In an ambitious move to improve connectivity in the country, China aims to cover all of it's urban and rural regions with 4G network by 2018. This target was published in an action plan by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday.
Also, the Chinese plan to install fibre optics in more than 80% of its villages, over a period of three years and will be looking at upgrading the network of telecommunications infrastructure by “completing a broadband-based, integrated, ubiquitous and secure next-generation national information infrastructure”.
While increasing the spread of 4G, there are also plans to expedite research and development of 5G.
The action plans also details the potential integration of mobile internet, cloud computing, big data as well as, the Internet of Things (IoT) with manufacturing.
China believes that this move will encourage the healthy development of e-commerce, industrial networks and internet banking. This will provide Chinese e-commerce companies with a base to easily create an international footing.
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