IOWN Global Forum Showcased Vision for Future AI Networking at OFC 2026
The IOWN Global Forum demonstrated why next-generation photonics networks are central to meeting ever-evolving AI demands Los Angeles – April 01, 2026 At OFC 2026, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), comprised of over 180 member organizations, highlighted its vision for the future of open AI networking through an interactive […]
IOWN Global Forum to Host Global Debate in Australia on Tomorrow’s Networks
Business and technology leaders will convene in Sydney next month to discuss the industry and economic impact of future communications infrastructure Sydney – March 25, 2026: On Thursday April 16, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) will host FUTURES Sydney 2026 – Powering Tomorrow with Photonics, an international seminar […]
FUTURES Sydney 2026 – Powering Tomorrow with Photonics
Hosted by the IOWN Global Forum, FUTURES Sydney is a free, public-access event exploring how optical and photonics-based infrastructure is expanding what is possible across communications networks, data centers, and other digital infrastructure, delivering higher capacity, lower latency, and improved energy efficiency. As demand for digital infrastructure performance and scalability continues to grow, industry leaders […]
Strengthening the Open Ecosystem: How Industry, Academia, and Open Communities Are Aligning Around the Future of Infrastructure
Strengthening the Open Ecosystem: How Industry, Academia, and Open Communities Are Aligning Around the Future of Infrastructure At a recent IOWN Global Forum Member Meeting, leaders from industry, academia, and open technology communities came together around a shared realization: the challenges facing next-generation infrastructure, particularly as AI accelerates, cannot be solved in isolation. From optical […]
Green Computing with Remote GPU over APN (tsuzumi-7B)
In accordance with the PoC Reference for Green Computing with Remote GPU over APN, we conducted a proof of concept using the small‑scale LLM tsuzumi‑7B.For compute‑dominant workloads where the dataset is relatively small, data transmission time is negligible compared to GPU computation time, even in long‑distance remote GPU environments. While replication and cache strategies are […]
Green Computing with Remote GPU for AI Training with Image Data
In this report, we evaluate the feasibility of remote storage for AI training by connecting two sites via APN and using image data for Unet-3D model training to assess storage access performance. Through this, we aim to verify the effectiveness of APN in maintaining practical training time in a distributed environment.
Remote Media Production In Broadcast Industry
The Remote Media Production project was initiated to verify the value of the IOWN Technologies applied to remote live media production use cases, to confirm their technology readiness, and to study the economical feasibility. For this purpose, the project has been conducted in accordance with the following steps: Define use case requirements for remote media […]
IOWN Global Forum Spotlights Business Value of Next-Generation Infrastructure at MWC26
Industry leaders demonstrate how All-Photonics Networks (APNs) are moving to commercial deployment to deliver the speed, sustainability, and resiliency critical for the AI era. [Barcelona – February 12, 2026] – At MWC26, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) will highlight how network infrastructure is evolving to meet the demands of […]
Japan Regional Workshop 2026-I
To accelerate the IOWN Global Forum activities, the Japan 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 and exhibits, and network with attending members, which would be a great chance to find hints for future activities.
IOWN Global Forum and Open Compute Project Join Forces to Deliver on the Next Wave of AI
The new AI Computing Continuum initiative will deliver an open, interoperable, and scalable infrastructure extending AI from centralized data center to the user London – February 10, 2026 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), the international industry association developing next-generation, photonics-driven networks, and theOpen Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the […]
Midterm Member Meeting 2026
Please join the IOWN Global Forum for its Midterm Member Meeting 2026, taking place 29 September – 2 October 2026. The IOWN Global Forum will gather face-to-face in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and online for insightful discussions, workshops, and Steering Committee (SC), Working Group (WG) and Task Force (TF) meetings. Event Dates: Tuesday, 29 September – Friday, 2 […]
Toward a Unified Metric for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Next-Generation Networks: An IOWN Global Forum’s Perspective
This report presents a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the existing standards and metrics, exploring their historical context, methodologies, strengths, and inherent limitations. It meticulously identifies and dissects the critical challenges in achieving metric harmonization, delving into definitional inconsistencies, pervasive boundary conflicts, the complexities introduced by multi-tenancy and virtualization, challenges related to data quality and accessibility, […]
Network Digital Twin – Use Case and Technical Requirements
Network Digital Twin is a use case for the Digital Twin application layer. Among the different Digital Twin use cases, it is an important use case in IOWN Global Forum for the automation and the efficiency of the management of IOWN-based network infrastructures. This document aims to provide Network Digital Twin technical requirements to ensure […]
IOWN Global Forum at FYUZ 2025: Accelerating Open Optical Networking for the AI Era
The IOWN Global Forum returned to FYUZ 2025 in Dublin with a clear focus: to demonstrate real, working progress in open optical networking and show how All-Photonic Network (APN) technologies are moving from research labs into operator-ready solutions. Across a pre-event live demo, technical sessions, and an active exhibition booth, the Forum highlighted the future […]
Inter-DC VM Migration and Long-Distance DB Replication for Financial Industry
This document presents the results of the Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted for the Financial Industry, based on the Services Infrastructure for Financial Industry Use Case and the Reference Implementation Model and Proof-of-Concept Reference of Services Infrastructure for Financial Industry Use Case. The PoC examined the feasibility of virtual machine migration across multiple data centers, […]
Annual Member Meeting 2026
Please join the IOWN Global Forum for its Annual Member Meeting 2026, taking place 14–17 April 2026. The IOWN Global Forum will gather face-to-face in Sydney, Australia, and online for insightful discussions, workshops, and Steering Committee (SC), Working Group (WG) and Task Force (TF) meetings. Event Dates: Tuesday, 14 April – Friday, 17 April Event […]
Member Workshop I
The IOWN Global Forum Member Workshops are scheduled as needed and determined by our Steering Committee and Working Groups. These sessions are dedicated to advancing the Forum’s ongoing projects and initiatives, providing a collaborative space for members to make meaningful progress between our official Member Meetings. The IOWN Global Forum Member Workshop I 2026 will take place from 3-5 […]
Open APN Controller PoC Reference
This document provides reference cases, key benchmarks, and desired features for PoC projects which aim to develop a new carrier’s enterprise networking business that is sustainable for the age of IP over DWDM (IPoDWDM).
IOWN Global Forum Hosts First Public Event in the US to Progress Photonic Technologies
Members from industry-leading organizations met in Dallas, Texas to advance their mission to revolutionize lives through speed-of-light technologies DALLAS, TX – November 4, 2025: The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) marked another milestone at the start of October, hosting its Midterm Member Meeting in Dallas, Texas. The event brought together […]
Point-to-Multipoint Mobile Fronthaul over APN
KDDI, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Apresia Systems have completed an evaluation of Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP)-type APN technology with following the PoC Reference for Mobile Fronthaul over APN version 2.0. PtMP APN incorporating with flexible bridges was applied to the mobile fronthaul between DU and RU and confirmed its technical feasibility based on the evaluation method for […]
Security RIM for Green Computing with Remote GPU over All-Photonic Networks
This document introduces several security reference implementation models (RIMs) for the Remote GPU over APN use case, leveraging the security architectures discussed within the IOWN Global Forum. These RIMs illustrate how the two functional architectures—Functional Architecture for Protection of Data in Use: IOWN Privacy Enhancing Technologies (IOWN PETs) and Functional Architecture for Protection of Data […]
IOWN Global Forum Midterm Member Meeting October 2025 – Highlights
Tthe IOWN Global Forum hosted its Midterm Member Meeting 2025 in Dallas, Texas, welcoming more than 240 registrants from over 61 organizations representing 22 countries.
Forward Transmission-based Fiber Optic Sensing for Open APN
This document provides a review of the fundamental and latest technologies related to forward transmission-based sensing, discusses its benefits and limitations, especially with respect to the backscattering-based sensing technologies, and proposes some practical use cases. It is shown that this technology can work well with IOWN’s Open APN and can provide valuable functions and novel […]
Ultra Wideband Optical Transmission White Paper
This white paper introduces Ultra wideband optical transmission (UWOT) technologies, showing technical issues that need to be addressed and providing information to potential users / operators on how to implement the UWOT technologies into APN. First, we outline several use cases and show application scenarios for UWOT. Then, we delve into the core technology areas […]
