With this the driller can create 4-D images (three dimensions plus time) of oil reservoirs via a seismic vibration sensor attached to the end of a fiber-optic cable pushed down into a well.

FORBES: Oil Gleaners

Current "muxes" typically can push up to 100 light waves down a single fiber, but by year-end Nortel will begin shipping test gear that pushes 160 lightwaves, each carrying 10 billion bits of data per second.

FORBES: Hooked on Photonics

Current "muxes" typically can push up to 100 light waves down a single fiber, but by year-end Nortel will begin shipping test gear that pushes 160 lightwaves, each carrying 10 billion bits of data a second.

FORBES: Hooked on photonics

He took 14 months to lay fiber from Brookhaven, New York, to Lands End, England, and Sylt, Germany.

FORBES: Global Crashing

If a city were to try to go it alone, it would have to make huge investments in back-end systems to provide all of these services, to run the fiber directly to the homes, and in-home devices.

FORBES: Bring On The Broadband With Private/Public Partnerships