May 15,2008  From english.catr.cn

May 15 - China Netcom is to expand its IPTV trials to a further ten cities in the country this year, according to reports in Hong Kong newspaper The Standard, bringing the total to 16.

Jiang Zhengxin, Vice President of China Netcom, commented “We are coordinating with different departments on the expansion of the trials, and I guess I will get the answer before September of this year. For this year, at least, the trials will be expanded to ten more cities.”

The executive also commented that Netcom will not incur large costs for acquiring content, as it will promote a revenue-sharing model rather than buying content outright.

ZTE has been previously named as provider of an AVS-IPTV network for China Netcom.

Editor: Haijing Qu