Those people will collect on that funding, and then we will supply them with cable.” How is fiber made? About 280 people work at the fiber plant in two 12-hour shifts, starting at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The number of fiber-optic broadband Internet subscriptions in Japan reached 7 million in the third quarter, according to data released Wednesday. The figures from Japan’s Ministry of Internal ...

Fiber optic connections, which are typically 100Mbps dedicated or shared between a small number of households, saw a net gain of 848,953 subscriptions and grew by 80% in the same period a year ...