As a testing and service provider for optic component makers Agilent followed in the footsteps of many manufacturers by launching Asia's biggest optic testing centre in Shenzhen. The US-based company has received positive feedback from its factory in Shenzhen. China has become and will remain the biggest market for optic communication equipment said Yang. Besides dozens of overseas companies domestic firms are also choosing Shenzhen as their optic hub. Huawei which produces over half of the country's optic components and ZTE Zhongxing are also headquartered in Shenzhen.
China has the best optic engineers in the world.
Low labour costs and a friendly investment environment have attracted and will continue to attract more companies to invest here said Xu from Oplink. China has decided to significantly increase its investment in the telecom network to facilitate high speed information transmission. China Telecom the country's dominant fixed-line network owner has decided to set up a nationwide broadband network composed of optic fibre in the coming three to five years. Its present copper wires will soon be replaced by optic fibre which supports much faster data transmission and multi-media communications according to the company. All rights reserved.