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Alcatel-Lucent shows off undersea cable ship

Alcatel-Lucent shows off undersea cable ship

...one of three dedicated ships Alcatel-Lucent uses to lay the submarine fibre-optic cables that carry broadband connectivity across the oceans. The ship is... Read more

27 August, 2010 by David Meyer

BT chooses Oxfordshire village for 'fibre-only' trial

...are replaced entirely with next-generation voice and broadband services running over fibre-optic cables," BT said in a statement. "Openreach, BT's local network... Read more

29 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Gigabit fibre service goes live in London

...communications room, usually located in the basement. From there, the company takes fibre optic cables up through the building's ducting to individual flats. Installation... Read more

19 October, 2011 by David Meyer

KC brings 100Mbps fibre trial to East Yorkshire

...announced its plans for fibre in July, engineers have been busy installing fibre-optic cables in Woodmansey ready for the trial and KC expects to... Read more

5 September, 2011

Quantum switch keeps photons tangled in fibre

...optical switch is capable of routing entangled photons along standard, telecom grade fibre-optic cables, without the entanglement breaking down. Because it uses existing technology... Read more

14 March, 2011
Apple's 'Thunderbolt' MacBook Pros

Apple's 'Thunderbolt' MacBook Pros

...and carries both PCI Express and DisplayPort traffic. Future implementations that use fibre-optic cables rather than copper will have a theoretical transfer rate of... Read more

24 February, 2011 by Charles McLellan

Photos: From transatlantic telegraph cables to modern fibre optics

...The global reach of modern communications is built on the high-bandwidth fibre-optic cables that snake across ocean floors, connecting continents. UK firm Cable... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

Wikileaks cables: Lebanon feared Iran-funded fibre

...the US and UK as a terrorist organisation. Hamadeh considered having the fibre-optic cables cut, but decided not to as Hezbollah — which apparently... Read more

6 December, 2010

Bournemouth's sewer-based fibre plan scrapped

...and conditions are right for us. We haven't ruled out putting fibre-optic cables in sewers."i3, formerly known as H20 Networks, specialises in... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Fujitsu signs Fibrecity deal to aid Dundee rollout

...According to i3, the use of these technologies allows it to lay fibre optic cables quicker and more cost-effectively than traditional civil works. The... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
Development of Fishplate Tampering Detection System for Railway Security Based on Wireless Sensor Network

Development of Fishplate Tampering Detection System for Railway Security Based on Wireless Sensor Network

...aligned, leading to derailment of trains. The existing efforts use long length fibre optic cables which are complex to install and expensive. The smart system... Read more

13 December, 2011
Strip Magazine #1 1.0

Strip Magazine #1 1.0

...edition,until we work how to stick paper down one of these fibre optic cables Read more

27 October, 2011

Sponge's fibres inspire high-tech cables

...Labs researchers believe a deep-sea sponge holds clues to building better fibre-optic cables. A Bell Labs team headed by Joanna Aisenberg has already... Read more

21 August, 2003 by Ben Charny

Photos: Broadband goes down the drain

Fibre optic cables to be run through the sewers It's a common... Read more

16 November, 2006 by Steve Ranger

Tories pledge to lay out 100Mbps fibre broadband

...infrastructure include forcing the company to make ducting and 'dark fibre' (unused fibre-optic cables) available to other operators. The party said this would cut... Read more

1 February, 2010 by David Meyer

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