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Mount Everest gets 3G coverage

article published on 29 October, 2010

Nepalese telecoms firm Ncell, owned by Swedish company TeliaSonera, has made it possible for climbers of Mount Everest to make calls or surf the Internet using its 3G network. The company installed eight base stations along the route to the Everst base camp. The highest 3G base station is near the Everest base camp at 17,000 ft. Ncell head Pasi Koistinen said the coverage would reach ... [ read the full article ]

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devingman
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_ 		30. October 2010 @ 15:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm pretty sure a man from New Zealand was not the first to reach the peak of Mount Everest
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ddp
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_ 		30. October 2010 @ 15:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what makes you think that?
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aldan
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_ 		31. October 2010 @ 13:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
was hillary from new zealand?
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pmshah
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_ 		5. November 2010 @ 05:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by aldan:
 was hillary from new zealand?
Tenzing Norgay was one of the sherpas, local guide cum coolie in Edmund Hillary's - indeed a New Zealander - Everest expedition. Tenzing was probably the first one on the peak but as usual the boss gets all the credit.
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