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V250
2013-07-04, 08:35 PM
Huawei, announced the successful deployment with China Mobile of 4G coverage atop Mount Everest, 5,200 meters above sea level.
At a June 11 ceremony marking the launch of the service, China Mobile demonstrated a series of new 4G technologies to more than 200 guests including live HD video streaming from a Mount Everest base camp to the event venue. Huawei has already delivered 4G solutions to other parts of the region including EPC, integrated equipment rooms, BTS, microwave transmission and 4G devices.

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scorpion
2013-07-05, 02:47 AM
i thought mount everest belongs to India/Nepal..then how come CM has coverage there ?

GEZA
2013-07-06, 08:12 AM
i thought mount everest belongs to India/Nepal..then how come CM has coverage there ?
Mount Everest is the border between China and Nepal.
from wikipedia:
Mount Everest (Tibetan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_alphabet): ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, Wylie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylie_transliteration): jo mo glang ma; Chomolungma; Nepali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language): सगरमाथा, Sagarmāthā[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#cite_note-4)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#cite_note-8000ersweb-5) / (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English)ˈ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)tʃ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)oʊ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)oʊ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ˌ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)l (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ɑː (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ŋ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)m (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)ə (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key)/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#cite_note-pd-6) "Holy Mother"; Chinese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 珠穆朗玛峰; pinyin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin): Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng;[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#cite_note-7)) is the Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth)'s highest mountain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains), with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and the 5th tallest mountain measured from the centre of the Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains#Summits_farthest_from_the_Earth.27s_center).[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#cite_note-Robert_Krulwich-8) It is located in the Mahalangur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal) section of the Himalayas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas). The international border between China and Nepal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal) runs across the precise summit point.