60 million cable TV users in China. The technology is "competitive" with western CATV systems.
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China Cable TV Users Hit 60 Million
May 18, 1998 (BEIJING) -- Cable TV is expanding as one of the three
major electronic information sources in China, with the total number of users
approaching 60 million.
Cable TV networks cover all the cities in the country.
Coastal cities, such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, have also developed
two-way CATV networks.
China plans to devote more resources to the development of CATV
network in the next eight years.
It will expand the scale of the country's CATV network as a trunk line of the
national information superhighway.
At present, China's CATV network has a transmitting speed of 750 MB/sec.
An officer from the U.S.-based Scientific Atlanta said that China's CATV
network is as competitive as its western counterparts in terms of technology
and equipment.
Scientific Atlanta is competing with other CATV manufacturers, including
General Instrument and Phillips, for the China market, which is being
propelled by the strong interest of users, advertising companies, enterprises
and local governments.
According to an officer of the China International Enterprise Cooperative
Corp., many telecommunications companies, such as GPT of Britain, Nokia
of Finland and Alcatel of France, jumped into the CATV arena for the first
time this year.
(Xinhua News Agency) |
