Japan Sets New World Record with Unprecedented Internet Speed ⚡
In a groundbreaking milestone announced in early July 2025, researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) have achieved a mind‑boggling 1.02 petabits per second (Pbps) in a laboratory setting — the fastest internet speed ever recorded globally.
To put that into perspective:
That’s over 1 million gigabytes every second — fast enough to download all of Netflix’s library in a blink.
It is roughly 3.5 million times faster than the average U.S. broadband and 16 million times faster than India’s average connection speed.
The record-breaking transmission was made possible using a 19‑core optical fiber cable, spanning around 1,800 km, that maintained a stable ultra‑high‑speed signal — all using infrastructure-compatible hardware.
While such speeds are not available to home users today, this achievement showcases the future of ultra‑fast networks, laying the groundwork for next‑generation technologies like 6G, global AI data centers, and real‑time high‑resolution streaming.
Examples at this speed:
ScenarioIllustrationDownload entire Netflix libraryIn a fraction of a secondTransfer English Wikipedia (~100 GB)~10,000 times in one secondStream millions of 8K videosSimultaneously without buffering
This record firmly positions Japan at the forefront of optical communications innovation. ⚙️