[Hong Kong, July 28, 2025] Li Kun, Director of the Industry Development Department of the Network Innovation and Development Alliance (NIDA), was invited to attend the "IPv6 & 5G Working Group" meeting at the 60th Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Conference held in Hong Kong. During the meeting, he delivered a keynote speech and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr. NAVANEETHAN C. ARJUMAN, Chair of the APAN IPv6 & 5G Working Group. This signing marks a significant consensus between the two organizations in promoting the innovative application of network technologies (such as IPv6 enhance) and industrial advancement.Established in June 1997, the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) is the most influential non-profit educational and research network organization in the Asia-Pacific region. Its members span 23 countries and regions, including China, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. APAN is dedicated to promoting high-speed academic network interconnectivity and collaborative research on advanced network technologies within the region. Through its biannual academic conferences, APAN brings together global experts to discuss cutting-edge topics such as next-generation internet, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, while providing solutions for regional network development challenges. Its IPv6 & 5G Working Group focuses on promoting the deployment, evolution, and innovative application of IPv6 technology in 5G and next-generation networks, serving as a vital platform for regional exchange and collaboration in this field.During the APAN60 "IPv6 & 5G Working Group" meeting, Director Li Kun made a keynote speech titled "IPv6+ Open Standards." He elaborated on the evolving demands for networks—specifically increased flatness, intelligence, sustainability, and security—driven by trends like AI during the next-generation network evolution. To meet the complex network construction requirements of the "four interconnected scenarios" (connecting to computing, connecting to intelligence, connecting to data, and connecting to communication satellites) in next-generation networks, NIDA, as an international industrial organization for network construction standards, focuses on researching and releasing standards based on open technologies like IPv6 enhance. It is actively contributing to building more efficient, intelligent, and reliable next-generation network infrastructure. As a key outcome of the conference, Director Li Kun and Dr. NAVANEETHAN C. ARJUMAN formally signed the MoU. Its contents include:· Sharing technical knowledge/documentation and best practices· Participating in conferences/events hosted by each other· Publishing co-authored articles in respective publications· Jointly promoting network technological innovation and industrial advancement This conference and signing represent NIDA's first collaborative practice with a global educational and research network organization. It marks the beginning of cooperation between NIDA and the APAN IPv6 & 5G Working Group and also establishes an important channel for NIDA to further develop its membership among global educational and research institutions. Amidst the accelerating global digital wave, the collaboration between NIDA and the APAN IPv6 & 5G Working Group will effectively integrate resources and strengths from both sides. Together, they will address the challenges of next-generation network development, laying a solid, open, and innovative network foundation for the prosperity of the global digital economy.

[Shanghai, China, July 27, 2025] During the 2025 World Conference on Artificial Intelligence (WAIC), The Global Fixed Network Innovation Alliance (NIDA) has launched a collaboration between the Self-Intelligent Network Working Group and 12 universities, including China Research Institute of Information and Communication, Huawei, Shandong University, China University of Mining and Technology, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Wenzhou Medical University, and Jiangsu Institute for Future Network Innovation. The Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom Co., Ltd. and the Research Institute of China United Network Communications Co., Ltd. jointly developed the world's first self-intelligent network construction standard for the education industry in the enterprise domain. The Technical Requirements for Agent-Based Campus Network L4 O&M (hereinafter referred to as "Standard") provides a set of forward-looking and feasible technical guidance for the construction and testing of the campus network L4 O&M system.With the rapid increase in the number of network devices and terminals on campus, the service requirements are becoming more and more complex, and teachers and students have higher and higher requirements on network service quality. However, in an existing O&M mode, managing and troubleshooting thousands of devices is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which severely affects user experience and increases the customer complaint rate. Fortunately, with the in-depth integration of AI and network technologies, we have a new opportunity to carry out research on closed-loop management of enterprise self-intelligent networks and promote intelligent enterprise network O&M systems.Based on the high-value scenario planning for L4 evolution of the self-intelligent network in the carrier domain and the practice experience of campus network O&M, the standard defines the L1 to L5 levels of the self-intelligent network O&M capability to improve O&M efficiency and dynamically optimize network performance to ensure user experience. Based on smart campus O M requirements and campus network O M experience, Wi-Fi network optimization and monitoring and troubleshooting are selected as high-value scenarios for campus network O M, and the target architecture for smart network implementation is defined. Define technical requirements based on intent understanding, environment awareness, data analysis, policy decision-making, and solution execution of the O&M management system to build a network AI brain model.The Technical Requirements for Agent-Based Campus Network L4 O&M points out the evolution direction and implementation path for campus network intelligence. The key technologies are network digital twin, large network model, and small algorithm model, to build a task-level self-intelligence closed-loop system for campus network agents. It will accelerate the intelligent network O&M of colleges and universities across the country to the new era of L4 self-intelligent networks.

(The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issues the Action Plan for Computing Interconnection, and enables the data communications industry to enable the computing Internet.)Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Computing Interoperability Action Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan), which for the first time proposed "promoting high-quality development of the data communications industry, supporting efficient data input and computing, and lossless interconnection of computing power." This strategic deployment not only elevates the data communications industry to the core position of the national digital economy infrastructure, but also marks the dual goals and requirements of "resource integration" and "efficiency leap" in China's computing Internet construction. As a bridge connecting computing power and applications, the data communications industry is becoming a connection engine driving the efficient operation of the computing Internet through continuous technological breakthroughs and industry upgrades. Joint computing is an important scenario for the new Internet. The Action Plan for Computing Interoperability issued this time has important guiding significance for the Alliance's standard-setting work. Therefore, this document is interpreted in detail:Data communication, computing power, "connection engine" in the Internet eraSince its birth, the data communications industry has played the role of "invisible wings", quietly supporting the development of various services. From the rise of the global Internet, which connects the world closely, to the popularization of the mobile Internet, which makes information within reach, to the in-depth convergence of the industrial Internet, which drives the digital transformation of various industries, data communication has always been a solid support behind it. With the advent of the computing power era, data communication is actively following the trend of the times. A series of innovative explorations have been launched around the computing power Internet, which injects continuous impetus to the efficient use of computing power and industry upgrade.Accounting scenario: Intelligent scheduling and efficient data inputThe computing network is responsible for transporting massive enterprise data to the computing power center. In intelligent computing scenarios, elephant flows become the norm. The load balancing technology used by traditional WANs fails, causing network congestion and packet loss. The network transport efficiency is lower than 40%. The data communication network uses elephant flow precise identification and flow-level scheduling technologies to achieve load balancing on the input network and increase the network capacity to over 90%. In addition, for sensitive enterprise data, data communication uses technologies such as wide area RDMA to ensure data security. Currently, multiple carriers and enterprises in the industry have built elastic and lossless intelligent computing WANs to provide integrated computing services, such as efficient input and calculation of massive samples and separation of storage and computing resources.Inter-compute network: Flexible scheduling, cross-domain computing power lossless interconnectionWith the ever-increasing computing power requirements, cross-DC computing power collaboration becomes a core requirement. However, traditional data communication networks use the best-effort mechanism, and packet loss will lead to a waste of computing resources. Data communication detects network congestion in real time and uses flow control technologies to implement global coordinated scheduling between data centers within thousands of kilometers, ensuring zero packet loss and efficient training. Network vendors, such as Huawei, have cooperated with multiple operators to complete live network verification, achieving long-distance cross-AIDC joint training without decreasing efficiency.Intra-calculation scenario: Efficient interconnection and efficient release of computing powerThe intra-computing scenario focuses on building a computing infrastructure to implement high-speed interconnection of computing nodes in a data center. With the explosive growth of AI-based large model traffic, the internal interconnection bandwidth of data center networks evolves from 200GE/400GE to 800GE/1.6TE. Intensity of communications poses greater challenges to data center network balance. Improving training efficiency becomes an urgent issue for data center networks. The data communication network uses the network-level load balancing algorithm to optimize path planning and eliminate network performance bottlenecks. The network throughput can exceed 95% and the AI training efficiency can be improved by over 10%. iFLYTEK cooperated with Huawei to build the first China-made computing platform Feixing 1 that supports the training of trillion-parameter large-scale models. The network peak throughput reaches 98%, supporting the release of computing power.Enablement scenarios: Data Communication Enables Computing Power to Benefit Thousands of IndustriesJust like power grid dispatching, data communication networks use technologies such as high-performance routers, traffic control, and intelligent dispatching to implement efficient interconnection of computing power in all scenarios, breaking computing power silos, and implementing flexible provision of computing power as a service, enabling enterprises to access computing power resources as easily as using electricity. Inject tremendous impetus into the intelligent upgrade of the industry. In the intelligent manufacturing field, data communication networks move cloud computing power to factories to support real-time device collaboration and AI quality inspection, improving production efficiency. The medical industry relies on lossless interconnection networks to achieve second-level CT image transmission and remote surgical guidance, enabling high-quality medical resources to cross regional barriers. In smart cities, computing power flows along with data to optimize traffic signals and energy allocation in real time. Urban governance changes from "human experience" to "algorithm decision-making".This "computing power grid" model not only reduces the waste of social resources, but also promotes the extension of innovation elements to the grass-roots level, laying an efficient, flexible, and inclusive foundation for the digital economy.Future-oriented: Data Communication Leads a New Chapter in Computing InternetThe Action Plan for Computing Interoperability also clearly states the need to lead computing interoperability, and calls on carriers and cloud service providers to actively carry out computing Internet experiments, collect innovative application cases of computing Internet, and carry out innovative practice activities. These measures will further stimulate innovation, promote technological breakthroughs and application scenarios in data communications, promote the development of the computing Internet to a higher level, and inject new and powerful impetus into the development of the digital economy.

June 28, 2025– the 6th BRICS Forum on Future Network Innovation was grandly opened in Shenzhen. The Global Fixed Network Innovation Alliance (NIDA) successfully hosted the sub-forum "Universal and Meaningful Connectivity: Path for Next Generation Network Innovation". During the event, witnessed by representatives from over 20 international organizations, Shavkat Sabirov, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Internet Association, and Deng Yi‘ou, Secretary-General of NIDA, formally signed a MOU. This milestone marks a substantive advancement in bilateral cooperation and demonstrates significant progress in NIDA’s international strategy to advance global industry consensus and build a ​​collaborative industry ecosystem.The two parties will collaborate comprehensively across multiple domains:​​1. Build a technology-leading global industry innovation platform for next generation network, empowering innovation across diverse industries and supporting digital transformation in critical sectors such as energy, healthcare, and agriculture.2. Co-host international internet technology forums, establishing new paradigms for global collaboration and creating mechanisms for technical dialogue among BRICS nations.3. Advance the development of "Pioneer Cities", cultivating world-class benchmarks for next generation network cities and promoting top-tier urban network infrastructure.This strategic partnership agreement establishes a technology-standards-policy-industry multi-dimensional integrated framework. Guided by principles of joint technology R&D, ecosystem co-construction, and value sharing, and leveraging the "Pioneer Cities" Initiative as a strategic anchor, both parties will jointly create a model for international industrial organization collaboration.