With the promise of operating several times faster than existing networks, China has begun to roll out what it calls the most advanced internet network in the world.
According to Chinese tech manufacturer Huawei, the network can transfer data from 150 movies in a second at a speed of approximately 1.2 terabits, or 1,200 gigabits, per second.
This week, in collaboration with Tsinghua University in Beijing and Cernet, an education and research network supported by the Chinese government, Huawei and China Mobile formally launched the nation’s next-generation backbone network. A backbone network is the network infrastructure that carries internet traffic to various geographical locations and can handle large-scale data transfers from electric cars and 5G technologies.
A translated press release states that the new network connects Beijing and the south via 1,800 miles of optical fiber cables. It withheld information about its intentions to grow across the nation.