Fujitsu Receives Order from China Telecom for Advanced SDH Digital Microwave Radio System
Tokyo: January 14, 2000 --- In cooperation with Nissho Iwai Corp.,
Fujitsu has received an order from China's largest communications
company, China Telecom, for an SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)
digital microwave radio system. The order, which is valued at
about 2 billion yen, consists of two projects: deploying a national
trunk line connecting Beijing and Harbin, and laying spur lines in
the Liaoning Province PTA. Together, the two projects will create
a transmission network capable of transferring 2.5 gigabytes per
second over the 1,400 kilometer distance between Beijing and Harbin.
China Telecom has been carrying out SDH digital microwave national
trunk line projects since 1995, and as China's economy develops, it
is moving forward to develop communications infrastructure that will
support the nation's economic activity. Up to now, national trunk
lines using digital microwave systems have been constructed in 12
districts. Fujitsu has been working on projects for China Telecom
since 1996. In September 1996, the company received an order for
a 700 km-long trunk line between Xi'an and Chengdu, China Telecom's
first digital microwave multiplex wireless system trunk line. The
project, which was completed in April 1999, won a commendation of
excellence from China Telecom. Fujitsu is also working on an
800 km-long national trunk line between Xi'an and Shijiazhuang
(order received December 1997) and a 300 km-long national trunk
line between Chengdu and Chongquing (order received June 1998).
The new Beijing-Harbin project will be the first for a national
trunk line using an upgraded model of Fujitsu's FRX SDH digital
microwave radio system, which has had a strong track record.
The world's most compact SDH digital microwave radio system, the
FRX has been used all over the world, including in China, and has
won high marks for its reliability.
When the new project is completed -- and including the optical
transmission system between Beijing and Guangzhou -- Fujitsu will
have supplied about 5,000 km of China's north-south SDH national
trunk line network linking Harbin and Guangzhou via Beijing. In
total, the company has received orders from China for SDH national
trunk line networks in nine routes covering a total distance of
12,000 km.
Because digital microwave radio systems are better able
than optical transmission systems to withstand such natural
disasters as floods and earthquakes, railroads and electrical power
authorities in China are also considering their use. Taking
advantage of the new order from China Telecom, Fujitsu will
continue to make every effort to grow its SDH digital microwave
radio systems business in China.
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