Japan, Aug. 21 -- KDDI Corporation, NTT, Inc., 1Finity Inc., a Fujitsu company and leading provider of global network solutions, NEC Corporation, Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. today announced that the framework of low-latency and energy-efficient networks to support the AI era has been approved as an international standard by the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) on August 13, 2026.This framework will contribute to the realization of All-Photonics Network (APN), a strategic field under the "Strategy for Realizing Next-Generation Information and Communication Infrastructure to Support AI Society - Beyond 5G Promotion Strategy ...