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Wi-Fi, passive optical networks, optics and subsea cables.
Australia ranks third in Asia-Pacific for Wi-Fi 7, but most homes are a generation behind
Ookla's Q3 data puts Wi-Fi 7 at about 8.6 per cent of Australian Speedtest connections, and many newer phones are still held back by older routers.
Network techWi-Fi 8: where it stands, and whether to wait for it
The next standard targets reliability instead of peak speed. Final approval is not expected until 2028, so early products will be built on drafts.
Network techMarvell's US$115 billion Lumentum deal puts a major laser supplier inside an AI chip company
The all-stock deal raises a question for telecom buyers about who gets optical components first.
Network techTelstra and Google swap fibre for subsea capacity to build AI-era routes
Google gets dark fibre on Telstra's Aura backbone, and Telstra gets fibre pairs on three Google subsea cables.
Network techNBN Co and Nokia run four optical technologies at once in a 230 Gbps lab trial
The Supercharging Fibre demonstration combined coherent optics with GPON, XGS-PON and 50G-PON. These are not customer speeds.
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