Shanghai Sets up World Largest TV Cable NetworkChina's largest industrial and commercial center of Shanghai has finished setting up an interactive wide-band cable TV network for one million users, the largest city cable network in the world, according to the Shanghai information office.The city already possesses the world's largest cable TV network with 3.2 million users. The Shanghai Municipal Government plans to make the present network entirely interactive within 3 years, providing users faster, cheaper and better access to Internet and voice transmission services. The project will help Shanghai realize the integration of cable TV, fixed telephone and data networks. An interactive network will improve the quality and safety of information transmissions via the Internet, while also greatly increasing the transmission capacity and therefore, paving the way for future broadcasting of high definition TV signals. The Shanghai Cable Network Co. Ltd., which is undertaking the project, has initiated services based on the new network, such as high-speed access to the Internet, on-line share trading, interactive TV, on-line video programming, on-line-education, on-line-medical services, e-commerce and intelligent residential community. |
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