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A phone tower that reaches the Gods
China state media reported Wednesday that the nation had successfully tested a mobile phone station atop Mt. Everest ahead of Olympics. It was "incredibly difficult" to build as oxygen levels at the site were only 38 percent of those at sea level, the carrier's general manager Wang Jianzhou was quoted by Xinhua as saying. State media says the station at 21,450 feet was built to help climbers as well as facilitate communications for the bearers of the Olympic torch, which Beijing 2008 Games organizers plan to carry to Everest's summit. The station, the world's highest cell phone base, is run by China Mobile, the country's largest mobile phone service provider. The station's key equipment was immediately packed away after the test for the harsh Tibetan winter and will be reassembled in time for the torch visit expected in May next year, Xinhua news agency reported.
Posted on November 14, 2007 4:39 AM PT | Permalink
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