TOKYO/PALO ALTO, California -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is gearing up to turn its IOWN optical network into the global standard for next-generation communications, almost five years after first announcing the initiative.
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The IOWN initiative leverages NTT's expertise in optics in order to transfer large amounts of data using less power. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
TOKYO/PALO ALTO, California -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is gearing up to turn its IOWN optical network into the global standard for next-generation communications, almost five years after first announcing the initiative.