filippo brunelleschi is known as the father of fibre optics.
who is known as the father of fibre optics?
filippo brunelleschi
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narinder singh kapany () (born 31 october 1926) is an indian-born american physicist known for his work in fibre optics. he was named as one of the seven "unsung heroes" by "fortune" in their 'businessmen of the century' issue (1999-11-22). he is also known as "father of fiber optics". the term "fibre optics" was coined by singh kapany in 1956. he is a former iofs officer.





















































section::::early life and research.
narinder singh kapany
in 1977 bell canada began to conduct a fibre optic field trial to residential customers in montreal. the manitoba telephone system began to introduce fibre optics in that province beginning with customers in elie, in 1981. in 1984 sasktel, the provincially owned telephone company in saskatchewan, completed the construction of a 3,268 km. long commercial fibre optics network to fifty-two communities in that province. in 1984 cncp telecommunications began the construction of a trans-canada fibre optic network. by 2009, the national fibre optic system in canada stretched 7000 kilometers across the country and included underwater fibre links to pei (1985) and newfoundland. eight fibres are reserved for trans-canada traffic.
technological and industrial history of 20th-century canada