TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Defense will formulate a plan as early as this spring to utilize next-generation commercial communications technology for security purposes, beginning with Japanese telecom carrier NTT's in-development IOWN platform.
IOWN, which stands for Innovative Optical and Wireless Network, is a concept for a communication network designed to support the smart cities of the future using optical communication technology. Its unique feature is the ability to transmit information without converting it into electrical signals.
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