ITU-D -FLASH • 2015 ITU’S FIRST IPV6 TEST BED IN AFRICA LAUNCHED IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE.This is the first time that an IPv6 test bed has been installed in Africa by ITU. Two similar test beds are scheduled to be implemented this year in East and Southern Africa. The launch of the IPv6 test bed was preceded by a week-long training session organized by ITU for telecommunication engineers drawn from Côte d’Ivoire’s telecom operators, internet service providers, academia, ARTCI and the Ministry of Posts and ICTs.At the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference held in Busan, South Korea in 2014, Member States adopted a resolution calling on the Organization to collaborate with relevant international partners in policy review, human capacity building and research, in order to encourage Member States to transition to IPv6. ARTCI Headquarters in Abidjan (Credit: ARTCI)