Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet's backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light.

(TNS) — Residents of several North Slope and Northwest Alaska communities have been experiencing Internet and cell service interruptions this week caused by a cut to the subsea fiber-optic network.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vandals who slashed fiber-optic cables are being blamed for phone and internet service outages across Southern California's high ...

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Optical Fiber Cable Market Overview, 2023-28" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global optical fiber cable market is expected to ...

Remote fiber monitoring has emerged as a popular option for telecom and data center operators to accurately locate physical ...

(TNS) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Sen. Raphael Warnock stood in front of stools of red, white and blue fiber optic cables Friday afternoon to announce a Norcross job expansion aimed at ...

Maine’s governor has pledged that everyone in the state who wants high-speed internet will be able to get it by the end of 2024. In just one small, Down East town, that means installing 60 miles of ...

Some say fiber-optic internet is the gold standard. But new Trump administration rules paved the way for more Starlinks.

MANCHESTER - Fiber internet service provider GoNetspeed has announced it will expand its availability to more than 5,000 more ...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown how using fiber optic cables, a pervasive, if unseen, fixture in today’s society, could help better predict when an earthquake might ...