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World Service,23 Oct 1996,18 mins

Fibre Optics

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When fibre optics changed your viewing pleasure. Dr Charles Kao, pioneer of fibre optics in telecommunications, discusses developments and uses, including television. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1996.

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