Lower latency: Light travels faster in HCF, closer to its velocity in vacuum, resulting in a delay of approximately 3. 33 µs/km, compared with roughly 4. Reduced chromatic dispersion: Typical values are below 5 ps/nm/km, versus approximately 17 ps/nm/km for. In this paper, we comprehensively review the progress in the development of HCFs including fiber design, fabrication and parameters (with comparisons to conventional single-mode fibers) and support technologies like splicing and testing. A variety of HCF applications in future telecom networks and. By replacing the solid core with an air-filled channel, hollow-core fibers (HCFs) allow light to propagate at nearly its vacuum speed, reaching approximately 3×10 8 meters per second. This reduces latency to around 3. 5 microseconds per kilometer, offering a 30 to 50 percent speed increase. nduced group delay variations of two nested antiresonant nodeless hollow core fibers. The temperature sensitivity of both is substantia ly less than fo optical signal in the fiber becomes a critical parameter for 5G networks and beyond. The measurement technique is immune to the higher-order mode nature presented by some of the hollow-core fibers.