Fibre-optic cables are vital critical telecom infrastructure for connectivity because they bring network capacity closer to subscribers. As of 2023, Nigeria had deployed 78,676km of fibre-optic ...

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) plans to upgrade and expand its fibre optic cable network to cover at least 18 towns as part of a revenue diversification drive. The State agency said it would ...

The Swedish coast guard seized a Bulgarian vessel, Vezhen, after a fibre-optic cable connecting Sweden and Latvia was damaged under the Baltic Sea. Latvia sent a warship to investigate ...

As the drone whirrs into the sky, something unusual trails behind it: a fibre optic cable barely visible to the naked eye. The other end of the cable is attached to a pilot using a remote control ...

As Russian forces have intensified their advances in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, they're being helped by a new tool on the battlefield: drones that fly with the use of fiber-optic cables.

Two years ago, a spool of fibre-optic cable with a signal transmission chip from Chinese manufacturers cost up to US$2,500. No one wanted to pay that kind of money for a single-use drone." Now the ...

Russian forces are using explosive-packed drones connected to their operators by fiber-optic cables to deliver unjammable precision strikes on Ukrainian troops and military equipment, and Kyiv is ...

Russia is increasing its use of drones controlled via fibre optic cable. These drones allow Russian troops to effectively circumvent Ukraine's electronic warfare capabilities. Source: Institute for ...

Norwegian police said on Friday (January 31, 2025) they had arrested a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea.

A drone controlled via a fiber-optic cable is seen during a test flight on December in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s online shopping platform, with a couple of ...