High-speed connection 'too expensive'

Major telecom companies in Beijing are launching plans to raise the speed of their Internet services, with China Unicom aiming to top 20 Megabytes per second (Mbps) before the end of 2012.

Currently, there are four major Internet service providers in Beijing: China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile and Gehua CATV Network.

Hotline operators from the four companies said most customers use Internet services at speeds of 1-2Mbps.