Major players in the fiber optics market are Corning Incorporated (US), Prysmian Group (Italy), Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Japan), Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (China) and Fujikura Ltd. However, the development of this groundbreaking technology didn't happen overnight—it took decades of hard work, experimentation, and breakthroughs by brilliant. Sir Charles Kuen Kao (November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data. This is a timeline documenting the history and development of fiber optics for communications. Dates, of course, are often approximate, as putting a firm date on the introduction. According to a research report published by Spherical Insights & Consulting, The Global Fiber Optics Market Size is projected To Grow from USD 9. 96 Billion by 2035, at a CAGR of 8. The story of submarine cables began in the 1850s when the first successful undersea telegraph cable was. Fiber optic cables are the backbone of global telecommunications, facilitating everything from internet browsing to international phone calls. While the advent of satellite communications has provided an alternative for data transfer, fiber optic cables offer unparalleled benefits in terms of.