Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press conference on the organizational structure for building the NTT IOWN ecosystem. The photo shows, from left to right: John Je-hong, CEO of SK Telecom; Akira Shimada, President and CEO of NTT; Yang Song (entrepreneur); and Lin Longxi, President of Chunghwa Telecom.=June 10,2026,Tokyo

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press conference on the organizational structure for building the NTT IOWN ecosystem. The photo shows Akira Shimada, President and CEO of NTT.=June 10,2026,Tokyo

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press conference on the organizational structure for building the NTT IOWN ecosystem. The photo shows, from left to right: John Je-hong, CEO of SK Telecom; Akira Shimada, President and CEO of NTT; Yang Song (entrepreneur); and Lin Longxi, President of Chunghwa Telecom.=June 10,2026,Tokyo

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press Conference on Organizational Structure for Building the NTT IOWN Ecosystem

Press conference on the organizational structure for building the NTT IOWN ecosystem. The photo shows, from left to right, Yang Song (entrepreneur), SK Telecom CEO Jeong Jae-hong, and Chunghwa Telecom President Lin Long-xi.=June 10,2026,Tokyo

President Jun Sawada explains the IOWN concept at the NTTR&D Forum.

President Jun Sawada explains the IOWN concept at the NTTR&D Forum.

Jun Sawada, president of NTT, announced on April 13 that 65 companies are considering joining the "IOWN Global Forum" to be established with Intel and Sony in the spring of 2020. In addition to Microsoft, 55 of the companies are overseas, including Orange (France), Verizon (US), and China Telecom (Taiwan). Many global companies that support the IOWN concept of rapid processing of huge amounts of data by using light from communication networks to terminals are expected to join the list when it is established. In a speech in Tokyo on the same day, Sawada explained the reason why he proposed the IOWN concept. IOWN, which aims to be commercially available in 30 years, uses photons rather than electrons to transmit information between chips and cores within chips, making everything from networks to terminals optical, and realizing information processing capabilities that far exceed the limits of electrical control. Photo taken on November 13, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images