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China launches world’s fastest internet with 1.2

terabit per second link, years ahead of forecasts

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• Network can send the equivalent of 150 films per second, three times faster than nearest rival in the US and two years earlier than industry forecasts
• 3,000km of optical fibre links Beijing-Wuhan-Guangzhou as decade-long infrastructure plan nears completion

Zhang Tongin Beijing

Published: 5:00pm, 14 Nov, 2023

China has beaten a global deadline, launching the world’s first next-generation internet service – more than 10 times faster than existing major routes – two years ahead of industry predictions.

The backbone network – so called because it forms a principal data route between cities – can transmit data at 1.2 terabits (1,200 gigabits) per second between Beijing in the north, central China’s Wuhan and Guangzhou in the southern province of Guangdong.

The line, which spans more than 3,000km (1,860 miles) of optical fibre cabling, was activated in July and officially launched on Monday, after performing reliably and passing all operational tests.

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