Synopsis
China continues to build a substantial world-class telecommunications infrastructure and the investments show no sign of abating. As data traffic grows, the major operators are keeping pace by increasing both domestic and international connectivity through submarine and terrestrial cable links. The country also has high aspirations with its space program and has developed a local industry to develop, build and deploy communications satellites. This report provides details on China’s national and international telecom infrastructure including internet resources and the adoption of trans-sector policies supporting the development of smart grids. In addition an overview is given of the numerous cloud computing deployments. The television industry is explored with detailed statistics provided across the different delivery systems. Digital cable television forecasts are provided to 2015 in China’s lead-up to full digital conversion.
Key developments: growth in international outlet bandwidth by over 25%; substantial decline in basic internet resources as the government cracks down on illegal operations; good progress in the government led initiative to have 100% digital TV coverage by 2015; the emergence of the eco-city to support China’s climate change initiatives; increasing investment in cloud computing.
Companies covered in this report include: China Mobile; China Telecom; China Unicom; China Netcom; China Satcom; CCTV; Shanghai Media; State Grid Corporation; Chunghwa Telecom; EVN; Reliance; Verizon.
