Communications · Recorded milestone
Low-loss optical fibre
Recorded year1970
Corning produces glass fibre clear enough to carry laser light over long distances.
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- LaserRecorded · 1960enables
Led to
- Home broadbandRecorded · 1995enables
- Optical frequency combRecorded · 2000requires
- Transatlantic remote surgeryRecorded · 2001enables
- Social networksRecorded · 2004requires
- High-frequency tradingRecorded · 2005enables
- Online video sharingRecorded · 2005requires
- Cloud computingRecorded · 2006requires
- Silicon photonicsRecorded · 2007enables
- Video streamingRecorded · 2007requires
- 4G LTERecorded · 2009requires
- Fibre-optic acoustic sensingRecorded · 2009enables
- Esports streamingRecorded · 2011requires
- Networked quantum sensorsRecorded · 2016enables
- Quantum-secured internetRecorded · 2017requires
- 5GRecorded · 2019requires
- Holographic callsRecorded · 2021requires
- AI supercomputer campusesRecorded · 2024requires
- Holographic home officesRecorded · 2024requires
- Co-packaged photonicsRecorded · 2025enables
- Seafloor cables as quake sensorsForecast · ~2028enables
- Holographic live eventsForecast · ~2029requires
- 6G networksForecast · ~2030requires
- Ambient connectivityForecast · ~2033requires
- 7G networksForecast · ~2045requires
- Sunlit underground parksForecast · ~2055enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.