China Telecom will deploy Nortel Networks Optical Long Haul 1600 Optical Line Systems to expand its optical backbone networks in the cities of Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Chongqing, and Chengdu. The expansion, scheduled for completion by the end of 2004, will boost transmission capacity to approximately 10 Gbps x 30 wavelengths.
In addition, China Telecom's Shanghai Telecom and Zhejiang Telecom branches will use Nortel Networks Services Edge Router (SER) 5500 to expand their data networks. The expansions will enable the two branches to serve an additional 500,000 and 1.8 million broadband subscribers, respectively, with enhanced delivery of advanced IP broadband services like high-speed Internet access, IP VPNs and "Green Internet," a special content filtering and blocking service for parents to monitor children's activities on the Internet.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
According to China's Ministry of Information Industries, for the nine months ending June 30, 2004, the number of China's fixed line and mobile users combined increased from 500 million to 600 million, while broadband Internet subscribers hit 17 million with a monthly growth rate of eight percent. http://www.nortelnetworks.com
- As of the end of 2003, China Telecom's broadband Internet subscribers reached 5.63 million, and its fixed line subscribers hit 118 million.
