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Feeding hunger for bandwidth
Thursday October 30th 2008. Posted: 11:27
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Bandwidth-hungry services are forecast to increase 100-fold by 2018
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BT has entered into a partnership with one of Ireland’s leading research facilities in a bid to meet the soaring demand for increased internet bandwidth.
BT and the Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork are exploring advanced optical networks to find solutions that will enable more information to be sent over greater distances. An example of the increased bandwidth demand is the fact that online video platform YouTube currently uses the same bandwidth capacity that the whole of the internet used in 2001. The increase in other bandwidth-hungry services - such as high-definition TV and video-on-demand network traffic - is estimated to increase 100-fold by 2018. “Cutting-edge research of this quality will enable Ireland to continue to compete on the global stage,” said Ireland’s minister for science technology and innovation Jimmy Devins. “And the development and diffusion of such expertise will ensure that it remains a compelling location for inward investment in the high-technology sector, which is essential for our future prosperity.” Professor Paul Townsend, head of photonics at Tyndall, said: “The photonics centre at Tyndall National Institute is one of the leading photonics research centres in Europe. “Our researchers are working on sophisticated technologies that will enable the next generation of telecom networks to deliver information at significantly higher speed and lower cost than is possible today. “As part of the collaboration, BT has provided access to substantial network infrastructure, comprising nearly 900km of optical fibre. This takes cutting-edge photonics research out of the laboratory and into the real environment, helping bridge the gap between innovation and commercial application.”
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