The world's first transatlantic fiber cable is being pulled off the ocean floor

TAT-8 was the eighth Trans-Atlantic Telephone system and the first to replace copper transmission with single-mode optical fiber between the United States, the United Kingdom, and ...

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Twisting optical fiber creates a robust new pathway for light

Light powers everything from communications to sensing, yet even tiny imperfections can scatter it and weaken signals. To address this, a team led by the University of Bath—working with the University ...
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Quantum data teleported 19 miles across German capital with 95% peak accuracy

Researchers in Berlin have teleported quantum data across a 19-mile loop of commercial fiber ...

LSC Accelerates AI Infrastructure With 500-Mile Dark Fiber Route Boosted by 8 ILAs Linking St. Louis and Tulsa

Light Source Communications (LSC), a leading provider of high-capacity, future-proof dark fiber networks, announces a new long-haul route connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ...

Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light

Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to ...
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T-Labs demos commercial viability of quantum networking

The research and development arm of telco Deutsche Telekom has worked with Qunnect to demo quantum networking over 30km of optical fibre ...
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Deutsche Telekom and Qunnect Successfully Test Quantum Teleportation Over Live Berlin Network

While teleporting people remains science fiction, teleporting quantum information is now a practical reality. T-Labs, the research and development division within Deutsche Telekom, and Qunnect, the ...