By November, a research group to be set up in Japan will strive to develop optical technology, which would replace the internet protocol.
The aim of the project is to develop and commercialize the technology at around the year 2015. The target is to develop a technology that will be 10 times faster than the next-generation network to be launched in Japan this year.
The estimated cost of the research is $260 million over the next five years.
In the United States and Europe, similar projects are already under way.
One advantage of the optical network is that it would allow as many as 100 billion devices to access it simultaneously and still enjoy extremely fast data-transfer speeds.
Another reported advantage is that the technology would offer stable, high-speed wireless access even on moving high-speed trains.
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