Fiber to the Home - FTTH » China Unicom http://ftth-fibertothehome.com Everything about FTTH ------------- Check out our new FORUM ----> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:32:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Broadband boom in China expected http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/2009/07/broadband-boom-in-china-expected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=broadband-boom-in-china-expected http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/2009/07/broadband-boom-in-china-expected/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:31:46 +0000 http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/?p=77 July 2009 -  In the next years a broadband boom in China is expected.  The main Chinese telecommunication companies (China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile) have agressive broadband expansion plans.  Both DSL type and Fiber to the Home type solutions will accelerate and it expected broadband penetration will double in the next couple of years.  Also more and more services are offered, two of these companies offer IPTV for low monthly subscription fees. Once China Mobile has completed its integration with China TieTong it is expected to return to its leading position in broadband deployments. Broadband penetration will grow to around 15% in the upcoming years.

]]> http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/2009/07/broadband-boom-in-china-expected/feed/ 2 Several telcos in Asia will deploy subsea fiber optic network http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/2009/06/several-telcos-in-asia-will-deploy-subsea-fiber-optic-network/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=several-telcos-in-asia-will-deploy-subsea-fiber-optic-network http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/2009/06/several-telcos-in-asia-will-deploy-subsea-fiber-optic-network/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:09:15 +0000 http://ftth-fibertothehome.com/?p=73 Several Asian telcos have joined forces and will deploy a new submarine fiber optic network, which will be called the Asia-Pacific Gateway. The objective is to have this new network deployed by 2011 , it will link the major economic areas in Asia.

The APG network will connect Japan, Korea, mainland China, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The signatories to the agreement for the development of the gateway are China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, NTT Communication (Japan), Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT), Korea Telecom (KT), Philippines Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) and Telekom Malaysia. The telcos will jointly finance and own the APG network.

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