Across China: Tibet

Tibet broadband

A Tibetan official said broadband Internet service would be available to more than half of villages in Tibet autonomous region within three years.

Chimchi, chief of Tibet autonomous regional administration for telecommunications, said the autonomous regional government signed a cooperation agreement on increasing broadband Internet access in rural Tibet with China Telecom Group, one of China's three major telecom operators.

(China Daily 06/29/2009 page11)