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Mainland mulls cross-Strait undersea optical cable

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-10 13:23

BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland's telecommunications department is planning to build a undersea optical cable across the Taiwan Strait, a mainland official said here on Wednesday.

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Fan Liqing, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office told a press conference that the mainland hopes operators on both sides of the Strait to accelerate the process of building the undersea optical table.

"Building cross-Strait undersea optical table is a longtime wish held by telecommunications enterprises of both sides and is helpful in improving communication quality for people of the mainland and Taiwan," Fan said.