Europe Will Run Out of IPv4 Addresses

According to RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) or the European regional Internet registry, they are expected to run out of IPv4 addresses in 2012. It is estimated that RIPE will run out its remaining IPv4 addresses on July 22nd. Last year in April, Asia depleted all their IPv4 addresses with the exception of a few remaining reserve for start-up network operators. For ARIN, they are expected to deplete the remaining of their IPv4 by 2013. These depletion of IPv4 has put pressure for various regions to transition their network to IPv6.