APAC IPv6 Council & NIDA Highlights Next-Gen Network Evolution At the WBBA APAC Broadband Development Summit
NIDA
2026-07-16 18:18:48
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Dr. Ramadass Highlights Next-Gen Network Evolution as Indonesia Secures World's First AI-Net Certification BANGKOK, THAILAND, July 14, 2026. At the WBBA APAC Broadband Development Summit (BDS) held today in Bangkok, Sureswaran Ramadass, Chair of APAC IPv6 Council, Vice Chair of NIDA delivered a keynote address titled "Next Generation Network Empowers the Leap of Digital Infrastructure in the AI Era." Dr. Ramadass highlighted that as the AI era gains momentum, intelligent technologies are fueling digital economic growth and becoming core national strategies across APAC. However, the widespread industrial adoption of AI demands high-quality, high-speed, and secure network infrastructure, specifically trusted and deterministic networks. Sureswaran Ramadass, Chair of APAC IPv6 Council, Vice Chair of NIDA, delivering keynote speech Ramadass emphasized that global standards organizations are actively responding to these infrastructure shifts. Notably, ITU-T published Y.3188 (Network Requirements for AI) and launched research focusing on upcoming AI trends, 6G requirements, and the agent-centric AI era toward 2030. Concurrently, NIDA is driving network innovation and industrial applications. To accelerate standard implementation, the APAC IPv6 Council is collaborating with NIDA to steer the transition across APAC from standard IPv6 toward trusted, high-speed, and deterministic next-generation infrastructure. In a major milestone for the summit, the World Broadband Association (WBBA) officially and independently launched its "AI-Net Certification" framework. Indonesia became the first nation to be recognized with the certification due to its proactive policy promotion, while its leading carrier, XLSmart, was named an "AI-Net Champion" for its outstanding practices in advanced network deployment. Indonesia, the world’s first country to receive AI-Net Certification.The APAC IPv6 Council commended these milestones, viewing them as a clear reflection of the region's pioneering momentum in the global digital and AI race. The APAC IPv6 Council and NIDA hope to collaborate with governments and industry organizations across APAC to accelerate the regional network evolution and build a solid, quantifiable foundation for an intelligent 2030.
