China - Telecommunications Infrastructure

Synopsis

China has been able to build a substantial national telecommunications infrastructure, with fibre optic cables criss-crossing the nation, though there is still much need for expansion and improvement. China has built the largest NGN in the world, the IPv6-based ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2), and is rapidly increasing broadband deployments. The major carriers in China have been vigorous in their embrace of IP and have been busy building the infrastructure to support a wide range of IP services. It comes as no surprise that, consistent with its huge fixed and mobile subscriber bases, China already has the largest number of VoIP users in the world. This report looks at China’s national and international telecom infrastructure and provides an overview of the IP networks that are being developed in China today.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Overview of infrastructure developments in China
  
• 3. National telecom networks
  
  • 3.1 Backbone Internet networks
    
    • 3.1.1 ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2)/IPv6
      
• 4. International infrastructure
  
  • 4.1 Submarine cable infrastructure
    
    • 4.1.1 Overview of international fibre optic network developments
      
    • 4.1.2 Regional and international fibre optic cable projects
      
    • 4.1.3 Direct Undersea Cable Link to USA
      
    • 4.1.4 China-Vietnam Undersea Cable Link
      
  • 4.2 Satellite infrastructure
    
    • 4.2.1 Overview
      
    • 4.2.2 China Direct Broadcast Satellite Co Ltd
      
    • 4.2.3 Xinnuo-2 satellite (Sinosat-2)
      
    • 4.2.4 Chinasat 9
      
    • 4.2.5 ShinSat/China Satcom
      
    • 4.2.6 Fengyun-3
      
    • 4.2.7 Navigation Satellites
      
    • 4.2.8 Shenzhou Satellites
      
• 5. IP Networks
  
  • 5.1 IP-Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN)
    
  • 5.2 Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming
    
    • 5.2.1 PPLive
      
• 6. Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
  
• 7. China’s world first eco city
  
• 8. China – Environmental Focus for Smart Grids
  
  • 8.1 Overview
    
  • 8.2 Policy
    
  • 8.3 Call for a Modern Grid
    
  • 8.4 Smart Grid in Anhui Province
    
• 9. China builds its own Silicon Delta
  
• 10. Snow storms damage operator infrastructure
  
• 11. Earthquake response
  
• 12. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Network distribution of bandwidth – 2004 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Regional/international fibre optic cable networks
• Exhibit 2 – Selected Chinese satellite service providers and satellites
• Exhibit 3 – China Satcom satellite fleet