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Chunghwa Telecom and NTT Win Glotel Awards for Digital Infrastructure Innovation, IOWN All-Photonics Network Recognized for Advancing Next-Generation Communications
Chunghwa Telecom announced that its joint submission with NTT for the world's first IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN) has been honored with the Digital Infrastructure Innovation award at the 2025 Glotel Awards, organized by Telecoms.com. Amidst a highly competitive field of leading international ICT companies, the Taiwan–Japan collaboration stood out for its groundbreaking achievements. Chunghwa Telecom is the only telecom operator from Taiwan recognized this year, and together with NTT, received
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[{"type":"text","content":"TAIPEI, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chunghwa Telecom announced that its joint submission with NTT for the world's first IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN) has been honored with the Digital Infrastructure Innovation award at the 2025 Glotel Awards, organized by Telecoms.com. Amidst a highly competitive field of leading international ICT companies, the Taiwan–Japan collaboration stood out for its groundbreaking achievements. Chunghwa Telecom is the only telecom operator from Taiwan recognized this year, and together with NTT, received strong affirmation from the international judging panel, demonstrating the combined capability of both companies to shape the future of next-generation communications.","length":710,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Glotel Awards are among the most recognized honors in the global telecom and technology industry, celebrating outstanding innovation and digital transformation achievements. According to the judges, competition in this year's Digital Infrastructure Innovation category was particularly intense. The IOWN APN impressed with its technical breakthroughs, architectural innovation, cross-border collaboration and real-world applicability, setting a new benchmark for the evolution of global digital infrastructure.","length":518,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"To address the rising global demand for ultra-high speed, low-latency and energy-efficient communications, Chunghwa Telecom and NTT advanced their IOWN collaboration from testing and verification to full cross-border implementation. In 2024, the two companies launched the world's first international APN, connecting Taiwan and Japan with 100 Gbps optical transmission over a distance of about 3,000 kilometers. The network achieved an industry-leading low latency of just 17 milliseconds, overcoming long-standing limitations of traditional cross-border connectivity and demonstrating the transformative potential of all-photonic architecture.","length":648,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"After reaching this significant technical milestone, the two companies accelerated real-world demonstrations of cross-border applications. At Expo 2025 in Osaka, Chunghwa Telecom and NTT presented a synchronized performance featuring CHO-KABUKI powered by IOWN and Guan Jiang Shou, a traditional Taiwanese folk ritual performa...