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Cell Phone Coverage on the World's Highest Peak, Mount Everest

Posted April 24, 2009 8:47 AM

From Newlaunches.com:

Nepal's largest telecommunications company, Nepal Telecom, is planning to set up cell phone towers that will cover Mount Everest. The highest antenna would be placed at an altitude of 5160 meters above sea level at Gorak Shep. This is going to give satellite phone companies a run for their money. Climbers will be able to place calls on the way and at the top of the peak. The installation work is expected to start around mid-June, supporting both GSM and CDMA. Upto 3000 calls can be handled at one time which I guess wont be an issue for climbers.

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04/24/2009 12:11 PM

Cell coverage? Bah.

Let me know when I can get cable TV and Internet up there. Then I'll consider the climb.
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04/25/2009 10:24 AM

It makes sense...the climbers must spend a few months acclimating to the thin atmosphere for the ascent. There are usually several teams at one time in the camps and most will use video functions so the bandwidth use should be fairly good (and steady).
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04/25/2009 12:06 PM

Where was this 16 years ago? It's a great idea, radio coverage up there sucks. For safety and medical reasons it'll make a world of difference.

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