First China to Taiwan cable goes live

21 January 2013


The first subsea cable directly linking the Chinese mainland to Taiwan has reportedly gone live.

The cable, named Cross-Strait Fiber-Optic1, opened for service on Friday, according to Chinese news publication Xinhua.

China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom funded the cable on the Chinese...



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