Communications
Revolution 		Communications
Networks 		Optical
Fibres 		Photonic
Devices 		Future of
Communications 		Credits

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Radio Wave Transmission
Carrying signals by radio waves was made possible by Marconi and opened the possibility to new ways of transmitting signals over the air.
Today microwaves are used in telecommunications quite intensively with for instance cellular phones.

Microwaves travel in straight line: microwave repeaters fitted with parabolic "dishes" make sure that the signals are relayed and strengthened to reach their final destination.
The communications revolution has been enabled by several technological breakthroughs:

  • the development of the transistor and later chips

  • the development of optical fibres

    • Let's take a look at the optical fibre.
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