Wireless laser optics brings hope to expand high-speed connectivity in Saudi Arabia

THUWAL: Saudi Arabia could soon enjoy low-cost, high-speed internet wired into every device, thanks to the telecommunications experts at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Experts in telecommunications at KAUST and Taara at X, the moonshot factory, successfully tested a wireless “network-in-the-box” laser optics system in the Red Sea — a promising step toward cheap but fast full connectivity for the Kingdom.