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Subsea internet cables can now ‘listen’ for sabotage using irregular pulses of light
Companies are developing listening devices and detectors to provide an early warning against damage and sabotage.
NATO plans to deploy sea drones to monitor and protect undersea cables
Plans to protect critical undersea cables are being drawn up by NATO.
Shells of dead crabs could be used to make cheaper optical components
Biodegradable parts from dead crabs could make their way into your next device.
A tiny solar panel in a cable: How fiber optics is changing the way power is transmitted
Power distribution has relied for decades on copper but that is changing
Shortage of fiber optic cables could spell disaster for technology firms
Manufacturers of fiber optic cabling are failing to keep pace with demand.
Greece and Saudi Arabia plan fibre optic cable to link Europe and Asia
Greece and Saudi Arabia plan to build the "East to Med data Corridor".
Internet access hangs by a thread for hundreds of millions
Opinion With hundreds of thousands of miles of cables criss-crossing our oceans, accidents happen more often than you think.
