New internet speed world record

UCL engineers announced they had achieved the fastest data transmission rate in the world; scoring an Internet speed one-fifth higher than the previous record.  In cooperation with two companies, “Xtera” and “KDDI Research”, the researchers -under Lydia Galdino (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering)- achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits per second (178,000,000 megabits per second); a speed at which it would be possible to download

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