The UK's leading telecoms provider BT has been trialing a new type of optical fiber that could significantly boost the performance of future 5G networks. Called hollow core fiber, the technology ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Quantum teleportation has finally stepped out of pristine laboratory loops and into the messy reality of live internet cables ...

One of Alaska’s smallest telecommunications companies is about to provide a critical backup for the entire state. On Wednesday, Cordova Telecom Cooperative and GCI announced a partnership to lay an ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky's state-owned fiber optic network once touted as the solution to Kentucky’s digital divide is now at the center of a contentious debate over its management and ...

In 1966, physics Nobel Prize winner Charles Kao (the 'father' of fiber optic communications) discovered optical fiber's potential for high-speed data communication. Since then, extensive research ...

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Is there a place for small, local company in a high-speed internet market dominated by telecommunications giants such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast? Ezee Fiber is betting yes. Since launching in July, ...

Thurmont approved a cable franchise agreement on Tuesday to bring the Glo Fiber fiber optic network, powered by the telecommunications company Shentel, into the town, giving residents access to ...

For months, large orange coils at street corners in Spring Township have stood as beacons for a fiber optic network under construction. Crews and their equipment threading fiber cable under curbs and ...

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...