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Optical fiber cable reaches China's last county of no fiber

China on Monday launched an optical fiber cable transmission project in the country's last county without fiber, Medog in Tibet, ending the county's isolation with the outside world. Medog started to launch services of 3G and wireless broadband with... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Sep 23 2009

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