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Nortel Networks completes one of world's longest optical networks for China Telecom. (Fiber Optics/Broadband).(Brief Article)

China Telecom, January, 2002

China Telecom and Nortel Networks announced the official opening and commercial operation of China Telecom's national high-speed transmission network, based on Nortel Networks optical networking equipment.

The 15,000-km network is believed to be one of the world's longest. Its spans 18 of China's total 31 provinces and covers most of the country's developed areas. The network is the most significant project China Telecom has built in recent years. It provides China Telecom with the massive bandwidth and levels of network intelligence that it needs, as well as enabling China Telecom to drive to the industry's lowest cost per connected bit.

In an international public tender announced in February 2001, China Telecom awarded Nortel Networks a contract...

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