The summit of Everest for a time remained without cellular

The mobile communications tower, which the Chinese operator China Mobile installed at an altitude of 6.500 m on Everest, was dismantled for the winter. She, along with her two “colleagues” at altitudes of 5,200 and 5,820 m, should provide communication during the ceremonial carrying of the Olympic torch before the summer Olympics in Beijing next summer. Thus, in the world again there was one place more free from mobile phone calls. But only temporarily.

Cellular coverage of the summit of Everest is, in general, not an original idea. In May of this year, a base station was installed on the mountain, with the help of which the alpinist Rob Beber made two calls. True, it was curtailed immediately after the end of his ascent, but Motorola's advertising goals managed to work to its fullest.