Now Mount Everest gets 3G!
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Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
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Now we can communicate even from the top of the world!
A Nepali telecommunication company will be providing third generation (3G) mobile network at the summit of Mount Everest.
The Ncell company has set up a 3G phone base station at Gorakhshep in the Everest region at a height of 5200 metres.
It’s the world’s highest 3G mobile phone base station. TeliaSonera also has the record for setting up the world’s lowest 3G base station at a height of 1400 metres below sea level in a European mine.
The Everest station will have coverage till the summit at 8848 metres and allow thousands of climbers access to high speed internet and video calls using their mobile phones.
A Nepali telecommunication company will be providing third generation (3G) mobile network at the summit of Mount Everest.
The Ncell company has set up a 3G phone base station at Gorakhshep in the Everest region at a height of 5200 metres.
It’s the world’s highest 3G mobile phone base station. TeliaSonera also has the record for setting up the world’s lowest 3G base station at a height of 1400 metres below sea level in a European mine.
The Everest station will have coverage till the summit at 8848 metres and allow thousands of climbers access to high speed internet and video calls using their mobile phones.
