China has been increasing efforts to promote its superfast 10-gigabit optical network pilot projects, bringing improved internet services to households and helping factories and industrial parks across the country work more efficiently.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the pilot projects in January. It said the 10-gigabit optical network represents the upgrade and evolution direction for the next-generation optical network, and the pilot projects will promote the network's evolution toward ultra-high speed, large capacity and intelligence and will be conducive to new industrialization.
Recently included in the pilot project, a residential area located in Fengtai District of Beijing saw its first household enjoy the superfast internet service on Friday.

With a 10-gigabit optical network, users can transfer a multi-gigabyte file in seconds and the quality and speed of internet service will not decline even when multiple users are holding meeting through video link or watching HD videos at the same time, making the enhanced services a perfect solution for families that have long screen time.

"We are living with our parents and our children and we use internet frequently. If the whole family surf the internet at the same time, the internet lags all the time. The grandparents like watching short videos, the children need to attend online classes and my husband and I love editing videos," said Wang Jing, a lucky customer and the first to enjoy the 10-gigabit optical network in the residential area.

To enjoy the superfast service, a special optical network terminal, which is bigger and has a 10g ethernet port, should be installed at household. Engineers said other requirements should also be met to ensure that customers can enjoy 10-gigabit optical network as fully as possible.

"To fully experience the 10-gigabit optical network, the users should install specialized routers and ethernet cables. They should also have 10g ethernet ports on their devices like computers. When they are using online services like the file hosting service, the service provider should not limit the upload or download speed. Only when all the above conditions are met can a user better experience the 10 gigabit speed," said Li Pengtao, an engineer at China Mobile who helped Wang's family to install the required equipment at their home.

Currently, the 10-gigabit optical network pilot projects have been implemented in 168 residential areas, factories, and industrial parks in 86 cities across China.