China Mobile sets up World’s Highest Net Cafe

China Mobile has set up the world’s highest internet cafe on Mount Everest, prinicipally to cater to the needs of China’s Olympic torch relay team. At a breathtaking altitude of 5200 meters, the complex also includes a business hall providing such services as automatic seller machines, as well as basic services like communications fee payment and card changes. The business hall and the net cafe are doing brisk business with up to 50 customers daily. China’s telcos are currently engaged on various projects to boost bandwidth in rural areas of the country. Over 50 million of China’s current 220+ million net users are rurally based, and this number is growing rapidly.

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