China Unveils World's Fastest Internet Service With 1.2 Terabit Network (Image: Unsplash)

China has recently introduced the fastest internet service in the world, claiming 1.2 terabits per second of data transmission speed. The South China Morning Post reported that this next-generation internet service is 10 times faster than existing major routes. With a bandwidth of 1.2 terabits (1,200 gigabits), users will be able to transmit data equivalent to 150 4K movies in less than a second.

This groundbreaking project was jointly developed by Tsinghua University, China Mobile, Huawei, and CERNET.com Corporation. The report also says that the network spans more than 3,000km (1,860 miles) of optical fibre cabling. The network links Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou, the three major cities in China. This project, which was activated in July, was launched on November 13 after successfully performing all the necessary tests.

Most importantly, this technological development has surpassed all the predictions, as experts anticipated that ultra-high-speed networks operating at 1 terabit per second would not emerge until 2025. Currently, the majority of internet backbone networks in the world operate at just 100 gigabits per second. The report by the South China Morning Post also says that the Beijing-Wuhan-Guangzhou connection is part of China’s prestigious Future Internet Technology Infrastructure (FITI) project. The FITI project, which commenced in 2013, is mainly based on IPv6-only technology and covers 31 provinces in China. With all these projects, China is mainly aiming to reduce its dependency on foreign suppliers for routers and other internet technology components, as the software and hardware of the FITI backbone are made domestically.