Ok, this blog covers a whole heck of a lot concerning Mobility, and being the ultimate Mobile Warrior.  In that same vein, I don’t know how much more of a Mobile Warrior you can get when the time comes that you’ll be able to make a phone call from the very tip top of Mt. Everest!

Yeah, fairly sure when that day comes, and according to new reports, it is closer than you think, we’re all mobile warriors.  According to an article over at MobileCrunch:

“China Mobile has hired Huawei Technologies to install a GSM Base Station on Mt. Everest. The base station will be positioned at 6,500 meters and can run on solar power. The base will be positioned so communication can be made between base camps and the main rout to Everest’s summit. It will be able to communicate with satellites, so a call from the mountain can reach almost anywhere on the globe. The installation should be ready for the Beijing Olympics 2008 Torch Relay Team which will reach the top of the mountain for the opening ceremony.” 

Wow.  For some reason that’s just plain, well, cool.  Although, with technology advancing like this, it’s getting harder and harder to find excuses as to why you didn’t answer the telephone.  No longer can you say “I just couldn’t get service!”  Try it and they’ll look at you and just simply say, “Everest.”  Enough said.

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