World spanning subsea cable measuring 40,000km (or 24,854 mile) long, reportedly being planned by Meta for its exclusive use
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Germany “Deeply Concerned” After Damage To Two Undersea Cables
Possible sabotage? Two undersea cables in the Baltic sea have been severely damaged, triggering security concerns
UK Government £4m Trial For Fibre Cables In Water Pipes
Government trial to install fibre cables in water pipes to accelerate rollout of broadband and mobile signals in hard to reach areas
Japan Sets Data Transfer Speed Record Of 319Tbps
Researchers in Japan have set a stunning data transmission speed record of 319Tbps, over a long distance of 3,001km or 1,864 miles
EU Investigates Chinese Fibre Optic Cable Imports
Official investigation to see if imports of fibre optic cables from China are being sold in Europe at artificially low prices
BT And Toshiba Showcase UK’s First Secure Quantum Communications
Quantum cryptography is being deployed to make intercepting communications on fibre networks all but impossible
Google Mulls Underwater Cable Investment – Report
Google is reportedly looking to make an investment in a new subsea cable in the Pacific Ocean
Intel Touts 800Gbps Optical Cables For Data Centres
Intel to release new networking technology that will transfer data at speeds of up 800Gbps in each direction
IBM Boffins Tout Multi-Mode Fibre Speed Breakthrough
IBM researchers send 64Gbps down a multi-mode optical fibre cable, so data centre owners have a few more years before they need to recable
Infinera And DANTE Set World Record For Multi-Terabit Network Provisioning
A 8Tb/s optical network was set up in under 20 minutes
FTTH Conference 2013
The 10th anniversary edition of the FTTH Conference will focus on a variety of topics, including FTTH-enabled services and applications that improve end-user experience and quality of life, and allow the private and public sectors t ...
Google Launches 1Gbps Fibre Service In Kansas City
Residents of Kansas City can now start receiving gigabit-speed Internet thanks to the Google Fibre Service
BRICS To Cable The Southern Hemisphere
A 34,000 km submarine cable network linking five developing countries? Easy, says Andrew Mthembu of i3Africa
New Submarine Fibre Optic Cable To Link BRICS Countries
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will get superfast connection to each other and the United States
Trans-Polar Fibre Links Proposed To Cut London-Japan Latency
Three companies aim to use the North-West Passage for faster fibre cabling
IBM’s Holey Optochip Achieves One Terabit Per Second
Prototype optical chip transfers 1Tbps, and the secret's in the holes, says IBM
Cisco To Buy Optical Networker Lightwire For £171m
Cisco takeover is signal of intent as it makes second significant optical IT acquisition in two years
Cisco Live: CommScope Demonstrates 100GbE Over 430 Metres
CommScope has shown 100GbE running on standard fibre at nearly three times the distance specified in the IEEE standard
Rats Cause Virgin Broadband Outage In Scotland
Some Virgin Media customers in Scotland were briefly left without broadband when rats chewed cables
New Fibre Optic Cable To Boost Transatlantic Comms
The first new transatlantic communications cable in nearly ten years is to be laid in the Atlantic ocean
Advertisers Can Geo-Locate Users With IP Tricks
Geo-location privacy issues are being investigated but IP address pinpointing will be harder to legislate for
Shetland Fibre Project Gets European Green Light
The EU has given a green light for a new fibre optic network connecting residents to superfast broadband
Cornwall To Benefit From Massive Fibre Project
Over 90 percent of homes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are to get high 'ca-pasty' and superfast broadband, thanks to funding from BT and the EU
Shetlands Get Funding For Fibre Optic Network
Residents of the Shetland Islands will be able to access high-speed broadband, following a cash injection from the European Regional Development Fund