1、Shanghai to Increase Internet Speed for the 6th TimeRecently， China Telecom an- nounced in a high profile in Beijing about the third round of massive Internet speed increase in China， through which it officially began to spread the 100Mb broadband. This means that Chinese households are going to get
2、 into the“New Age of 100Mb” at a quicker pace. On September 1， China Telecoms branch in Shanghai， known as China Telecom Shanghai， geared up the sixth Internet speed increase campaign of“Smarter City”. China Telecom Assists in ICT-based Projects On July 12， Chinas Premier Li Keqiang held a standing
3、conference of the State Council to study the policies and measures about promoting the investment and put forward the requirements for the national strategy“Broadband China”. China Telecom is to increase the Internet speed for the third time in China. Concretely， it is going to follow the “Broadband
4、 China”with the better broadband accessibility， optimized information consumption environment and assistance in the national ICT-based projects. As the largest cable broadband service supplier in the world， China Telecom always considers the improvement of broadband services and qualities for Chines
5、e consumers as its ultimate re- sponsibility. In the past 15 years， China Telecom has already staged two cam- paigns of increasing Internet speed， and China Telecom Shanghai has made five of them. The new campaign of increasing the Internet speed to 100Mb this time brings the broadband for Chinese c
6、onsumers closer to the international level， good for the economic development and transformation of this country. The 100Mb broadband is of great help for the development of ICT in China. Chinas Internet-based industries are booming with the continuous appearance of big data， cloud computing， Intern
7、et of things and mobile Internet. Several domestic innovative Internet enterprises have been founded there， walking abreast with the stateof-the-art technologies of the world. Meanwhile， the governments of different levels pushed the development of “Broadband China” as the essential support for the
8、“Smarter City”and the intelligence improvement of enterprises. China Telecom is now the largest rudimentary Internet operator in China. Its assumption of the new campaign of Internet speed increase will have profound influence over the in-depth combination of ICT development with urbanization and in
9、dustrialization. Let the household broadband fly Generally， the 8Mb broadband is enough for the users to watch the HD IPTV. If a house is installed with the 100Mb broadband， it will create an In-ternet world. Through the fiber-optics all demand about online video， music， game and so on could be met.
10、 The online shopping has become the habit of many people. With the help of 100Mb broadband， it only needs 1 second to finish the order and another second for making payment， freeing you from the worries of “no time for sales promotional campaign”. In the “Age of 100Mb Broadband”， the smart phone， la
11、ptop and Pad can enjoy the large broadband， allowing several people to enjoy online games without delay and allowing family members to collect their own favorite HD IPTV programs. “Smart Household”within Reach The 100Mb broadband is also going to assist in the upgrade of Smart Household. As the 100M
12、b broadband is connected to more and more families， more apps and services will be brought to their daily life， letting each family share the fruits of the ICT development. The household customers can build a seamless smart network group through the fiber-optical broadband， high-speed mobile Interne
13、t and household smart gateway to have the integrated solutions to information， communication and entertainment. They can watch HD videos， play motion sensing games and use smart household apps. In addition to that， the users can also have video monitoring for the safety of their houses， pay for the
14、gas， water and electricity online and realize the function of sharing information across IPTV， Pad and smart phones. The Smart Household is going to be connected to Smarter City and Smart Community， which will expand the depth and width of use of ICT in the household level. The “Smart Household” can
15、 bring about the ICT-based， digital and intelligent family life and establish a smoother bridge between the family and the city and society， making the blood relation more intimate and the life more convenient. Pave the way for information consumption The analysis organization says that the informat
16、ion consumption market in China reached RMB 1.7 trillion in 2012， up 29% from a year before. This generated the additional industrial output of RMB 930 billion. In 2015， the size of information consumption is expected to exceed RMB 3.2 trillion. Such a large size proves the thriving demand and consu
17、mption power of the masses. It also reflects the significance of improving the Internet speed. Since only the faster network can ensure more apps and experiences to be brought to consumers. The 100Mb broadband is like an expressway， on which all information consumption objects are running fast， brin
18、ging more versatile demand and services and greater social benefits. The logistics of contents is the best example of the benefits. The large amount of data could be transferred through the Internet too. The express is no longer needed. For example， a video that takes 100Gb could only be sent from G
19、uangzhou to Beijing as stored in a hard disk， which is slow and insecure. The 100Mb network allows it to be transferred directly through the Internet， which is quick， safe and much less costly. The change has already begun. China Telecom， as the main force of the broadband construction in China， acc
20、elerates the upgrade of fiber-optical network and the infrastructure of communication through the “Broadband China” strategy. It is dedicated to building a refined broadband network. Meanwhile， China Telecom holds to the principle of “customer first， service foremost” and provides a series of servic
21、es for customers in the installation， maintenance and service of broadband. The 6th internet speed increase China Telecom Shanghai began the strategic deployment of “Metro Optical Network” （MONET） in 2009. From 2011 to now， it already increased the Internet speed five times based on the “Smarter Cit
22、y” project and overcame many difficulties. The average bandwidth in Shanghai increased by 100% annually and it only took two years to complete the upgrade that cost the U.S.， Japan and Korea a dozen years. The MONET project in Shanghai witnessed leapforward development. The campaign with the theme o
23、f “New City Images 2007-2012” held by the Shanghai government also listed the construction of “No. 1 fiber-optic city” in China as one of the ten major progresses in five years. By June， the subscribers to China Telecom Shanghais MONET took 73% of the total Internet users in this city. The average bandwidth of the broadband users has exceeded 20Mb. According to NetIndex， CCIndex and 360， Shanghai ranked No. 1 in China in terms of the Internet speed. Then， here comes the 6th time of Internet speed increase， which will bring the Internet industry of Shanghai to a new height.
