That could hamper multinationals which need to send data across national borders.
As a result, scientists have to plan when to send data.
As traffic increases because of new ways to send data over cellphones, the networks have been strained.
Worse, when I tested the pen, I was plagued with technical glitches while trying to send data to my PC.
It is then possible to send data, whether media files or phone calls, from one PC to another efficiently.
The network allows teams to send data 20 times as fast as the traditional broadband service they once used.
Customers who want to send data from New York to London cannot use the pipe that goes to Washington, DC.
But as many as 72 routers can be hooked together to send data at 92 terabits a second, far faster than any router sold now.
This wireless Ethernet standard uses radio signals to send data at very fast rates from connected base stations to computers, including hand-held ones with wireless capability.
The fixed-wireless technology, which uses radio signals rather than copper wire, cable or fiber to send data and sometimes voice, has been around for years.
The advance will make it possible to use laser light rather than wires to send data between chips, removing the most significant bottleneck in computer design.
