Chunghwa Telecom and NTT have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly advance the evolution and implementation of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) technology. The companies launched the world’s first international connection with IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN), successfully connecting Taipei and Tokyo on August 29, 2024. This innovative application proof of concept was showcased at the prestigious NTT R&D Forum 2024. Chunghwa Telecom’s CTO & SEVP, Chih-Hsiung Huang attended the event to deepen technical cooperation and friendship between the two companies. Chunghwa Telecom and NTT will continue to collaborate on various IOWN application scenarios, accelerating the global promotion of IOWN technology.
Chunghwa Telecom and NTT leverage this international APN connection to unveil an ultra-low-latency interactive immersive video show. This groundbreaking application allows users in both Taiwan and Japan to join a virtual space to watch virtual reality (VR) performances and interact with each other. With the high bandwidth and low latency characteristics of IOWN APN technology, cloud-rendered high-quality VR images significantly lighten the load on user-end devices and reduce VR-induced sickness. The potential impact of this innovation on consumer virtual exhibitions and remote industrial operations is significant, opening up a world of exciting possibilities.
Chih-Hsiung Huang, CTO & SEVP, Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom is dedicated to the development of next-generation ICT technologies, enhancing communication and computing performance, and promoting energy conservation, carbon reduction, and sustainable development. The launch of the world’s first international APN connection will provide high-bandwidth, low-latency transmission benefits for many innovative application services and support distributed cross-cloud computing. Chunghwa Telecom will continue to work with like-minded partners to advance the implementation of IOWN technology, offering better services to our customers and creating a smarter, better living environment for society.
Katsuhiko Kawazoe, CTO & SEVP, NTT
I am very pleased to announce a distinguished demonstration of real-time virtual space interaction between Japan and Taiwan. Using the world’s first international APN connection, we also demonstrate at NTT R&D Forum 2024 an ultra-high-speed data replication system that minimizes disaster recovery (DR) time and remote media production that enables flexible resource allocations. Those demonstrations successfully illustrate the business value of IOWN APN connection, such as low-latency, low-jitter, and energy efficiency. NTT continues to collaborate with many partners, including IOWN Global Forum members, to develop IOWN technologies and use cases, and provide various IOWN services globally for a sustainable world.