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Surge in number of broadband users in China

BEIJING - Up to the end of September this year, the number of broadband access service users in China had reached 20.605 million, a rise of 9.458 million over the end of last year.

It is predicted that the broadband will enter a period of large-scale growth, with the market to be dominated by China Telecom, China Netcom (CNC) and China Unicom.

China Telecom will focus on amalgamation of ICP and ISP, while CNC will focus on special line service for governments, commercial enterprises and residents, ADSL broadband access service, LAN broadband access service, and video services.
The main target services of China Unicom are video telecommunication services including teleconference service and visual telephone service.

(Asia Pulse/XIC)

Oct 29, 2004

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