{
  "id": 19520718,
  "title": "Chinese researchers set new data records for 'hollow-core' fiber tech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/chinese-researchers-set-new-data-records-for-hollow-core-fiber-tech",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-11T15:49:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/internet/forget-broadband-buffering-chinese-researchers-use-hollow-core-fiber-to-send-64-terabits-of-data-per-second-across-626-miles-enough-to-download-160-4k-movies-a-second-and-cutting-latency-by-30-percent"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese researchers have made significant strides in hollow-core fiber technology, achieving a transmission capacity of 64 terabits per second (Tbps) in both directions over a distance of 1,007 kilometers (626 miles). This groundbreaking achievement, reported by CCTV, represents a 50-fold improvement over previous trials of the same type and reduces latency by 30%. The China Telecom Research Institute, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC), and ZTE Corporation collaborated on the research, highlighting the technology's potential to replace solid-core fiber in infrastructure networks. Hollow-core fiber, which employs a glass lattice to contain the data transmission within an air-filled core, offers reduced signal resistance and faster speeds. While challenges remain in manufacturing and installation, the technology is already being integrated into data centers and shows promise for cellular networks in the future.",
  "summary": "Hollow-core fiber has been around for several years, but we're now seeing serious improvements in its capabilities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}