China Telecom, YOFC, and ZTE have successfully transmitted data bidirectionally over a 1,007 km hollow-core fiber optic cable. The transmission achieved speeds of 800 Gb/s per wavelength, totaling 128 Tb/s. This breakthrough is a significant step towards developing low-latency backbone networks. AI
IMPACT Enables faster and lower-latency data transmission, crucial for AI infrastructure.
RANK_REASON Research milestone in fiber optic transmission technology. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]
- 1,007 km
- 128 Tb/s
- 800Gb/s (8x128Gb/s) unrepeatered transmission over 515-km large-area ultra-low-loss fiber using 2nd-order Raman pumping
- China Telecommunications Corporation
- Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company
- Zte Corporation
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