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Introduction of Chinese Telecommunication

International Interconnection Projects

May , 2015

Telecom Planning & Research Institute of Ministry

of Industry and Information Technology of China

Contents

2 International Interconnection Projects of China

3 Introduction of GMS Information Superhighway

1 Current International Network of China 1

The Overall Situation

• Through years of development, the coverage of China’s international communication network has achieved great improvement, the three-dimensional transmission network architecture is composed mainly of multi-directional, high capacity terrestrial and submarine optical cables, and satellite communication network as a supplement.

International Optical Fiber Cables

• International submarine optical fibers: By the end of 2014, China has established 6 international submarine cable landing stations with 8 international submarine optical cables landed on China territory. Chinese telecom operators has a bandwidth of 5600G among those landing submarine optical cables (cables landing on Hong Kong and Macau are not included). Besides self-built capacity, China has various ways including purchasing or leasing IRUs as a quick supplement to meet the demands of International gateway capacity and route security issues. China’s telecommunication networks can reach more than 30 countries which include 6 neighboring countries directly through these submarine cables

International Transmission Networks

International Optical Fiber Cables

• Cross-border terrestrial cables: Till the end of 2014, China has established 19 cross-border stations to connect 11 adjacent countries, namely North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, by setting up cross-border land optical cable systems, the over-all capacity of the system has reached above 7600Gbps (land cables to Hong Kong and Macau are not included).

International Satellite transmission system

• China’s self-organizing and managing satellites has basically formed a ‘multi-frequencies, multi-orbits, wide-coverage, multi-service, multi-user’ satellite space resource service system, covering China, Asian-Pacific, Africa, parts of Europe, China seas and India seas, etc.

International Transmission Networks

The Overall Situation

• Currently, China has 3 International Gateways which are Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and 6 regional International gateways which are Kunming, Nanning, Urumchi, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Harbin.

• Besides all these International gateways, China also built some smaller border areas International gateways in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Fuyuan, Suifenhe and Alashankou for international services of the border cities between Chinese and the neighboring countries. Only Shenzhen and Dongguan could provide both International Voice and DDN service, while the others could only provide International voice service.

Overseas POP

• By the end of 2013, Chinese telecom operators had established 54 overseas POP (Including proprietaries and tenancies), mainly distributed on North America, Europe and Asia where the international communication service demands are relatively high. These points expanded the accessibilities of China’s international communication network.

International Gateways

The Good Aspect

• Currently, we already have enough terrestrial optical cable resources connecting China to the neighbouring countries.

• We also established plenty of submarine cables connecting China to USA, which is the communication traffic converging and distributing center of whole world，although the capacity of these cables need expanding sometimes.

The Bad Aspect

• Limited by the difficulty of coordinating many countries that the route of the international terrestrial optical cable would pass, we do not have enough terrestrial optical cable connecting China to the western Asian and European countries.

• The way that China connect the western Asian and European countries is mainly using submarine cables or being transferred by the third countries.

Summary of the International Interconnection of China

Contents

2 International Interconnection Projects of China

3 Introduction of GMS Information Superhighway

1 Current International Network of China 1

Greater Mekong Subregional Information Superhighway (GMS IS)

• Commercial broadband platform, that could provide basic voice, data and internet access to facilitate applications such as distance education, telemedicine, e-government and e-commerce.

China-ASEAN Information Superhighway (China-ASEAN IS)

• According to the definition of traditional Information Superhighway and experiences drawn from GMS IS, China-ASEAN Information Superhighway shall be a complete high-speed computers interconnection system that involves communications network, computer, database and terminal, and can provide users with a great deal of information at any time

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Information Superhighway

International Interconnection Projects that China government had proposed

Build a backbone transmission network with large capacity and high reliability within 3 or 5 years that would cover the whole area, using mainly optical fiber communication technology. Based on the transmission network, establish a high speed Internet network platform to provide all kind of telecom service for governments，enterprises and private persons in the area.

Asian Information Superhighway (AP-IS)

• Initiated by Korea at ESCAP, Asian Information Superhighway aims to create international seamless broadband connectivity by linking each country’s international core backbone networks/IXPs & integrating them into a cohesive Pan Asia-Pacific backbone network.

Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway（TASIM）Project

• Initiated by Azerbaijan on UN General Assembly, this project is trying to build an international terrestrial cable network making Hong Kong and Frankfurt as the two terminal point. This network is consisted of two route, the main route would pass Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Romania and the auxiliary route would pass Kazakhstan, Russian, Ukraine and Poland. The plan of this project is that the network would be jointly constructed and operated by telecom carriers come from Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Russian and Turkey etc.

International Interconnection Projects that China are following the tracks

Brics Cable Project

• Initiated by South Africa, the project is trying to build an long distance Submarine Cable connecting the Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and USA.

The Silk Road Economic Belt Communication Network

• Work in with the construction of Silk Road Economic Belt, based on present terrestrial and submarine cable system resource and combine with the feature of communication network construction, China will perfect its communication path connecting the Baltic，west Asia，north Africa, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean by enhancing the construction of terrestrial and submarine cable.

International Interconnection Projects that China are following the tracks

The Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Submarine Cable System（ROTACS）

• Initiated by Russian, the project is trying to lay an submarine optical cable with 6 pair of fiber core in it connecting U.K. and Japan across Arctic. The Transmission capacity of each pair of fiber core is 1.6Tbit/s. The cable system also would connect China and Russia which it will pass by.

Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway （ TASIM ）

Project

北京

广州

阿塞拜疆

宽带主干线

宽带副干线

上海

香港

法兰克福

Asian Information Superhighway Route Map（from ESCAP）

Asian Information Superhighway Route Map（from ESCAP）

Original Brics Cable Route Map

Contents

2 International Interconnection Projects of China

3 Introduction of GMS Information Superhighway

1 Current International Network of China 1

Origins of Greater Mekong Subregional Information Superhighway (GMS IS)

BACKGROUND

•Proposed by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on 2004, aiming at promote communication and collaboration among countries in the sub region.

DEFINITION

•Commercial broadband platform, that could provide basic voice, data and internet access to facilitate applications such as distance education, telemedicine, e-government and e-commerce.

ATTITUDES

•Well received among governments, signed the MoU of the Information superhighway of the Greater Mekong Sub region on 2004.

•Participated operating enterprises signed the MoU of the network planning and construction of Information superhighway of the Greater Mekong Sub region on July, 2005.

GOAL

•Fiber-based backbone transmission network, with large capacity and high reliability within three to five years

•High-speed Internet platform, to provide government, businesses and individuals with a variety of high-quality telecommunication services such as voice, data and Internet.

•Promote economic, trade, cultural and information exchanges within the region, drive growth of other industries and narrow the digital divide between GMS and developed countries in the field of telecommunication.

Briefings of GMS IS

PHASES

•Phase One：Building a backbone transmission network and a high-speed Internet. Building a backbone transmission network dominated by point-to-point

architecture covering six countries.

Building a high-speed Internet connecting important nodes of the six countries and rolling out subregional Internet services.

•Phase Two：Improving the backbone transmission network and the high-speed Internet to implement the GMS information superhighway. Improving the backbone transmission network by building a new layer with

three SDH rings and by adding some SDH transmission systems into the original point-to-point structure.

Improving the Internet by expanding port capacities according to service demands, and gradually rolling out various telecommunication services.

Briefings of GMS IS

Principles of GMS IS

The network shall be effectively interconnected with domestic networks of each country so that the GMS backbone network can fully play its linking role.

The GMS backbone network shall be able to meet the growing demands by guaranteeing a future-proof size and scalability.

Measures shall be taken to guarantee survivability and reliability of the GMS backbone network.

The existing network resources shall be used as much as possible in building the GMS backbone network in order to reduce construction cost.

The network shall be built in phases and steps.

Kunming

Bangkok

Vientiane

Hanoi

Phnom Penh

Yangon

Mandalay

Ho Chi Minh City

Nanning

Jinghong

Muse

Ruili

Lashio

Mae Sot

Mae Sai

Keng tung

Muang Xay

Meiktila

Kampong Cham

Mengla

Louang Namtha

Louang Phrabang

Saisophon

Nateny

Siem Reap

Pingxiang

VinhPakxan

Aranyaptathet

Existing SDH system

Newly-built SDH system

Kakarei

Baret

Dong Ha

point-to-point architecture

(1) E1 Circuit

CAT-MPT Completed

CAT-TC Completed

ETL-CT Completed

ETL-VNPT Completed

ETL-TC Completed

TC-VNPT Completed

MPT-CT Completed

MPT-VNPT Completed

(2)STM-1 Circuit

CAT-ETL Completed

CT-VNPT Completed

ETL-CT Completed

ETL-VNPT Completed

TC-VNPT Completed

Architectures of GMS IS

2004.11

• Signing of MOU

2004.12

•Kunming

2005.12

•Thailand

• SG 1

2006.12

•Nanning

•IG4 SG2

2007.12

•Laos

•IG6 SG3

2008.3

•Phase 1 completed

2008.12

•Myanmar

•IG8 SG5

2009.12

• Cambodia

• IG10 SG5

Schemes and Progress of GMS IS

Steering Groups (SG) and Implementation Group (IG) were setup to coordinate the construction of GMS IS. IG is responsible for network planning and construction problems; meetings held twice a

year. SG is responsible for collaboration between Governments; meetings held once a year.

Achievements of GMS IS

Established the Communication Mechanism and Strengthened Mutual Trust

Effective communication mechanism has been set up between communications authorities of countries in the GMS and enterprises participating in the project.

Fruitful exchanges on the development, policies and business activities of telecommunications/ICT industry of these countries, strengthened mutual understanding and

enhanced mutual trust and friendship.

Laid good foundations for further cooperation on telecommunications/ICT sector of these

countries

Overcame the bottleneck of the development and laid foundations for the development

Facilitated the construction of domestic backbone networks of these countries.

Improved the network structure of domestic communications backbone networks of some

countries

Enhanced capabilities of communications infrastructures of countries further and laid foundations for further development of communications/ICT industry of each country and the entire sub-

region and bridging the digital divide

Increased Benefits of Enterprises and Facilitated Relevant Cooperation Great response in the world and real benefits for operators participating in the project from

these countries.

Reduced the cross-border connection fees to a large extent.

Human resource training, rural communications demonstration projects, some later- added cross-border connection programs and

some cross-border business has been enhanced.

Strengthened the Physical Connection and Promoted the Economic and Trade Development of GMS countries

Double physical routes enhanced the connectivity of communications networks among six countries and improved the cross-border

communications conditions among countries in the GMS significantly.

Met the demand for communications, helped the development of economic trade among countries through the application of various trade

informatization means on the GMS IS.

中国十分重视亚洲及太平洋建立无缝连接以促进可持续发展，愿意在增强各国国际通信能力，促进各国之间信息流通以推动经济社会更好更快发展方面分享更多经验！ China attaches great importance to the seamless connectivity for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, and is willing to share experiences on enhancing international communication capacity among countries, improving the flow of information to promote better and faster social and economic development.

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