| This report outlines the Chinese telecommunications market structure and the network deployment of China telecom, Unicom, private ministries and cable television networks. Demand for and supply of optical fiber, fiber optic cable and synchronous digital hierarchy and dense wave division multiplexing equipment are covered. The report also provides contact information on government development plans, market forecasts, service providers and key equipment manufacturers.
China's fiber optics market has been growing at an annual rate of over 30 percent during the last several years. In "China Fiber Optic Market and Opportunities" readers learn more about the demand for optical fiber, which is projected to be over 4 million km each year, of which most will be imported. By the end of 1997, China had installed over 820,000 km of fiber optic cables, over 150,000 of which are national and provincial trunks; more than 10.6 million km of cabled fiber was also installed by the end of 1997.
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