Ningbo to be built as a "'Fiber-optic Network City"
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:36
It is learned from Ningbo Smart-city Construction Office on April 12 that by the end of 2013, the fiber-optic network will cover 2.8 million household users in Ningbo, with a coverage rate of over 78%. The goal of building Ningbo into an optical network city will be achieved one year in advance.
In 2012, the "Three-year Plan for 'Fiber-optic Network City' Construction" was launched. At the end of 2012, the city’s users with broadband access to the Internet reached 2.21 million. With the fiber-optic network covering over 1.85 million households, Ningbo realized the entire coverage of fiber-optic network in the urban area. Users of 3G network came up to 2 million households, an increase of 42.8% over the same period last year. The 3G wireless broadband network has covered the whole urban area.
