Rumor: China's Cable Operators to Receive Subsidies for Broadband
iFeng, 7/12/12
China's cable TV operators will receive national government subsidies for the "Broadband China Project," primarily for use in cable broadband network construction, and will also receive fixed-line network broadband operator licenses. China's telecom operators will receive no government support for building and improving their respective broadband networks.
The project is a significant opportunity for China's cable TV operators to break into the broadband market, and aims to see cable operators capture a 20% share of China's broadband services market by 2015.
Keywords: fixed-line license policy broadband telecom television network construction cable TV cable broadband government subsidy