South Korea’s Kolon Industries Inc. will beef up domestic aramid fiber production by 50 percent by the first quarter of 2020 to meet a surge in demand for the super-strong fiber after it entered the North American market, the company said Monday. After the plant expansion, Kolon Industries will be capable of producing 7,500 tons of aramid fibers...

In 2014, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray made a campaign promise to bring high-speed internet to Lexington. Tuesday he made good on that promise with the help of MetroNet. Lexington Mayor Jim Gray helped cut the ribbon outside the new MetroNet store on Tiverton Way. The city is now the largest gigabit city in the country. Kathy Scheller with MetroNet, sa...

Swiss developer and provider of cabling systems for network infrastructures, R&M is quickly integrating the Transportkabel DIXI a.s. – which it acquired back in May 2018 – into the corporate group. The fiber optic cable manufacturer was renamed on the first of August and is now called Reichle & De-Massari Czech Republic a.s. R&M is currently tr...

Rosendahl and Nextrom have elaborated a concept which perfectly coordinates performance and costs in one line. What has been achieved is an extremely low total cost of ownership (TCO). This is a result of higher overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and a longer product lifetime, with fewer spare part needs. The line itself is designed f...

AFL, a manufacturer of fiber optic cable and accessories, is expanding its rapid deployment ground tactical fiber optics solution to include the new Sidewinder Rapid Cable Deployment System. This system eases the deployment of tactical fiber optic cables by greatly reducing handling and set up time for portable deployment and retrieval in field con...

Egypt inaugurates two factories set to produce fiber optic cables to meet local demand and export abroad. The adoption of the Digital Transformation Strategy by the Egyptian government has led to quick developments in the technological sector, a move that President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has encouraged. In line with this strategy, 16 cities in Egyp...

A 25,000-kilometre-long submarine cable system linking Asia, Africa and Europe has started operations, as China United Network Communications Group, a key participant in the cable project, accelerates steps to build internet infrastructure for countries and regions participating in the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. The cable system connec...

The Chilean government announced Wednesday that it is working with China to install an underwater fiber optic cable between the two countries. At a press conference, Under-Secretary for Telecommunications Rodrigo Ramirez said the project shows China views Chile as a bridge to Latin America. "Through here,the largest flow of information and data wil...

Rural communities between Las Vegas and Reno have a better shot at boosting and attracting business. Valley Communications Association of Pahrump, which is a member of the co-op Valley Electric Association, and Churchill County Communications finished 11 months of work at the end of January installing more than 450 miles of fiber-optic cable conn...

Facebook has a new plan to get more of Africa online: Fiber optic cables. The social giant announced plans to lay nearly 500 miles of fiber cable in Uganda by the end of the year, infrastructure that facebook believes will provide internet access for more than three million people. Facebook is not, however, providing its own wireless network.

After amending its application in February, Docomo Pacific received Federal Communication Commission approval for the ATISA submarine fiber-optic cable system landing license, the company announced. The $16 million cable system, connecting Guam, Saipan Rota, and Tinian, will launch in June, according to a press release. The ATISA system will ext...

A fiber optic undersea link connecting Angola's capital Luanda to the Brazilian city of Fortaleza is reported to be about 50 percent complete, with operations set to begin later this year. With more than 6,200 kilometers in length, SACS (South Atlantic Cable System) system will be the first fiber optic cable to connect Africa to the Americas via

Nordic company Telia Carrier established a new fiber route connecting Stockholm, Sweden, with St. Petersburg, Russia, via Tallinn, Estonia, and upgraded multiple submarine cables to improve its fiber network. The new route is said to further diversify the wholesale carrier’s network, while the upgrade enables Telia Carrier to provide 100 gigabit

The 820-kilometer long Pakistan-China fiber optic cable project from Rawalpindi to Khunjerab is expected to be completed by June 2018 at a cost of $44 million. After completion, it would add a digital component to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The project is being built by the Special Communication Organisation (SCO) in col...

Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas has inaugurated Ecuador's first fiber-optic cable, built with Chinese assistance, in the southern province of Guayas. The plant, named Latamfiberhome, is the result of a joint venture by Ecuador's Holding Telconet and China's Fiberhome Technologies. "With the infrastructure ready, we only need to begin using t...