ore news from Italy is that Scientists in Pisa, “claim to have set a new world record for the fastest wireless data transmission. They report that during an uninterrupted 12-hour experiment, they were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second; which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists. The researchers claim that speeds of this magnitude can typically only be achieved using fiber optics.” hothardware.com

During the test “Data was transmitted using Free Space Optics (FSO), blinking lasers or LEDs that act like fiber optics without the fiber.” engadget.com

“One of the biggest challenges that free space optical communications faces-whether in space or on Earth-is that communications are limited to line-of-site. Unlike some radio communications, free space optical communications requires that no obstacles interfere with the beam, and it cannot bend around objects.” hothardware.com

“The Pisa team is made up of scientists from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Waseda University in Tokyo, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Tokyo.”

It’s great to see such rapid development in the field of high speed Wifi and I long for the day when we can all make fring calls using a 1.2 Terabit connection.