China announced that it has launched the ‘world’s fastest internet’ with a speed of 1.2 Tb / s

China this week launched what it claims is the “world’s fastest internet.” Ability to transmit data at 1.2 Terabits per second (Tb/s)According to the companies participating in the project. The speed is approximately ten times that currently offered by the most advanced networks.

Exceeding the global deadline stipulating that ultra-high-speed internet service above 1 Tb/s will only begin in 2025, The initiative consists of: Approximately 3 thousand km fiber optic network. The cable connects the cities of Beijing in the north of the country, passing through Wuhan in the central part, and Guangzhou in the south.

This new line was commissioned in July, when tests began that helped prove the high speed provided by the backbone network. Most existing similar networks operate at “only” 100 Gb/sbut a recent upgrade of a backbone in the United States allowed it to reach 400Gb/s.

The world’s fastest internet, officially launched by the Chinese government last Monday (13), was developed in partnership with Tsinghua University, China Mobile, Cernet Corporation and Huawei Technologies. It is part of the China Future Internet Technology Infrastructure (FITI).

Hundreds of movies per second

Much faster than currently available services, China’s new ultra-high-speed internet network is capable of optimizing online streaming, downloads and many other tasks. With it, the user can: Download 150 4K movies in just one secondAs Huawei Vice President Wang Lei explained.

To benefit from the full capacity offered, it is necessary to use an ultra-fast router developed by the project participants, which may limit the service scope. In this way The network is not expected to be available to residential consumers anytime soon.

First, The new feature will serve companies, educational and research institutions, and government agencies that need increasingly faster data transfer.. In addition to connected electric vehicles, the healthcare and national security fields will also benefit from this.