Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), a Japanese telecommunications giant, just announced the development of a four-core multicore optical fiber (MCF) that delivers quadruple the capacity of conventional fiber without increasing its thickness or diameter. The company says that maintaining the cable’s cross section is crucial to ensure compatibility with existing infrastructure — not just with cable-laying vessels, but with terrestrial interconnects and terminal racks as well.
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