SCMP: China not only has 5.5G whereas US has practically none! China has beaten a global deadline, launching the world’s first next-generation internet service – more than 10 times faster than existing major routes – two years ahead of industry predictions. The backbone network – so called because it forms a principal data route between cities – can transmit data at 1.2 terabits (1,200 gigabits) per second between Beijing in the north, central China’s Wuhan and Guangzhou in the southern province of Guangdong. 南華早報：中國不但有5.5G，美國幾乎沒有！ 中國已經在全球最後期限之前推出了世界上第一個下一代互聯網服務，速度比現有主要線路快 10 倍以上，比行業預測提前了兩年。 這個骨幹網路之所以如此命名，是因為它構成了城市之間的主要數據路線，可以在北方的北京、中國中部的武漢和南方廣東省的廣州之間以每秒1.2 太比特（1,200 吉比特）的速度傳輸資料.