Believe it or not, fiber optic cables have been around since the 1950s, but how do they work? It turns out the answer isn't ...

Tiny fiber-optic cables on seabed can do a lot more than you can imagine as researchers have found that these underwater ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fiber-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect swimming whales—even if they were completely silent. The discovery broadens 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 ...

Simple fiber-optic cables that are essential for powering the internet can be a useful tool in spotting geohazards such as sinkholes, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. Using ...

Chinese telecom and fiber-optics companies have achieved a major milestone in next-gen communications, successfully ...

There are several kinds of internet technologies in use today, including satellite, DSL and fixed wireless, but none of them come close to cable and fiber when it comes to offering fast, reliable ...

Ukrainian birds are using discarded fibre-optic drone cables to build nests, illustrating how wildlife adapts to war-altered ...

At least four undersea fiber optic cables, which carry approximately 97% of all Internet traffic, were damaged last week in the Red Sea, telecommunications providers are reporting, and instability in ...

You may have seen some striking images coming out of Ukraine on social media where entire fields and city streets are covered in a dense tangle of glistening thread. This is the byproduct of a ...

Conducted jointly with China Telecom and optical equipment maker Dekoli, the test ran on the world's longest cross-border ...