GE Updates Network Infrastructure, Enabling Speeds of 100 Gbps

General Electric installed new fiber optic lines to support its industrial Internet initiative, the company said in a news release Thursday. The cables installed at GE's Global Research Center in Niskayuna, N.Y. deliver speeds of 100 Gbps, it said. GE said Cisco contributed to the infrastructure project, which will be featured during demonstrations Thursday at the Industrial Internet Consortium's Summer Conference at the research center.