IBM PoC Report of IOWN Data Hub: Frontend-to-Data Service HTTP PUT Communication Acceleration with Open APN and Server Communication Acceleration with Open APN
IOWN Data Hub PoC Reference V1.0: Senario1 (Frontend-to-Data Service PUT Communication Acceleration with Open APN) was conducted to test PUT capabilities on high-performance IBM Power. We tested the capability of PUT using Kafka (IBM Event Streams) and Open APN on a high-performance IBM Power Server. Network variations were 1GE, Open APN (100GE), and Non-APN (100GE […]
Industry Event: OFC 2025

Join the IOWN Global Forum at the 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition. OFC is the premier global event dedicated…
Industry Event: ECOC 2025

Join the IOWN Global Forum at ECOC 2025. The European Conference on Open Communication is Europe’s premier conference on optical communications…
The IOWN Global Forum recognizes NTT’s Open APN PoC Project as its 2024 Proof of Concept of the Year

Taipei – October 09, 2024
IOWN Global Forum: Key Values and Technology Evolution Roadmap October 2024
The IOWN Global Forum is focused on driving the development of future communications and computing infrastructure to create a more connected and efficient society. The innovative structure of the Forum imbues the organization with unique characteristics and values that allow it to deliver multiple distinct benefits to the market. By applying these values, the Forum […]
Functional Architecture for Protection of Data in Motion: Multi-Factor Security Key Exchange and Management October 2024
The MFS key exchange and management architecture is designed to realize quantum-safe cryptographic communication with high crypto-agility based on the MFS concept on IOWN infrastructure.
Functional Architecture for Protection of Data in Use: IOWN Privacy Enhancing Technologies October 2024
The IOWN Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (IOWN PETs) architecture is designed to enable data owners to maintain data sovereignty throughout the data lifecycle to promote active data distribution on the IOWN infrastructure.
Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee shares Chunghwa Telecom’s message to peers in the industry

Hear from the VP of Telecom Laboratories at Chunghwa Telecom, Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee, as he answers, “What would be your message to your peers about the IOWN Global Forum?”
Interview Series: Per Beming shares Ericsson’s message to peers in the industry

Hear from the Chief Standardization Officer at Ericsson, Per Beming, as he answers, “What would be your message to your peers about the IOWN Global Forum?”
Interview Series: Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee shares how Chunghwa Telecom aligns with the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from the VP of Telecom Laboratories at Chunghwa Telecom, Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee, as he answers, “Tell us about technologies of interest that are aligned with the IOWN Global Forum.”
Interview Series: Per Beming shares how Ericsson aligns with the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from the Chief Standardization Officer at Ericsson, Per Beming, as he answers, “Tell us about technologies of interest that are aligned with the IOWN Global Forum.”
Interview Series: Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee shares Chunghwa Telecom’s expectation from the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from the VP of Telecom Laboratories at Chunghwa Telecom, Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee, as he answers, “What are your expectations from the IOWN Global Forum?”
Interview Series: Per Beming shares Ericsson’s expectations from the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from the Chief Standardization Officer at Ericsson, Per Beming, as he answers, “What are your expectations from the IOWN Global Forum?”
Interview Series: Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee shares Chunghwa Telecom’s vision and how it supports the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from Dr. Rong-Ruey Lee, VP of Telecom Laboratories at Chunghwa Telecom, as he answers, “Please tell us about Chunghwa Telecom’s vision and how it supports the IOWN Global Forum’s 2030 vision?”
Interview Series: Per Beming shares Ericsson’s vision and how it supports the IOWN Global Forum

Hear from Per Beming, Chief Standardization Officer at Ericsson, as he answers, “Please tell us about Ericsson’s vision and how it supports IOWN Global Forum’s 2030 vision?”
IOWN Global Forum To Showcase Latest Photonics Innovation in Taiwan Next Month
Taipei – September 18, 2024
Japan Regional Workshop

To accelerate the IOWN Global Forum activities, a Regional Workshop will be held in Tokyo, Japan for local Members to attend and participate in discussions in Japanese. This will be an opportunity to capture the latest movements in the Forum, see and experience real PoCs, some with demonstrations, and network with attending members which would be a great chance to find hints for new activities.
Linux Foundation and the IOWN Global Forum extend collaboration in CNCF projects
TOKYO—KubeDay Japan 2024 —August 27, 2024
Green Computing with Remote GPU Service for Generative AI / LLM Use Case
This document describes the use case requirements and technical evaluation criteria for remote GPU services for generative AI and LLM. After discussing GPU computing in green data centers capable of handling large-scale AI computations in recent years and the potential need to connect user data, we discuss the use case of connecting large volumes of […]
PoC Reference of Mobile Fronthaul over APN August 2024
This Proof of Concept (PoC) Reference document provides guidelines for conducting PoCs to demonstrate and illustrate to mobile network operators the benefits and viability of Open APN as a fronthaul solution/service. Additionally, this document defines Reference Cases / Technical Requirements / Key features / Key benchmarks for effect verification of applying an APN to Fronthaul […]
Industry Event: KubeDay Japan

The IOWN Global Forum will have a booth and a keynote presentation at KubeDay Japan.
Industry Event: 6G Symposium

The Spring 2024 6G Symposium comes at a vital time in the development of telecoms.
Network Digital Twin Use Case
This document reports Network Digital Twin use cases in the IOWN Global Forum, providing an overview of the business motivations of such use cases, resulting in added values for various stakeholders such as network operators, network providers, and service providers. In addition, this document explains the relevance of IOWN Global Forum for the development of […]
Remote Media Production for Broadcast Industry Use Case
This document describes the use case requirements and technology evaluation criteria for Remote Media Production for broadcasters. There are three use cases that address various near-future issues of the industry and outline the value-add of implementing each use case. The technical evaluation criteria for each use case is then specified to ensure the technology readiness […]