China Mobile has set up an Internet cafe on Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Located at an altitude of 5,200 meters, the Internet cafe in Tibet, along with a business hall which was also established by China Mobile, is the highest in the world and it is mainly aimed at meeting the communications demand of China's Olympic torch relay team.
China Mobile's business hall on Everest provides such services as automatic seller machine in addition to the basic services like communications fee payment and card changes. The business hall and Internet cafe are reported to have about 40 to 50 customers every day.
To ensure that staff at many of the work units on the Everest area can access the Internet smoothly, China Mobile has also expanded the bandwidth in the region.
To ensure the limited network resources can be effectively used for the torch relay, the company said that it has conducted strict management on the lines and accounts of the Everest camp and priority is given to the reporting needs of media such as Xinhua News Agency and CCTV.
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