In a recent Science study, researchers used 15 kilometers of telecom fiber near Mendocino, Calif., to record the region’s ...

Many miles off the western coast of the Americas, an undersea cable connects Los Angeles, California to Valparaiso, Chile. Stretched end-to-end, it’s equal to four-fifths of the Earth’s diameter. The ...

Beneath the mighty oceans across the world lie hidden something just as mighty: The submarine cables that have been carrying ...

Fiber-optic services are becoming more popular, and networks are expanding to cover more areas for faster data transfer speeds. Fiber-optic data transfer differs from traditional methods like ...

By putting optics in silicon, CPO promises dramatic boosts in speed while lowering power requirements, if it can meet ...

Scientists have successfully transmitted quantum data and conventional data through a single optical fiber for the first time. The research demonstrates that quantum data in the form of entangled ...

The data center and telecommunications industries are having trouble acquiring the optical fiber cables needed for network infrastructure, the result of lingering manufacturing and supply chain ...

The researchers hit a rate of 301 terabits per second — equivalent to transferring 1,800 4K movies over the internet in one second — using existing fiber-optic cables. When you purchase through links ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...