German researchers smash wireless speed record

A team of German researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has broken the world record for the fastest wireless Internet speed, clocking 100Gbps.

They successfully completed a 100Gbps data transmission over a wireless radio network in the ultra-high-frequency 237.5 GHz spectrum. Acting like super-charged microwave links, the setup is thus far not ideal for individual homes, because 237.5 GHz wireless has trouble penetrating walls. But the high wireless frequency does have possibilities for extending the reach of fiber optics networks into rural or outdoor areas, and it certainly serves as an important foundation to continue making strides in speed.