Intel believes the days of using copper wires for data transfers, both between computers and inside of them, are numbered because optical communications are on the horizon. The chipmaker has started ...

BT has bagged £105 million ($140m) for the sale of its surplus copper cables. As reported by The Guardian yesterday, the UK telco received the upfront payment, as it continues to replace its legacy ...

Copper cabling is slowly giving way to fiber in communications, but there are still many areas where it dominates. But for how long, asks CommScope's James Young When it comes to data center (DC) ...

Britain's copper cables won't be able to support demand for faster and faster broadband in future, a new study warns. In experiments, researchers have found that the UK's existing copper network ...

UK network provider Openreach has announced a further 79 exchanges where it is planning to stop selling its legacy analogue copper-based services and instead focus on providing full-fibre connections ...

The shift from copper landlines to fiber-based voice networks is continuing apace, and no one wants it to happen faster than Verizon. Internet users nationwide are clamoring for fiber, as well, hoping ...