Cloud Computing and IoT Association in Taiwan (CIAT) held the "Taiwan-Japan IoT Business Networking Day" on June 1st. The Japanese delegation was led by Chairman Tadao Kobayashi of the 802.11ah Promotion Council (AHPC) and important guests from NTT, Panasonic Connect, Fujitsu and other benchmark companies. The Taiwan side was hosted by the Executive Director of CIAT, Robert Hsu, and the 5G IoT SIG Chairman, Philip Tseng. CIAT invited representatives from Taiwanese telecom companies, networking manufacturers, system integrators, and IoT device manufacturers with Japanese representatives to collectively explore how Wi-Fi 802.11ah could expand the IoT market through breakthrough connectivity technology.

_{Group photos of Taiwan-Japan IoT Business Networking Day.
From right to left in the front row：Yasushi Takatori (NTT Access Network Service Systems Lab), Tadao Kobayashi (AHPC),} 

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Connectivity technology has progressed from (Low-power WAN) LPWAN, Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), Long Term Evolution (LTE) to Wi-Fi, each with its own advantages and disadvantages in terms of quality, security, and cost. Rick Chang, the Director of Smart City Solutions at Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) from Taiwan, shared the current status and challenges of IoT development in Taiwan, providing the Japanese guests with a rapid grasp of the development of IoT in Taiwan.

_{Rick Chang, Director, FET gives a presentation on " The Current Status and Challenges of IoT Development in Taiwan "}

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Yasushi Takatori, Senior Distinguished Researcher at NTT Access Network Service Systems Lab, gave a presentation of Applications and Business Opportunities on Wi-Fi HaLow. He pointed out that Wi-Fi HaLow has three major features: low power consumption, long range, and stronger signal penetration. It can indirectly compensate the deficiencies of existing Wi-Fi, revitalizing existing Wi-Fi assets. He provided a comparison of various connectivity technologies, including NB-IoT, LPWA, 802.11ah, Local 5G, and Wi-Fi, but emphasized that they do not necessarily replace each other, and private network communication will develop in various combinations of connectivity technologies.

_{A comparison of various connectivity technologies}

Through the experience exchanges between Taiwan and Japan, it was recognized that if the number of terminal devices could increase rapidly, 802.11ah could drive a virtuous cycle in the IoT market. This is also a potential field that Taiwan's ICT industry can bring into play in the future. Tadao Kobayashi, Chairman of 802.11ah Promotion Council expressed his expectation that Taiwanese manufacturers would invest in the production of 802.11ah terminal devices to jointly expand the IoT market.