# China’s hollow-core fiber trial pushes 51.3 Tb/s over 128 miles without signal regeneration — milestone targets AI-era networking bottlenecks

> Chinese firm Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC) announced on June 16 that it had successfully completed the world’s first field trial of hollow-core fiber (HCF) wavelength-division…

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/chinas-hollow-core-fiber-trial-pushes-51-3-tb-s-over-128-miles-without-signal-regeneration-milestone-targets-ai-era-networking-bottlenecks?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a426296762ded9e95d8f239)
- **Published:** 2026-06-29
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #ai
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