A quest to bring high-speed internet and 3G mobile telephony to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has been won by TeliaSonera.
在一场为全球最高峰——珠穆朗玛峰(Mount Everest)——提供高速互联网和3G移动电话服务的角逐中，北欧电信公司TeliaSonera最终胜出。
The Scandinavian telecoms company and Ncell, its Nepalese subsidiary, on Thursday beat rival networks to bring mobile data services to the Everest base camp, 5,200 metres above sea level, and the surrounding area.
周四，TeliaSonera及其尼泊尔子公司Ncell击败竞争对手，将为位于海拔5200米之上的珠峰营地及周边区域提供移动数据服务。
The technological breakthrough comes 57 years after the first successful ascent of the mountain by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
在埃德蒙•希拉里(Edmund Hillary)爵士和丹增•诺尔盖(Tenzing Norgay)首次成功登顶珠峰57年之后，人类完成了此次技术上的突破。
The achievement puts TeliaSonera ahead of state-controlled Nepal Telecom, Indian-owned United Telecom and, on the other side of the mountain range, China Mobile.
TeliaSonera击败了尼泊尔电信(Nepal Telecom)、印度国有公司United Telecom以及珠峰另一侧的中国移动(China Mobile)，取得了这项成就。
Three years ago China Mobile erected a voice-only transmission station on Everest, which straddles Nepal and Tibet. The high-altitude station made it possible to make calls along the climbing route.
三年前，中国移动在尼泊尔和西藏交界处的珠峰上建立了只能传输语音信号的基站。这种高海拔基站的建立，使人们有可能在登山线路上拨打电话。
TeliaSonera had to overcome a harsh environment of freezing temperatures and no electricity supply.
TeliaSonera必须克服恶劣的环境，包括严寒，以及没有电力供应。
The Everest mobile base station, which costs about four times as much as a mobile base station in less challenging terrain, is entirely powered by solar energy. It has to be maintained at an altitude where the thin air makes it a struggle for humans to breathe.
这座珠峰移动基站完全由太阳能供电，成本大约是普通地区建站费用的4倍。TeliaSonera还必须在空气稀薄得令人难以呼吸的高度对它进行维护。
The mobile signal, however, does not reach the summit of the mountain.
不过，移动信号无法到达珠峰峰顶。
Lars Nyberg, TeliaSonera chief executive, described Everest’s newfound connectivity as a “great milestone” for mobile telecommunications and for his “pioneering” company, which is listed in Stockholm and Helsinki.
TeliaSonera首席执行官拉尔斯•尼伯格(Lars Nyberg)表示，对移动电信行业以及“首开先河的”该公司而言，在珠峰上新建网络是一个“巨大的里程碑”。TeliaSonera在斯德哥尔摩和赫尔辛基上市。
The 3G services allow visitors to Everest and local people to browse the internet, send video clips and e-mails, and call friends and family across the world at a fraction of the cost of the traditional satellite phone.
3G服务可以让珠峰游客和当地人上网、发送视频文件和电子邮件，并与全球各地的朋友和家人通话，费用比传统卫星电话低得多。
“From its perch on the world’s tallest mountain, 3G high-speed internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services to the people living in the Khumbu Valley, trekkers and climbers,” Mr Nyberg said from Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital.
尼伯格在尼泊尔首都加德满都表示：“（公司建造的）3G高速网络将从世界上海拔最高的山峰，为昆布谷(Khumbu Valley)居民、旅友和登山者提供更快、更便宜的电信服务。”
“From the base camp, climbers can now call London and show their faces [on video]. Telecommunications have come a long way.”
“登山者现在可以从营地给伦敦打电话，并（在视频里）露面。电信已取得了长足的进步”。
Only about a third of Nepal is covered by a mobile telephone signal. Internet penetration is a mere 2 per cent.
在尼泊尔，手机信号只覆盖了大约三分之一的地区，互联网普及率仅为2%。
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