According to an announcement on China Unicom's procurement and bidding website, the 2025 tender for the procurement of hollow-core fiber hybrid optical cables for the China Unicom Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cross-Border Financial Services Data Corridor project has been publicly initiated, with Guangdong Unicom as the tenderee.
This procurement involves hybrid optical cables containing hollow-core fiber, along with fiber splicing and termination services, and corresponding auxiliary materials. The specific procurement scale is as follows: 40km of G.652D 36-core + hollow-core 2-core hybrid GYTS93 optical cable, and 1km of G.652D 36-core + hollow-core 2-core hybrid GYFTZY optical cable.
Calculations based on this indicate a total procurement of 82 core-kilometers of hollow-core fiber for this project.
The project has a budget of 3.232 million yuan (excluding tax). A maximum bid price limit is set, with the highest acceptable bid discount being 95%. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. It can be observed that the unit price of the hollow-core fiber does not exceed 40,000 yuan per core-kilometer.
Currently, major domestic optical fiber manufacturers in China possess the capability to supply hollow-core fiber. China Unicom has also completed field trial validations of hollow-core fiber with manufacturers in live networks.