Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet's backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown how using fiber optic cables, a pervasive, if unseen, fixture in today’s society, could help better predict when an earthquake might ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems and startup Qunnect said on Wednesday that they have built and operated a ...

MIAMI, Fla. & HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trans Americas Fiber System (TAFS) is transforming digital infrastructure across the Americas with its new TAM-1 subsea cable system, a next-generation ...

CLAREMONT, N.C.—Network connectivity provider CommScope said the CommScope XPND fiber termination panel platform for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks is now available. The CommScope XPND platform ...

A worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, endangering companies’ ambitious plans to roll out state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure. Europe, ...

The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...

Cisco and Qunnect successfully ran a real-world quantum networking test over New York fiber, demonstrating scalable ...

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Google Fiber says it plans to expand its fiber-to-the-home Internet service to several new states for the first time since it announced a pause in construction in October 2016. The plans are pending ...

A major Internet cable in the South of France was severed yesterday at 20:30 UTC, impacting subsea cable connectivity to Europe, Asia, and the United States and causing data packet losses and ...