Telecommunications
We've come a long way since the days of using smoke signals and drums to communicate over great distances, and technology continues to usher in new telecommunications advances in the digital age.
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If you've ever found yourself in a dead zone, maybe you find solace in the quiet. Or maybe you've found yourself in an emergency and help is not coming. Either way, the ability to connect if and when you need to has its merits. -
Starlink isn't the only American company to offer direct-to-cell satellite connectivity. AST SpaceMobile has been at it for years and was the very first company in the world to "phone home" from space. Now it's looking to provide 100% coverage of the US. -
The world’s longest quantum communications link has been set up between China and South Africa, spanning a record-breaking 12,900 km (8,015 miles). The connection takes advantage of quantum physics for “unbreakable” encryption.
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August 29, 2025 | Ben CoxworthNow more than ever, it's important to get your news from sources you trust – not just from whatever the first hits are that come up in a Google search. That's why Google has launched a Preferred Sources function … and you can use it with our site! -
August 22, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalGetting out of earshot to make a private call just got a lot harder. Researchers have shown the vibrations of the earpiece inside your phone can be picked up by a radar sensor from a distance, converted into audio, and transcribed using AI. -
August 11, 2025 | David SzondyAn internet era is coming to an end as AOL announces that it will shut down its dial-up service on September 20, 2025. The company says that the service, along with its associated software and AOL Shield browser, will no longer be supported. -
March 03, 2025 | Abhimanyu GhoshalFor years, Alphabet's Taara has been delivering internet connectivity in remote areas with traffic-light-sized transmitters that communicate over long distances using beams of light. The tech has now been reduced down to a fingernail-sized chip. -
March 01, 2025 | David SzondyMeta (formerly Facebook) plans to build the world's longest undersea cable that will be longer than the Earth is round. The high-capacity, fiber-optic cable that will link five continents will span a fantastic 31,000 miles (50,000 km). -
October 16, 2024 | Michael IrvingScientists at the University College London have set a new world record in wireless data transmission speeds, sending a blistering 938 Gigabits per second (Gbps) over the air through a combo of radio and light technology. -
February 08, 2024 | Paul McClureThe US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on February 8th that robocalls made using AI-generated voices are illegal, effective immediately. The announcement gives law enforcement agencies greater powers to deal with scammers. -
January 22, 2024 | Ben CoxworthOrdinarily, in order to establish communications at disaster sites, rescuers have to transport and set up relatively bulky, costly satellite dishes. Soon, however, a simple tubular antenna made of woven strips of material may get the job done. -
December 03, 2023 | Michael IrvingEverybody wants a faster internet connection, and now engineers in Japan have shattered the record for data transmission. The team managed to transmit more than 20 times the global internet traffic per second through a single optical fiber. -
September 26, 2023 | Michael IrvingWhile 5G feels pretty new and flashy, the industry is already making preparations for the next generation. LG Electronics and the Fraunhofer Institute have now conducted a test that set a new distance record for data transmission using 6G technology. -
June 12, 2023 | Paul McClureA team of international researchers say they’ve set a new world speed record for an industrial standard optical fiber that’s as thick as a human hair, achieving a data transmission rate of 1.7 Petabits per second over a 41-mile cable. -
April 24, 2023 | Paul RiddenAt a teaching symposium earlier this month, the world's only liberal arts university for deaf students explored the potential for remote learning by testing out a life-size holoportation device called the Epic from Proto Inc. -
February 03, 2023 | Paul RiddenVideo chats came into their own during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an audiovisual lifeline for fragmented families and remote colleagues in touch. But they seem rather flat compared to Project Ghost presented by Logitech at ISE 2023 this week. -
December 01, 2022 | Michael IrvingA small satellite developed by MIT engineers has set a new record for data transmission between a satellite and Earth. The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system used a laser to beam huge amounts of data at up to 100 gigabits per second. -
November 17, 2022 | Michael IrvingGPS has its limitations in urban areas where signals can get noisy. Now, engineers in the Netherlands have developed “SuperGPS” – a hybrid positioning system that combines wireless and optical connections to pinpoint locations within centimeters.
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