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"researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in hollow-core fiber (HCF) design...

The new design maintains low losses of around 0.2 dB/km over a 66 THz bandwidth and boasts 45% faster transmission speeds."

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[–] visnae@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The verge had a quite interesting article on that topic last year that i can recommend, called

the cloud under the sea

But basically it has started to shift from the telecom industry to content providers like Google, Meta, Microsoft. I.e from connecting cities to connecting data centres.