MUMBAI: Europe’s UBS Securities estimates that Chinese IPTV users will reach 500,000 by 2007. The company expects the broadband subscriber base of China Telecom and China Netcom will rise to 63 million with an annual growth rate of 28 per cent from 2005 to 2008.
UBS also predicts that the medium- and high-end users with an annual income of $12,000 will exceed 20 million.
China’s IPTV market is dominated by ZTE, a leading telecom equipment maker and wireless solution provider. The company offers IPTV equipment for broadband network based on several different standards. According to UBS, going by the forecast, ZTE stands at a chance to become the country’s largest telecom equipment player.
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China IPTV user base to exceed 500,000 by 2007
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China on the threshold of IPTV explosion: reports
MUMBAI: Chinese media has reported that China Telecom and China Netcom are well positioned for a massive launch of IPTV in the country. It is estimated that between 5000,000 and one million households will be able to receive the service by the end of 2005.
However, the French network vendor Alcatel pointed out that it would depend on the upgrade of the existing networks to handle bandwidths of between 2 Mbps and 4 Mbps, necessary for IPTV reception.
“If broadband coverage with download speeds of 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps is more than five per cent of the current 40 million broadband users, that’s about two million users,” company’s vice-president of the broadband video services task force Susan Wang has been quoted in a report as saying.
China Telecom and China Netcom have earlier initiated small-scale trials of IPTV services in 10 provinces with Alcatel IPTV.
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Asia Netcom to demonstrate net enabled high-quality video communications
MUMBAI: Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese telecommunications service provider China Netcom, will play a part in an experiment to demonstrate the ability of the next-generation Internet to enable high-quality video communications worldwide.
The experiment is being spearheaded by Widely Integrated Distributed Environment (Wide) Project. The consortium is working on practical research and development of Internet-related technologies.
Asia Netcom will set up high-quality video links between Amsterdam, Aichi and Beijing. The event is a part of the finale of the 2005 World Expo which will take place in Japan. It will feature a live video panel discussion on Living on the Earth by students from each country.
Asia Netcom will provide an end-to-end IPv6 link between Tokyo and Beijing using capacity on its own subsea network and through a 155Mbps circuit between Hong Kong and Beijing from its parent, China Netcom. The link will be one of the first live trials of transporting broadcast-quality video over an IPv6 infrastructure between China and Japan.
Asia Netcom Japan COO Richard Carden says, “The Internet has changed the way we live, but the underlying technology that enables it is reaching its limitations. There is no question that IPv6 is the next generation platform to take the Internet beyond its current limitations, both for its ability to support ubiquitous coverage of billions and billions of different devices. It will also help in driving up performance, efficiency and security of the Internet.”
Asia Netcom claims to be one of the first operators in the Asian region to launch commercial IPv6-based services and is offering an end-to-end IPv6 video streaming service with partner, NEC.
Carden adds, “This project also highlights our ability to deliver high speed, real-time video connections between Japan and China. With
the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, this solution now offers broadcasters an alternative to traditional leased line and satellite-based transport.”Asia Netcom claims to have successfully trialed the transmission of HDTV content over its IP backbone in Japan with CATV operator, Miyagi Networks and equipment maker, Frontiers early this year. The 700km trial resulted in no loss of quality or delay of the content. Meanwhile, Asia Netcom is also working with Japanese broadcast partners in trialing the transport of HDTV content between Japan and Beijing.
Asia Netcom will also extend its pan-Asia submarine cable system, EAC into China with a cable landing in the Northern Chinese city of Qingdao. The new cable link will shorten the distance between Japan and China and result in latency improvements of up to 40 per cent between the two markets.
Asia Netcom operates an extensive telecommunications network infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region, including a privately-owned
subsea cable system, EAC, as well as extensive terrestrial backhauls and telehouses in all key Asian markets. Leveraging these strategic assets, Asia Netcom provides a portfolio of city-to-city connectivity, data communications and IP-based solutions and services to enterprise, ISP and carrier customers in the Asia Pacific region. -
China to lay undersea internet cable
MUMBAI: The Chinese government has approved plans to lay an undersea cable, to increase the speed at which internet users in the Northern region access overseas websites by up to 50 per cent.
The new network, which is 350 km long, is expected to be opened by the beginning of 2006, and will achieve a total capacity of 80 GB.
Asia Netcom, the international cable arm of state-controlled fixed-line telephone operator China Netcom, has been approved to lay a new undersea cable to connect its current network.
In recent years, undersea cables that linked China with Asia and North America have broken, causing traffic delays and outages for several days.
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News Corp CEO Murdoch on China Netcom board
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp’s chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has been hired as a non-executive director of China Netcom.
China Netcom is one of China’s six licenced telecom carriers.
Reports indicate that the company, which is planning a $1.5 billion IPO has also named China’s former telecom industry regulator Zhang Chunjiang as its chairman.
A Bloomberg report noted that China Netcom was counting on growth in the country’s high speed Internet market. The number of subscribers for its broadband service had surged 21 times to 2.5 million at end of last year.
In documents filed to the US securities regulator, the company said, “Certain members of our senior management team have significant experience in managing Chinese telecommunications companies, maintaining strong relationships with regulators, and leading fast-growing and entrepreneurial enterprises.”