As far as I understand, the latency is improved by the different speed of light of the DNANF: In conventional fibres, it is limited by the refractive index of glass, reducing the speed of light in it to ~70% of speed of light in vaccum (Wikipedia on this topic). In this new concept, the light travels 45% faster.
I think, the lower loss (lower attenuation) is “just” an enabler for long distances: You can easily have hundreds of km without repeaters – and repeaters for DNANF cables would add latency. If they can get attenuation improved a bit more, they may even be able to cross the Atlantic ocean without repeaters.
As a nice side effect, those DNANF cables have very little dispersion, so you can get rid of compensating for that, which will reduce latency too.
As far as I understand, the latency is improved by the different speed of light of the DNANF: In conventional fibres, it is limited by the refractive index of glass, reducing the speed of light in it to ~70% of speed of light in vaccum (Wikipedia on this topic). In this new concept, the light travels 45% faster.
I think, the lower loss (lower attenuation) is “just” an enabler for long distances: You can easily have hundreds of km without repeaters – and repeaters for DNANF cables would add latency. If they can get attenuation improved a bit more, they may even be able to cross the Atlantic ocean without repeaters.
As a nice side effect, those DNANF cables have very little dispersion, so you can get rid of compensating for that, which will reduce latency too.