The backbone of the internet is formed by a dense network of fibre-optic cables, each of which transports up to more than 100 terabits of data per second (1 terabit = 10 12 digital 1/0 signals) ...

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has launched the world's first ultra-high-speed next-generation Internet backbone with a bandwidth of 1,200G bits per second (1.2T), according to a press ...