Analysts said that Futong achieved a breakthrough in the manufacturing of optical fiber preform, the core raw material for optical fiber production, and is the first enterprise in China that can make this material with the latest all-synthesis technology.

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All-optical routers that can manipulate packets of light, pulling some signals off a fiber and sending the rest on their way, may not be widely available for years.

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