Microsoft recently announced CityNext, a global initiative focused on developing smart cities throughout the world. With CityNext, city leaders and urban planners use Microsoft products to find new ways to use existing infrastructure
When officials in the small town of Tama, Iowa realized that approximately half of Iowa’s public works operators are eligible for retirement within the next five years, the city decided that an accurate, written recorded of the local infrastructure was essential for the future. Tama, which has a population of less than 3,000 residents, chose to use GIS technology, which allows city officials to locate
Broadband connectivity is the machine for 21st century economic growth and fiber optic Internet services aren’t just for metropolitan areas. Rural towns can also benefit from fiber because these services attract remote workers and stimulate economies. Recently the northwest region of Montana ..
Across the U.S., residents and businesses are demanding faster and more reliable broadband connections. After Google announced its plans to extend its fiber optic network to the cities of Provo, Utah and Austin, Texas, competitors immediately started to appear that also wanted a piece of the
By taking a light beam and twisting it, fiber optic cables get a turbo boost, according to researchers at Boston University. The findings — recently published in Science — show that twisting the light beam allows transmission of 1.6 terabits of data a second through a one kilometer long fiber cable, roughly eight times that of Blu-Ray.
Across the continent of Australia, a next generation broadband network is being rolled out. As more and more of rural Australia gains broadband access, farmers are using the smart digital services to increase productivity and tackle sustainability challenges. One farm has integrated broadband connectivity into everything from soil
In what is called a fiber-optic boom, miles and miles of land are being dug up and fiber optics cables are being laid throughout Jacksonville, Florida. Thanks to an explosion of data-hungry, high-tech companies throughout the First Coast, the Jacksonville area was desperate for extreme high-speed access. The fiber cables are vital for the economy; especially as area growth focuses on connecting buildings and
As the Edward Snowden leak swept news outlets, the world discovered that the British spy agency, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), was tapping fiber optic cables that carry international phone and Internet traffic and then sharing that information with the ..
Fiber optic technology has taken off in South Africa, but both the government and private sectors are laying cables. Industry leaders — Telecoms, Dark Fibre Africa, Vodacom, Internet Solutions, Teraco and Jasco ICT Solutions — have urged the government to stop laying fiber where the infrastructure already exists.