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High-speed Internet to be rolled out nationwide (December 13, 2008, Xinhua)
China announced yesterday it will build its first high-capacity optic-fibre network nationwide, which will be able to carry Internet, TV and phone services all on one network. The Ministry of Science and Technology signed an agreement with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on building the national network. The backbone of the new network will have a bandwidth of 1,000 gigabits, compared with the current network's 1 gigabit capacity. It will allow every user in the network to have 100 megabit-a-second access to the Internet rather than the existing 1-megabit access, said a ministry press release. With such a bandwidth, the network can provide a package of Internet, TV and phone services, instead of services through separated networks.
China announced yesterday it will build its first high-capacity optic-fibre network nationwide, which will be able to carry Internet, TV and phone services all on one network. The Ministry of Science and Technology signed an agreement with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on building the national network. The backbone of the new network will have a bandwidth of 1,000 gigabits, compared with the current network's 1 gigabit capacity. It will allow every user in the network to have 100 megabit-a-second access to the Internet rather than the existing 1-megabit access, said a ministry press release. With such a bandwidth, the network can provide a package of Internet, TV and phone services, instead of services through separated networks.
