AKKODiS And NTT West Link Tokyo And Osaka Over IOWN
The event treats IOWN as a social-deployment problem rather than a specification: AKKODiS paired the APN demo with training programs and a use-case workshop, and positioned the whole day as a side event of Global Startup EXPO 2026.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
AKKODiS Consulting and NTT West held IOWN FUSION EXPERIENCE 2026 on September 18, connecting the AKKODiS IOWN FUSION BASE in Tokyo with NTT West's QUINTBRIDGE facility in Osaka over APN, the All-Photonics Network. The main program was a "fureau denwa" demonstration in which participants about 600 kilometers apart exchanged voice, video, touch, and vibration. An Osaka workshop followed.
IOWN FUSION EXPERIENCE 2026 ran on September 18 as a side event of Global Startup EXPO 2026, which is built on the legacy of the Osaka-Kansai Expo. AKKODiS Consulting and NTT West connected the AKKODiS IOWN FUSION BASE in Tokyo with the QUINTBRIDGE open innovation facility at NTT West's Osaka headquarters using APN, the All-Photonics Network at the core of IOWN.
The main program was a "fureau denwa" demonstration. Participants at the two venues exchanged voice and video along with touch and vibration across roughly 600 kilometers. An Osaka workshop then took the sensations from that demo as the starting point for new IOWN use cases.
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