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• FIBER OPTICS NEWS

  • Gary Winnick, Who Won and Lost With Global Crossing, Dies at 76 09.11.2023
    He masterminded the building of a transoceanic fiber-optics network to speed the internet and phone traffic. But in five years the company went bankrupt in a historic failure.
  • Billions to Connect Everyone to High-Speed Internet Could Still Fall Short 19.09.2023
    President Biden has promised to provide every American access to reliable high-speed internet. But some have raised concerns about whether the funds will achieve all of the administration’s goals.
  • Tonga Goes Into Lockdown Over Covid Cases 03.02.2022
    Among the infected are two workers who were helping to distribute aid shipments at the Tongan wharf after a volcanic eruption and tsunami tested positive.
  • A New Kind of Ice That Bends Like a Noodle Without Breaking 09.07.2021
    Perfect crystals of ice microfiber showed the flexibility of a material we usually assume to be rather brittle.
  • Fios Outage Disrupts East Coast Work and School 08.06.2021
    Verizon said on Twitter that a fiber optic cable had been cut in Brooklyn, but it was not clear if that was the only cause of the outage.
  • A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of 02.06.2021
    Many more people in cities lack broadband access than in rural areas, but lawmakers are primarily focused on extending high-speed access to remote areas.
  • Narinder S. Kapany, ‘Father of Fiber Optics,’ Dies at 94 11.01.2021
    A physicist and entrepreneur who cut an imposing figure, he did more than anyone to make optical research a priority in government and corporate budgets.
  • Private Equity’s Broadband Rush Is Riskier Than It Looks 24.10.2018
    It might take longer to recoup investments in fiber infrastructure than investors like Goldman Sachs and KKR hope.
  • Charles Kao, Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionized Fiber Optics, Dies at 84 28.09.2018
    In the 1960s, Dr. Kao outlined the potential capacity of fiber optic cables for transmitting information, laying the technical groundwork for modern communications.
  • Google Curbs Expansion of Fiber Optic Network, Cutting Jobs 26.10.2016
    Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said it would halt discussions with cities where it planned to expand its network and would reduce staff at Google Fiber.