Nanotechnology appears to hold the key to the Holy Grail of a genuinely lightspeed optical network that would be up to a hundred time faster than today�s fastest telecommunications networks. As if a hundred-fold increase in bandwidth were not enough, we may soon see a 10,000-fold increase in data storage capacity, by storing data in […]

Verizon is risking US$1 billion to bring bring fiber to a million homes and businesses this year, but we predict the need for bandwidth will continue to soar as “5G” services, such as those we reported NTT DoCoMo to be working on (in the May issue), take off, and wireless bandwidth so far has always […]