In China, the country’s first broadband network of the new generation according to the 10G standard has been officially launched. Its implementation was carried out by the Huawei company in partnership with the telecommunications operator China Unicom. The pilot launch took place in the Xi’an district of Hebei province — one of China’s key technology centers, located near Beijing. It is reported Mydrivers with reference to the technical data of the project.
The new Internet service was created on the basis of the world’s first complex solution of the 50G PON (Passive Optical Network) standard. This technology makes it possible to significantly increase the bandwidth of the network — from the traditional level of 1 gigabit per second to 10 Gbps for each user. In addition, the developers achieved a significant reduction in latency — to the level of just 3 milliseconds.
Real tests showed that the download speed on the new network reaches 9834 Mbps, and the data transfer speed reaches 1008 Mbps. This far exceeds the current standards of home broadband Internet and opens up new opportunities for technologies that require high bandwidth: 8K video broadcasts, cloud computing, augmented and virtual reality services, remote control of production processes.
The launch of the 10G network in Xi’an was another confirmation of China’s position as a world leader in telecommunications. The material emphasizes that as of January 2025, 4.25 million base stations of the 5G standard are already operating in the country — this is more than in any other country in the world.
Experts see the introduction of 10G not only as a breakthrough in Internet speed, but also as a key step towards the formation of the infrastructure of the future, which will ensure technological autonomy, the development of the digital economy, and the support of critically important sectors — from healthcare to industry.
The project in Xi’an is considered as a pilot zone, after which similar networks are planned to spread to other regions of China.
