Existing fixed-line broadband speeds up to 12Mb / s or 100Mb / s, what kind of scenarios. Even if the former rate, also means to download a movie than 6 times the current speed (less than 10 minutes), watching high-definition TV on the Internet will be extremely smoothly. In fact, it has not far away. China's largest fixed-line operator China Telecom has launched high-speed broadband plan, and is expected before the end of this year more than 70% of urban users to achieve bandwidth of 12Mb / s. Before their plan is 4M. China Telecom plans behind the bandwidth speed is the department of broadcasting companies are racing to the province more than 10M bandwidth; 8 April, the Ministry of Industry issued jointly by six ministries and on promoting the views of fiber optic broadband network construction, speed up the rhythm of bandwidth speed.
Target mutation
In a few days ago a small number of participants in the telecommunications exchange meeting, in answer to a question raised by securities analysts, general manager of China Telecom Group, Wang Xiaochu should be made to rapidly expand the scale of the existing bandwidth to the end of 2010 more than 70% of urban users nationwide achieve 12Mb / s access capability.
It is worth noting that the goal is to clear three are integrated planning at the State Department after the previous target changes. According to report, China Telecom last year's target is that 90% of 2010 users to upgrade to the original bandwidth of 2M 4M. In the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway, a free upgrade to 4M ads everywhere. More long-term planning, the next 3-5 years to achieve fiber to the home to the family that 100M is expected to invest 30 billion yuan a year or so, investment is mainly concentrated in the access network and the IP bearer network.
What makes China Telecom revised target plan for the future so radical?
Last week the Ministry of Industry issued a policy paper, China Telecom may provide a policy context into conflict. April 8, six ministries and the Ministry of Industry Joint (Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban-Rural Construction, the State Administration of Taxation), issued "on promoting the views of the construction of fiber-optic broadband network" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinion"). The next three years will make fiber-optic broadband network construction investment more than 150 billion yuan, more than 50 million new broadband users. And for the "Light of Copper", fiber-optic communications network depicted clear timetable, "By 2011, more than 80 million fiber-optic broadband port city average user access capabilities 8Mb / s or more, average rural user access capability 2Mb / s or more, commercial property, the basic realization of 100Mb / s or more access capabilities. "
The "opinion" also specifically pointed out that the telecommunications company to be "fiber as close as possible the user" principle, to speed up the deployment of optical broadband access network. Among them, direct the deployment of new fiber-optic broadband network area, the region has been built "speed up the return of light into the copper network transformation"; qualified commercial buildings and implementation of optical fiber directly to the floor, park, fiber to the office, conditional implementation of optical fiber directly to residential area House, fiber to the home; priority mode using optical fiber broadband infrastructure to speed up rural information and promoting the fiber to the village.
To achieve 50 million new users for the three operators, is not difficult. But the telecom engineers that the existing financial situation and the optical fiber, full speed to 12M really quite difficult, the aforementioned technical staff, said a comprehensive ability to have the speed to 12M, but the most urgent task now is to the wireless telecommunications business forward, the current number of base stations is obviously insufficient, "wireless investment in 2010 declined by 20%, where there is more capital-to-fiber up?" At present, China Telecom in the hands of the wireless business CD-MA and the other two networks operating profitability business compared to some distance.
Funds may be the rapid escalation in the first telecommunications barriers. This reporter learned that, in order to solve the funding problem, CITIC investment bank is trying to find financing in telecommunications.
But the newspaper could not know more details.
This month, China Telecom can not afford large-scale users for wireless access at the same time the pressure that will last a long time billing according to the wireless network card into traffic, and when combined with the way looks. This means that China Telecom needs to continue every move she makes enough money to add mobile base stations. In addition, the development of C network users still rely on subsidies fully Huafei way to send mobile phone has seriously affected the C net profitability.
Forced by financial pressure, speed of the specific plan is to save the company as a unit, according to different sub-provinces of the operation of financial strength. Among them, Shanghai has made in 2012, Shanghai achieved "Fast home, Gigabit into the building, 1 million megabytes export" of network coverage. At present, Shenzhen has been achieved 8M bandwidth of households, 2012, Shenzhen broadband user access rates up to 10-100Mb / s. The western and other regions may be much slower.
Tough choice
To achieve FTTH, fiber-optic network (especially optical fiber) high initial capital costs, allowing operators to have to seriously consider the deployment of fiber-optic progress. This past ADSL twisted-pair network of resources has existed for many years, a large number of deployment, application of mature, contrast, China Telecom and China Unicom has more number of twisted pair resources.
However, since the wireless business within a short time at a disadvantage, in order to compete in the three carriers, but also the face of the upcoming broadcast on the erosion of telecom broadband services, China Telecom to consolidate fixed position, its national promotion of FTTH new requirements, China Telecom must make difficult choices.
Why is 12M? Merchants Securities analyst told reporters, 12M is not a technical indicator, is exactly the requirements of high definition television. Rival of China Telecom's new department of broadcasting has been one step ahead. Hangzhou, China Netcom, the number of broadband sources, the current number of China is actively promoting the 10M and 20M-bandwidth product, annual fee of 2,880 yuan to 3,880 yuan in between. IPTV unit of Shanghai Media bandwidth is 10M. BOC believes that telecom operators to enter the television industry through IPTV, after basically not have any competitive advantage. If the final three are integrated policy towards the "radio and television network of the Internet backbone network status, broadcasting and telecommunications companies such as free on the Internet", then Telecom would obtain in broadcasting before building a complete, established in the light transforming the manufacturing advantages.
Triple play will likely come on the pessimistic forecast is the speed telecommunications pressing one of the reasons. The fact that the current 1M-2M bandwidth can only support standard definition TV channels and simultaneous broadband Internet connection. The provincial radio and television companies are racing to its more than 10M-bandwidth applications. Although the corresponding answer on triple play strategy, China Telecom executives pointed out that "the response from the broadcasting point of view, is more afraid very clear we are not afraid, we can then more."
Triple play close to the State Council Leading Group disclosed that the three are integrated in the pilot policy in the future, will not allow both parties are happy, but it is likely to broadcast even more. Telecommunications within the already "triple play I'm afraid to let China Telecom can not get any good, but add a competitor," With the gloomy forecast.