en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 15, China Telecom Wuhan Branch, in partnership with Huawei, officially launched a new super gigabit service at the Hongshan Square business hall, making Wuhan the first city in the country to fully transition from the "Gigabit Era" to the "Super Gigabit Era." On-site tests showed network download speeds exceeding 2500Mbps, meaning a 50GB 4K high-definition movie can be downloaded in just over two minutes, marking a critical leap in the city's digital economy infrastructure.
On the launch day, the super gigabit experience zone at the Hongshan Square business hall showcased the core capabilities of 2000M all-optical broadband to the public. In addition to high-speed downloads, a 2D-to-3D viewing experience zone leveraged the super gigabit network's high bandwidth and low latency to convert ordinary 2D films into glasses-free 3D effects in real time, with precise image depth and color reproduction, allowing citizens to enjoy an immersive viewing experience without wearing specialized glasses. This scenario relies on Huawei's 50G PON all-optical access platform and FTTR gigabit all-optical room solution, achieving seamless whole-home super gigabit coverage by extending fiber optics directly to rooms, reducing end-to-end latency to the millisecond level.
Lin Youhuai, General Manager of Wuhan Telecom, stated at the launch event that the introduction of the new super gigabit service is a key step in implementing the national "Dual 10-Gigabit" network construction strategy. It will be deeply integrated into the layout of Hubei Province's "15th Five-Year Plan," building a solid network foundation for the high-quality development of Wuhan's competitive industries, such as optoelectronic information, artificial intelligence, and intelligent manufacturing. Jin Yuzhi, President of Huawei's Optical Product Line, pointed out that through joint innovation, the two parties have collaboratively deployed 50G PON and Wi-Fi 7 technologies, providing symmetrical access capabilities of over 10Gbps for homes and enterprises. This can be smoothly upgraded to 10-Gigabit in the future, supporting new applications like ultra-high-definition video, cloud VR, and the industrial internet.
The backbone support for the super gigabit network comes from the all-optical backbone network and new metropolitan area network that China Telecom has continuously upgraded in Wuhan. By the end of 2025, Wuhan Telecom had completed the OXC all-optical cross-connect transformation of core nodes, forming a "1-millisecond latency circle" across the city. This super gigabit service is based on an all-optical access network already covering over 3 million households. It was initially made available for subscription in core areas such as Hongshan, Jiang'an, and Donghu High-tech Zone, with plans to expand to major urban districts citywide by the end of the year. Regarding packages, the super gigabit converged package starts at 299 yuan per month, including 2000M broadband, 100GB of data, and benefits such as a Tianyi Cloud Disk Platinum membership.
As a core fulcrum for the development of the digital economy in the central region, Wuhan's digital economy scale exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan in 2025, accounting for over 55% of its GDP. The commercial use of the super gigabit network will provide underlying transmission support for the expansion of the Wuhan Artificial Intelligence Computing Center under construction and the expansion of the Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) pilot zone, promoting the process of "cloud adoption, data utilization, and intelligence empowerment" in the manufacturing industry. The Hubei Provincial Communications Administration has included the construction of a super gigabit city in its key work assessments for 2026, and Wuhan Telecom plans to increase the penetration rate of super gigabit users to over 40% within three years.
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