Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Checking e-mail at 17,000 feet on Mt. Everest

China Mobile has opened a wireless service center and an internet cafe at an altitude of 17,000 feet at Everest base camp, making this the highest internet cafe in the world, according to People's Daily Online.

According to reports, the Internet cafe is aiming to effectively protect the Olympic torch relay teams' communications needs at Mount Qomolangma in Tibet. China Mobile has built a business office and Internet cafe at an altitude of 5,200 meters at Mount Qomolangma base camp to provide mobile services and Internet services to government officials, mountain climbing members and journalists.

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