China News Agency, Beijing, April 21 (Reporter Liu Yuying) May is the best climbing season for Everest every year. Before the advent of the mountaineering season, China's three major telecom operators built base stations at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and achieved 5G coverage of Mount Everest.
China Mobile said it expects to complete the construction and opening of 2 5G base stations and all 5G base stations at all points of advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters by April 25. By then, China Mobile's 5G signal will cover the summit of Mount Everest. This means that people who reach the summit will be able to use the 5G network.
China Unicom said on the 21st that at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, China Unicom achieved full 5G coverage on the 20th of Mount Everest Observation Deck and Mount Everest Base Camp No. 1 on the 20th.
At 15:30 on April 19, China Mobile and Huawei have completed the opening of 3 5G base stations at the 5,300-meter Everest base camp and the 5,800-meter transition camp. The company has launched a special action on "5G Everest" since April.
On April 13, China Telecom built a 5G base station at Camp No. 1 of Everest Base Camp, opened a 5G network, and tested on-site uplink and downlink rates of 700Mbps and 223Mbps, respectively.
The Everest Base Camp and above areas belong to the National Nature Reserve, and the use of large-scale equipment is prohibited. The three major operators carried construction materials such as optical cables, antennas, and auxiliary materials weighing several tons to an altitude of more than 5,000 meters by shoulders.
In terms of maintenance, China Mobile stated that after using Huawei equipment to build and open 3 4G base stations and 5 5G base stations simultaneously, 12 network maintenance and optimization personnel will stick to the area above 5300 meters above sea level, and will be on duty 24/7.
As of April 20, more than 6 million netizens have watched Mount Everest from the perspective of VR (Virtual Reality) and experienced the "cloud summit". The project was launched by China Telecom and Central Video. The user turns the mobile phone to see the whole view of Mount Everest 360 ° and experience the immersive feeling of watching Mount Everest at an altitude of 5000 meters.
For this live broadcast, China Telecom installed the 2-channel high-definition camera at Camp No. 1 at an altitude of 5,300 meters, and the VR camera at Everest Base Camp was deployed near Rongbu Temple at an altitude of 5000 meters. The video at the three points is transmitted back through the 5G base station located at 5300 meters. (Finish)