domain News
Experts have warned that internet addresses based on the current scheme (IPv4) will run out in 2011 or by early 2012, according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The OECD is a forum where the governments of thirty democracies collaborate to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation.In their annual Communications Outlook report, the OECD has found that while growth in broadband subscriptions have fuelled the expansion of the internet, it also represents a downside. Global internet hosts grew 33% to reach 540 million in January 2008 but over half of all hosts (287 million) had a generic top-level domain rather than one tied to a country code.
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