China Mobile Sets Up on Mount Everest

November 13, 2007

(AP) -- China's largest cell phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest on Tuesday, making it possible for climbers and those on next year's Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported.

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