A device called an all-optical switch could instead use light to control other light signals without the need for electrical ...

An all-optical fiber-optic switching device that maintains the signal as light from input to output. Traditional switches that connect optical fiber lines are electro-optic. They convert photons ...

Optical switches with liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) mirrors shrink data packets down to size so the network can carry more data, while signals are distributed across different fiber strands to ...

If you wired things up using two pairs per device back in 100BASE-T days, however, you’ll want to redo your cabling before you buy new switches ... and use fiber optics for your home networking ...

The milestone for the tribal-private partnership that has unspooled hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables along the ...

Known as co-packaged copper (CPC), or co-packaged cables in some circles, the basic idea is to take a copper cable straight ...

Deutsche Telekom's competitors once again invest less in network expansion, while the Bonn-based giant expands. The industry ...

The state of West Virginia spent two years of painstaking work settling on fiber optic cable as the best way to expand broadband service in the state. The Morrisey administration may undo that ...