Mountaineers can now make video calls from Qomolangma base camp

LHASA, Sept. 21--Mobile video calling is possible from  the 5,200-meter-high Mount Qomolangma base camp, which has been covered by the 3G network.

A just-finished week-long trial of the No. 2 China Mobile 3G base station at the camp has found it to be working well, providing a stable network service, and the signal from the base station can reach a height of 6,500 meters,according to a statement issued on Friday by the mobile operator's Tibetan branch.

Before,tourists were complaining that they could not make phone calls at the base camp, Now they can call their friends here and show them the picturesque landscape of Mount Qomolangma.