DARPA has succeeded in creating hollow-core photonic-bandgap optical fiber, which allows light to travel along its length at around 99.7% the speed of light, or a 30% improvement over conventional ...
In Sept, 2025, Microsoft Azure announced it is scaling its hollow core fiber (HCF) production by outsourcing manufacturing to ...
An apparent industry first, Viavi’s all-in-one offering aims to help operators analyze and monitor HCF project investments ...
Microsoft-backed researchers have unveiled a new design for hollow-core fiber that promises record-low signal loss and faster transmission speeds. Unlike conventional solid-core optical fibers, which ...
Advancements in fiber cabling have been few and far between in recent years. The cables being laid at scale by the telecommunications industry today are pretty similar to those that were being fed ...
When you’re comparing internet providers, you want the most reliable connection. Read now The company claims it's the first ISP in the US to deploy the advanced fiber type and believes its 40km ...
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 ...
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast, the nation’s largest gig-speed Internet provider, today announced what is believed to be the first-ever end-to-end deployment of advanced “hollowcore” fiber ...
OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:5802)(ISIN:JP3407400005) has developed a new-type coupled multi-core optical fiber suitable for ultra-long-haul transmission, ...
Fiber optic cables can transmit over a terabyte of information per second – but that doesn't mean there still isn't room for improvement. One of those improvements, which was officially announced ...
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) the Advanced ICT Research Institute, ASTRODESIGN, Inc. (President and CEO: NANBA Toyoaki), ...
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, ...