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Research from Omdia reveals how next-generation communications infrastructure is key to a safer, smarter and more sustainable world Stockholm – April 24, 2025: The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) today revealed the findings of a new whitepaper, ‘The All-Photonics Network Enables the
Five years ago, the IOWN Global Forum was founded with a clear purpose: to revolutionize communications infrastructure to deliver the solutions and opportunities of tomorrow. As the world navigates intensifying political, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges, technological advances will play an increasingly vital role in tackling them. At Mobile
The IOWN Global Forum was founded in 2020 to lead the development of high-capacity, ultra-low latency, and power-efficient photonics-driven technology, designed to provide new services, foster sustainability, and address societal needs worldwide. To celebrate this important milestone of five years of work, the Forum has released a snapshot
Most of our modern communication technologies rely on electrons to transmit information. However this requires increasing power that generates heat and inefficiencies. In addition electrons present limitations that prevents us from achieving a near instantaneous, hyperconnected world that we have been waiting for. Photonics based technologies offer an
