Optical Fibre

Researchers used special add-ons in their experiments, including a combination of rare earth minerals

Damage to Openreach's cables in Clapham may have been to blame

New technique enabled researchers to send quantum information over a distance of 600 km via optical fibres

Researchers demonstrate multi-dimensional quantum communications with twisted light down legacy fibre networks

5,400 mile link from Japan to the US west coast completed in two years

Arcol UK has connected to fibre-to-the-home, but believes it could still operate with fibre-to-the-cabinet

Rural areas left behind as government is said to be preoccupied with broadband speed

96 per cent of country to have connections up to 80Mbps by 2015

UK ranks with Belgium in EU innovation league