The China International Import Expo in November will offer visitors an upgraded network that can provide Internet access for 300,000 smartphones simultaneously, 4G plus speed up to 170 megabits per second, multi-language hotline services and free Wi-Fi for the whole exhibition, Shanghai Daily learned yesterday.
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China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile carrier, has spent over three months to upgrade the network at the exhibition. In a recent test, the network was able to provide Internet access to 300,000 smartphones at a peak speed of 170 mbps.
The mobile carrier has also upgraded telecommunications services at airports and railway stations. In the Hongqiao railway station, the daily mobile capacity is now 250 gigabytes, up nearly 40 percent year on year.
During the expo, held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, China Mobile Shanghai branch will open multiple language hotline services in English, Japanese, Korean, German, French and Spanish.