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With 319 Terabytes per Second, Japan Sets New World Record for Internet Speed. What Does This Mean?
JAPAN, JUL 11 – Japanese researchers achieved a record 1.02 petabits per second using a 19-core optical fiber over 1,808 km, surpassing the previous 402 terabits per second record.
- In April 2025, Japanese researchers at NICT and Sumitomo Electric Industries set a new world record by transmitting data at 1.02 petabits per second over 1,808 kilometers using a 19-core optical fiber.
- This achievement built on the previous record from October 2021 and used advanced multi-core fiber and a specialized system to send signals simultaneously from all 19 cores.
- The record-breaking demonstration, conducted under optimal laboratory settings, achieved data transfer rates surpassing the typical global daily internet traffic, with enough capacity to simultaneously handle streaming of millions of ultra-high-definition 8K videos.
- The recorded speed of 1.02 petabits per second, equivalent to 1,020,000 gigabits per second, is approximately 4.6 million times quicker than the typical internet connection speed in the UK, which stands at 223 megabits per second.
- Despite its significance, the technology requires further development before practical use, but it suggests future advances in global communications, cloud computing, and high-capacity data networks.
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With 319 Terabytes per second, Japan sets new world record for internet speed. What does this mean?
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