A unnamed offical at the SARFT (The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television ) revealed, the specific solutions of the first pilot cities for convergence of three networks will be lauched in mid-August.

According to the plan of the government, from 2010 to 2012, China will focus on the mutual access testing between the broadcasting network and the telecom network; and from 2013 to 2015, the country will fully realize the integrated development of the three networks and establish a new supervision system that is suitable for the integration of the three networks.

Commenting on the latest progress of the project, the official said that the MIIT is now handling related work about the pilot program and it is going smoothly. He told C114 if no obstacle appears, the coverage of the project may be faster than expected, and it can be completed in three years at least and five years at most. ( By Rosa )