Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. collaboratively constructed a 3,000-kilometer internet network connecting Beijing to the southern region, presenting it as China’s latest technological achievement.
Teaming up with Tsinghua University and research provider Cernet.com Corp., the two companies assert that they have established the world’s first internet network with a “stable and reliable” bandwidth of 1.2 terabits per second, surpassing typical global speeds by several times, according to Bloomberg.
The trials commenced on 31 July, and subsequent tests have validated the network’s capability, as reported by the university.
Tsinghua University, where Chinese President Xi Jinping studied, promotes the project as an industry-first, emphasising its reliance on domestically developed technology, with Huawei prominently acknowledged in the university’s statement.
The official Xinhua News Agency, in a report featured on Tsinghua’s website, states that the network “operates based on China’s domestically-owned key technologies.”
Huawei Technologies vice-president Wang Lei said the network was “capable of transferring the data equivalent of 150 high-definition films in just one second”.
For comparison, the world’s fastest average internet speed is in a place called Channel Islands, Jersey, with a speed of 264.52 Mbps, according to Cable.
