Chinese state-owned telecom firms, China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom, are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar US-backed project, Reuters reported, citing four. According to news from the official website of China Telecom, the company's procurement project for trunk fiber optic cable lines and supporting equipment for the 2024-2025 period has been approved. The project is now ready for tender and is undergoing centralized prequalification. The New Cross Pacific Cable System is a 13000km new generation high capacity fibre-optic submarine cable system across the Pacific Ocean directly connecting the US and Asia with landings in China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the US. Recently, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC, stock code: 601869. HK), in collaboration with China Mobile and China Telecom, established the world's first 800G hollow-core fibre transmission test network in Shenzhen-Dongguan, Guangdong. Chinese operators are moving quickly to the next phase of residential fiber deployments by extending fiber inside homes and into individual rooms through a unique combination of a centralized ONT (Optical Network Terminal) and subtended ONT access points designed to ensure advertised speeds with.
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