Press Releases

Joint Initiative to Drive the Future of Optical Infrastructure for Sustainable, Low-Latency Communications Dublin—November 20, 2024—The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) today announced a new collaboration to advance the development of cutting-edge optical technologies, principles, approaches and [...]

Taipei – October 09, 2024: Today, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) announced NTT’s Open All-Photonic Network (APN) Proof of Concept (PoC) Project as the winner of its 2024 PoC of the Year. The award ceremony took place at the IOWN Global Forum’s members [...]

Industry stakeholders invited to attend international conference in Taipei to discuss transformative technologies Taipei – September 18, 2024: The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) is heading to high-tech capital Taipei to host its second public event to share its advances in photonics-driven technologies and [...]

New initiative will help realize the communications infrastructure of the future TOKYO—KubeDay Japan 2024 —August 27, 2024 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), the international industry association developing photonics-based technologies for a [...]

Industry players from across the globe came together in Canada to connect, collaborate, and innovate VANCOUVER – 15 May 2024: The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) has concluded its 4th Annual Member Meeting in Vancouver, celebrating its largest event in North America. Over 200 delegates from [...]

‘FUTURES’ will bring together industry stakeholders from across the globe to discuss the impact of photonics technology on business and society VANCOUVER – April 3, 2024: In Vancouver this month, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) will host its first ever public event to envision [...]

Lays out 2030 Technology Roadmap for high capacity, ultra-low latency, and power efficient photonics-based technology that will revolutionize our lives, at work and in society BARCELONA—February 12, 2024 – At MWC Barcelona this month, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) will set out its technology roadmap [...]

DUBAI―ITU-T CxO Roundtable 2023―December 5, 2023－Dr. Katsuhiko Kawazoe, President and Chairperson of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), presented at the roundtable the importance of international connectivity based on Innovative Optical and Wireless Networks (IOWN). Following the presentation, the roundtable discussion focused on the need [...]

First European Member Meeting Explores Phase 3 Work Items MUNICH —September 19, 2023 –The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) which seeks to create a smarter, more sustainable and connected world, recently hosted its first member meeting in Europe, welcoming nearly 200 registrants from over 45 different [...]

Growing data demands driving liaison between hardware and software industries for Data-centric communication and computing TOKYO—Interop Tokyo 2023 —June 14, 2023 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization focused on fostering innovation through open source, and the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), which seeks to [...]

Proof of Concept updates towards achieving Vision 2030 Roadmap shared Wakefield, Mass. – May 2, 2023 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) which seeks to create a smarter, more connected world, recently hosted its third Annual Member Meeting, welcoming nearly 400 registrants from 78 [...]

Strong Engagement and Working Group Workshop Validates Strategic Imperatives and New Business Use Cases Wakefield, Mass. – March 20, 2023 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), which seeks to create a smarter, more connected world, released a new version of its Vision 2030 White [...]

First In-Person Member Meeting Moves IOWN Communications Technologies Towards Market Success Wakefield, Mass. – December 7, 2022 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) which seeks to create a smarter, more connected world, recently hosted its first in-person Member Meeting, welcoming 140 registrants from 44 [...]

Diverse membership across industries and markets highlights broad scope of impact Wakefield, MA – Aug 30, 2022 – The IOWN Global Forum continues to outpace expectations for momentum, technical deliverables, and membership growth now surpassing the 100 members milestone. Founded in January 2020 by NTT, Intel, and Sony to realize [...]

Membership surpasses milestone as Intel Fellow delivers Keynote and 2022 Officers are Elected Wakefield, MA – April 25, 2022 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) which seeks to create a smarter, more connected world, last week hosted its second Annual Member Meeting welcoming over [...]

Ongoing membership growth and key partners fueling progress toward use case realization Wakefield, MA – April 11, 2022 – The IOWN Global Forum today announced the release of the organization’s Vision 2030 Roadmap. With the Roadmap’s release the consortium of almost 100 of the world’s most successful technology organizations has [...]

Reference Documents Will Be Featured at the IOWN Global Forum Member Meeting Feb. 15-17, 2022 Wakefield, MA – January 31, 2022 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) has released six technology reference documents, in support of its goal to provide reliable, high-speed, low-latency data [...]

Cyber-Physical System and Artificial Intelligence-Integrated Communications Use Cases Demonstrate the Urgent Need to Create and Deploy an All-Photonics Network and a Data-Centric Infrastructure to Augment Today’s Internet Infrastructure   Wakefield, MA – October 27, 2021 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) finalized two use [...]

Workshops and Presentations Advance the Forum’s Goal to Create Next Generation Communication and Computing Infrastructure   Wakefield, MA – October 25, 2021 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum) hosted its third Quarterly Member Meeting, Oct. 6-8, welcoming 23 new members to the growing list [...]

Microsoft Delivers Keynote; IOWN GF Names 2021 Officers And Welcomes 20 New Members Wakefield, MA – April 27, 2021 – The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN GF), which seeks to create a smarter, more connected world, completed its first Annual Member Meeting today hosting 392 registered participants [...]