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China Netcom to beam 2008 Beijing Regatta
By Zhang Yu’an (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-08-10 13:52

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QINGDAO: China Netcom has vowed to build the world’s most advanced
telecommunications network for the Sailing Regatta of the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games.

Qingdao, a coastal city of East China’s Shandong Province, will host the
regatta and China Netcom (CNC), a leading fixed-line carrier in the
country, is an Official Partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

General manager of CNC’s Qingdao Branch Wang Zhili said his company was
well prepared to provide secure and highly efficient services including
high-speed networks, broadband access and high-tech systems during the
regatta.

The company has invested heavily in planning and infrastructure at the
sailing base and related facilities.

The telecom facilities include trunk telecom lines, a landing station for
the East Asia Crossing (EAC) submarine cable system and an upgrade of the
IP’s local network and main exchange stations.

A newly laid submarine cable linking the Qingdao landing station with the
EAC submarine cable system, for instance, has a transmission capacity of
40G.

As the northernmost landing site for China, the Qingdao landing station
has halved the distance between Chinese cities and that of Japan and
South Korea. Therefore, the submarine cable system will guarantee high
quality, live audio/video transmission for the sailing regatta of the
Games to the world.

Zang Aimin, executive vice-president of the Sailing Committee of the
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, said that the landing
of the EAC submarine cable system in Qingdao ensured a highly advanced
digital coverage.

China Netcom Qingdao Branch is also the only local telecom operator to
have tested the TD-SCDMA network, China’s third generation (3G) mobile
telecommunication technology.

Wang said Qingdao had the largest and most complicated test network among
three across the country.

To date, the company has completed construction of the 3G business
platforms.

Wang said that being the fixed line telecommunication partner of the
Sailing Regatta of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games had also helped his
company raise its profile in the city.

This has helped it accelerate the launch of more new products covering
government and community information services, call centers for leading
local and international companies, and information services for remote
rural areas as well as small and medium enterprises.

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Recreation – One year and counting…

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One year and counting…
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-08-08 15:38

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Overseers of all major competitive events are chosen.

Scenarios for both the opening and closing ceremonies are done.

Except for the ultra-modern main stadium, which needs special
modification for the opening ceremony, all Games venues will be completed
by year’s end.

In the meantime, food safety and traffic control programs are already on
the drawing board.

Preparations for the 2008 summer Olympics appear exceptionally well today
as Beijing marks the one-year countdown to the world’s most celebrated
sporting fiesta.

Given the city’s and the country’s growing financial prowess, and the
exceptional rallying power of the widely shared Olympic dream in this
country, there is little doubt about Beijing’s capabilities for
delivering what it promised to the International Olympics Committee. The
city is actually investing more than is necessary for the Games.

In addition to brand-new Games venues, the city is managing an all-round
facelift to match its coveted image as an international metropolis. Roads
are being widened or repaved. Old buildings are being whitewashed. New
gardens are being added at street corners.

With a full year to go before the big day, the Games’ organizers and
urban planners have enough time to do the cosmetics. But a successful
Olympics entails more than all that.

The recent downpours in Beijing are an embarrassing warning against blind
optimism about the city’s contingency plans.

For one thing, the city’s underground drainage system turned out to be
disappointingly inadequate. So was the authorities’ response. Deep pools
emerged at major crossroads and flyovers on the city’s major roads,
literally cutting off traffic for long hours. Without major operations on
the current network, there is no guarantee such incidents will not be
repeated next summer.

We share the organizing authorities’ concern about Beijing residents’
manner problems. A more pressing imperative, however, is to upgrade the
municipal authorities’ competence for coordinating the
sometimes-conflicting needs of the Games and normal local life.

For instance, it is easy to impose strict traffic control schemes. But it
takes a lot more deliberation if convenience and satisfaction of all
parties is taken into consideration.

One year may be more than enough for the construction part, but barely
enough for the rest.

And the latter will prove to be equally, if not more, important.

Good luck Beijing.

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Updated: 2006-05-24 11:44

Brazil’s (front row, L-R) Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Ze Roberto, Roberto
Carlos, Emerson, (back row, L-R) Dida, Adriano, Juan, Kaka, Lucio and
Cafu pose for a team photo at the Mangueirao stadium in the northern
Brazilian city of Belem, October 12, 2005. [Reuters]

Squad Statistics
No. NAME POS H(M) W(Kg) Age
1 Nelson Dida G 1.95 85 32
12 Ceni Rogerio G – - -
22 Julio César G 1.86 79 26
2 Cafu D 1.78 78 35
3 Ferreira Lucio D 1.88 82 28
4 Juan D 1.81 73 27
6 Roberto Carlos D 1.68 70 33
13 Cicinho D 1.72 68 25
14 Anderson Luisao D 1.92 81 25
15 Cris D 1.80 77 28
16 Gilberto D 1.80 78 30
18 Jose Gomes Edmilson D 1.86 75 29
5 Fereira da Rosa Emerson M 1.79 74 30
8 Kaká M 1.83 73 24
11 Jose Ze Roberto M 1.72 71 31
17 Gilberto Silva M 1.91 78 29
19 Pernambucano Juninho M 1.79 74 31
20 Luis Ricardinho M – - -
10 Ronaldinho F 1.81 80 26
21 Fred F 1.85 75 22
23 Robinho F 1.72 60 22
7 Adriano S 1.89 86 24
9 Ronaldo S 1.83 77 29

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