Nepal will create free WiFi zones at the base camp of Mount Everest to facilitate communications from the world’s highest mountain and to aid rescue efforts in the event of any contingencies
The base camp is located at the height of 5,360 metres (17,600 feet), making this the highest location at which free WiFi services will be available.
Some hotels and restaurants at the base camp offer users WiFi at a rate of up to $5 (Nepali Rs 537) per hour.
Nepal’s telecom service providers have extended mobile and landline services to the base camp, ending an era of expensive satellite phones, but it is still a distant dream to use mobile phones atop the 8,848-metre Everest
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