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China's Internet gets more backbone
China will unveil its thirdmajor telecommunications carrier on Thursday, a move analystssay will heat up competition in the booming sector and catapultInternet speeds to levels ahead of much of the world. China Netcom Corp (CNC) is building a 20-gigabyte Internetbackbone which will reach 15 Chinese cities by the end of nextJuly, company chief executive Edward Tian said.
China will unveil its third
major telecommunications carrier on Thursday, a move analysts
say will heat up competition in the booming sector and catapult
Internet speeds to levels ahead of much of the world.
China Netcom Corp (CNC) is building a 20-gigabyte Internet
backbone which will reach 15 Chinese cities by the end of next
July, company chief executive Edward Tian said.
"It'll be one of the highest-speed backbones in the world,"
Tian told Reuters. -- Matt Pottinger
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