Fire hydrant signs with Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan— existing widespread grid of street-level furniture can be used for communications network fallback
Fire hydrant signs with Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan— existing widespread grid of street-level furniture can be used for communications network fallback

Japan’s Fire Hydrant Sign Co., Ltd. has demonstrated an expansive Wi-Fi network that melds its established infrastructure of street signs with Starlink satellite broadband antennas.

Fire hydrant signs with Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan— existing widespread grid of street-level furniture can be used for communications network fallback
Fire hydrant signs with Starlink antennas tested for emergency Wi-Fi in disaster-prone Japan— existing widespread grid of street-level furniture can be used for communications network fallback

Japan’s Fire Hydrant Sign Co., Ltd. has demonstrated an expansive Wi-Fi network that melds its established infrastructure of street signs with Starlink satellite broadband antennas.

China’s hollow-core fiber trial pushes 51.3 Tb/s over 128 miles without signal regeneration — milestone targets AI-era networking bottlenecks

YOFC, China Telecom, and Dekoli claim a 51.3 Tb/s hollow-core fiber field-trial record over 206.5 km, using 1.2 Tb/s-per-wavelength WDM transmission without repeaters or remote-pumped amplifiers.

Undersea cable connecting Egypt and Syria has been cut, state-owned telecom operator says — Damascus blames ‘systematic sabotage campaign’ as cause of damage

The Syrian government blamed a third party for the damage on its undersea cable that connects it to Egypt. Damascus didn’t mention any specific state or non-state actor, but its location makes it a prime target for disrupt…