Aggregate industry wisdomDiscussing Fixed Networks to Enable the New Future of HealthcareOn April 23, 2025, Changsha, Hunan – opened the "First Digital Ecosystem Innovation Conference for the Healthcare Industry and the 7th National Finals of the Smart Healthcare Innovation Competition" (hereinafter referred to as the "Innovation Competition"). The Global Alliance for Fixed Network Innovation (NIDA) successfully hosted the Healthcare Industry Council Preparatory Meeting. The conference brought together industry leaders and experts from medical institutions, research institutes, and technology companies to discuss how to use advanced fixed network technologies to drive digital transformation and high-quality development in the healthcare industry. In the future, Committee members will work with NIDA to accelerate the development of network construction standards and solutions that meet the specific needs of the healthcare industry, effectively supporting and promoting innovation and development in the healthcare industry.At the beginning of the conference, Huang Weihong, deputy director of the Ministry of Education and China Mobile Joint Laboratory of Mobile Healthcare, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, delivered an opening speech. He mentioned the potential and value of the integration of network technologies with applications in the medical industry. Deputy Director Huang Weihong believes that the healthcare industry is an ideal scenario for next-generation Internet applications. We should seize the opportunity and combine the strengths of carriers and industry partners to not only meet domestic requirements, but also formulate standards with international influence.Zhu Keyi, deputy secretary-general of the NIDA Alliance, said that NIDA must work closely with the industry to develop network construction standards that meet the industry's core requirements. In recent years, service innovation in the healthcare industry has been booming, and higher requirements have been placed on the network infrastructure that supports the development of the industry. The purpose of NIDA's Healthcare Industry Committee is to deeply understand the business characteristics of the health care industry and use innovative network technologies to better support the development of the health care industry.He also detailed the positioning and core mission of NIDA as an international, industrial, non-profit social organization. The organization structure, membership and operation mechanism of the proposed NIDA medical industry committee were introduced in detail.Zhang Zhiliang, PMO, NIDA Secretariat, presented the Alliance's governance principles and standard workflows. NIDA adheres to the core principles of "openness, transparency and openness" and implements them through a standardized workflow. From proposal to standard release, the IT platform is used to record and manage the standards to ensure the transparency, fairness, and traceability of the standard output process.In the following guest speech session, experts, scholars and industry representatives from more than 30 medical institutions throughout the country spoke freely, the atmosphere was both warm and solemn. The participants expressed their eager expectation and firm support for the proposed NIDA Medical Industry Committee, and expressed their commitment to give full play to their professional advantages, contribute their wisdom, and jointly promote the high-quality development of medical and health care.The successful holding of the preparatory meeting of the NIDA Healthcare Industry Committee not only brought together the best wisdom of the healthcare and communications industry, but also clarified the direction of future cooperation.

[Beijing, April 23, 2024] The 2025 CHINA CLOUD NETWORK CONFERENCE, guided by the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) and hosted by the CCSA TC610 SDN/NFV/AI Standards and Industry Promotion Committee, opened in Beijing on April 23. Centered on advancing cloud-network/computing-network convergence and network intelligence, the conference delved into cutting-edge technologies, application scenarios, industrial development, and commercialization strategies. Key topics included cloud-network convergence, computing power networks, intelligent computing networks, autonomous networks, large-scale network models and their applications, cloud-network security, SD-WAN, and the information technology application innovation industry. Discussions aimed to drive innovation in next-generation network infrastructure and accelerate the integration of digital and intelligent technologies across industries.At the main forum on the opening day, NIDA Secretary-General Deng Yiou delivered a keynote speech titled 'From IPv6+ to the Next-Generation Network,' explaining how the advent of the intelligent era is driving the internet into a new phase and necessitating generational evolution of networks. The Next-Generation Network, which clearly defines next-generation internet scenarios and key technological directions, is leading global efforts to build next-generation internet infrastructure. This vision focuses on four major scenarios—Computing Connection, Intelligence Connection, Data Connection, and Airspace Connection—and four key technological directions: New Ultra-Broadband Connectivity, New IPv6+ Extensions, New Network Intelligence, and New Security Mechanisms."NIDA Secretary-General Deng Yiou also introduced the vision and mission of the NIDA—to become the world’s most influential standards organization for network infrastructure, driving the upgrade of the IP industry—along with the research focus areas of its working groups: the Network Evolution Working Group, Campus Network Working Group, Data Center Network Working Group, and Network Intelligence Working Group.NIDA's participation and initiatives at the 2025 CHINA CLOUD NETWORK CONFERENCE further elaborated its vision for generational evolution in networking. By defining the next-generation network paradigm through the 'Four Connections' and 'Four Innovations' framework of the Next-Generation Network, NIDA has strengthened industry consensus on driving generational evolution in networking.

On January 21, 2025, Song Jianmin, Director of Industry Marketing of NIDA, the Global Fixed Network Innovation Alliance, was invited to attend the 2025 Forum on the Development of Intelligent Computing Converged Innovation Applications held in Yinchuan, China, and presented the title "Consolidating Industry Strength." Keynote speech on Advancing Computing Network Innovation.The conference was co-sponsored by Ningxia Science and Technology Association and Ningxia Communications Administration Bureau, and hosted by Ningxia Communications Society and China Communications Society Computing Network Committee. It brought together many experts and leaders from academia, carriers, industry, and government agencies. Several heavyweight guests, including Qian Depei, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xu Lei, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, shared their respective research fields and discussed the development trend and technological evolution of computing networks.In his speech to the General Assembly, Minister Song Jianmin mentioned: With the advent of the intelligent trend, the Internet is gradually evolving to a new stage - the new quality Internet. As one of the key fields of the new quality Internet, computing networks will face various challenges in the future. This requires us to conduct research on innovative technical architectures at the technical level. We need close cooperation from all sides inside and outside the industry to promote the healthy development of the whole industry.Minister Song Jianmin introduced in detail the phased achievements of the NIDA Data Center Network Working Group on network construction standards, as well as the future research and planning. As one of the important organizations dedicated to defining the global Internet infrastructure evolution path and network construction standards, NIDA has been actively playing the role of a bridge, advocating systematic cooperation among standards organizations, enhancing communication among alliance members, facilitating multi-party collaboration, and promoting industry upgrade. Welcome more enterprises and organizations to join in this dynamic cooperation platform, hand in hand, create the future together.

[Jakarta, Indonesia, December 19, 2024] At the Indonesia Net5.5G Summit, the theme of "Towards Indonesia's Next Generation Network", government ministries, leading carriers, and industry organizations gathered to share future network infrastructure planning and Net5.5G converged bearer evolution business practices. Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Digitalization, Ministry of National Development Planning, and Telkom Indonesia , XL Axiata , Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Indonesia IoT Association, and WBBA , NIDA jointly launched the Indonesia Net5.5G Action Plan, calling for industry forces to accelerate the commercial deployment of Indonesia's Net5.5G and jointly promote the prosperity and development of Net5.5G.Indonesia's Net5.5G Action Plan includes the following four aspects: Encouraging enterprises to increase R&D investment and promote technological breakthroughs and innovations related to IPv6 Enhanced Net5.5G. Promote the construction of Net5.5G infrastructure to improve network coverage and performance. Strengthen future network talent training and cultivate comprehensive talent who understand both ICT technologies and management. Promote industry convergence, promote the in-depth integration of Net5.5G with manufacturing, agriculture, and service industries, and accelerate innovative applications.Sureswaran Ramadass, president of the Asia-Pacific IPv6 Council and vice president of the NIDA Alliance, was invited to attend and deliver a keynote speech, sharing insights into global network development trends in the AI era and proposing evolution suggestions. He pointed out that in the AI era, the bandwidth requirements and the number of connections of applications such as AIGC continue to grow. Carriers and enterprise customers require networks to provide differentiated experience. NIDA has released three target network construction standards for Net5.5G and launched the Net5.5G Pioneer Program.

The Winter Plenary Meeting of the Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) was successfully held in Kunming from December 4 to 6, 2024. The main members of the ODCC are from upstream and downstream data center enterprises. They are committed to building an open platform for China's data center industry. They adhere to the principle of "openness, innovation, cooperation, and win-win" and promote technological innovation and industry cooperation based on market requirements.At the meeting, ODCC and NIDA jointly released the Technical Requirements for Network Construction of Intelligent Computing Data Centers. Based on the consensus on the new Internet, the two sides will make full use of their technical advantages in their respective fields, carry out continuous cooperation, and will continue to deepen their efforts to consolidate the foundation for their cooperation.Li Kun, director of NIDA's Industry Development Dept; Guo Liang, chief engineer of Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute and leader of ODCC's new technology and testing team; Wang Feng, deputy director of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and leader of ODCC's server team; Huawei Data Communication Product Line Hou Yanxiang, chief architect of the data center network solution, attended the release ceremony of Technical Requirements for Intelligent Computing Data Center Network Construction.The mission of NIDA is to define the evolution path and network construction standards of global Internet infrastructure, guide industry upgrade, and continue to build global industry consensus, work with industry organizations and enterprises to promote fixed network technology innovation, and promote sustainable development of the fixed network industry.