Telecommunications:
Advances in Technology




The 1990's

1990 - AT&T develops the optical digital processor.

1991 - Bell Telephone Labs developed photonic switching.

1993 - First color videophone was introduced in the U.S.

1996 - The Cable Modem was first introduced.

1999 - Work on transmitting two colors on one strand of fiber is being tested.

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