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Shanghai Mobile hops on board
14/8/2007 9:56

Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai Mobile has become a partner of the 2007 Special Olympic Summer Games, which will be staged in October. The mobile carrier will upgrade phone networks for the gymnasiums and provide customized mobile services for the athletes, the company said yesterday.
A total of 160 countries will be sending more than 10,000 competitors to Shanghai.
The city's biggest mobile carrier is expanding the network capacity of the 33 Special Olympics gyms and the 139 hotels looking after the athletes and team members.
"We will make sure that the communications will be smooth during the event," said Shanghai Mobile, whose parent firm, China Mobile, is a technology partner of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Meanwhile, the carrier will provide customized mobile services for the special guests of Shanghai, such as one-button-to-talk and network meeting services for the athletes.
An athlete can automatically call a previously-assigned person such as a helper or relative after he (or she) presses the assigned button on the keyboard.
Meanwhile, the carrier has launched a short message platform, which allows citizens to send greetings and make small donations. The carrier also launched a mobile phone-based Website for the event (http://wap.monternet.com).