The transition to fiber is inevitable. Low latency and high-capacity data communications are essential for grid modernization and low-cost Passive Optical Networks (PONs) are a suitable solution to ...

A research team from the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has invented a fiber optic system that transmits both data and power over the same cable. A research team from the University of ...

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 ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Todd Bishop on Feb 12, 2013 at 9:18 ...

As Wayne County adds housing, attracts advanced manufacturing and builds out its workforce, one of its longtime service providers is laying the digital foundation to keep pace. MCTV, founded in ...

The internet powers just about everything we use at home these days: laptops for work, TVs for streaming, PCs and consoles for gaming–even our dishwashers and washing machines. That makes it more ...

A proof-of-concept study found that the same tech that carries high-speed internet might help track notoriously noisy insects. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 30, 2023 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...