The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...

Fiber-optic networks are coming to more areas every year, and as more utility companies (think internet service providers and cable TV companies) add the feature as an option, more people are ...

The more than 1.2 million km of fiber-optic cables that crisscross the planet carry the world's phone calls, internet signals and data. But this summer, researchers published the eerie sounds of blue ...

Ultra-thin fiber-optic cables have been deployed across Ukraine’s front line, marking a significant development in the ...

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...

Fiber optic cables, the ingenious cables that we rely on to provide the internet, are incredibly powerful when it comes to carrying data across long distances. Made of either thin strands of glass or ...

Small drones controlled by fiber-optic cables have turned parts of the battlefield into webs, a Ukrainian special operator ...

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 ...

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 ...

Internet provider FlashFiber is trying to cut down on vandalism after one of its cables was targeted.

Morgan County officials are searching for the person(s) who they say intentionally cut a FlashFiber fiber-optic cable.

Milan-based Prysmian (PRYMF) (PRYMY) signed a deal worth up to €5.5B (about $6.3B) to supply Koch's unit Molex with optical ...