NTT's optical link allows remote karaoke duets with no delay

Next-gen IOWN network slashes lag time to milliseconds

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Members of idol group Aicong participate in the NTT Communications-Xing trial in Tokyo on Dec. 14. (Photo by Rurika Tanaka)

RURIKA TANAKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- NTT Communications, a unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, on Monday said it conducted a successful test of the telecom group's Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) in which singers performed a duet on karaoke machines roughly 3 kilometers apart.

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