Compared to the size of its economy and the fact that it is the biggest broadband market -- with 30 million subscribers and growing -- in the world, IPTV hasn't been able to make much of an impact in China yet. But in about two years China is expected to the biggest market in the world. |
The Olympics in 2008 in Beijing and the World Expo in 2010 in Shanghai will ensure that the IT industry and the government will throw in their might to ensure a smooth introduction of all cutting edge communication technologies. |
The silver lining in this trend is that we could gain some manufacturing jobs in the United States. |
To deliver TV or DVD quality IPTV content, we need bandwidth of three to four mega bits per second (mbps) but the maximum bandwidth available in China is one mbps. So infrastructure has been a problem as well. |