First solidarity videoconference from 'the roof of the world': el Everest

A 8.848 meters above sea level, at the top of Everest and for a charitable reason, British mountaineer Daniel Hughes has been the first to hold a video conference with the BBC from the 'roof of the world'.

The mountaineer Daniel Hughes has not only set a sporting challenge by climbing Everest, but technological by becoming the first to hold a video conference from its summit with the aim of raising a million pounds sterling (1,18 million euros) para la ONG Comic Relief.

From your smartphone HTC One -connected to the satellite network through the Explorer portable terminal 700 from the Danish firm Thrane & Thrane, which allows the transmission of voice and broadband data communications from anywhere in the world-, Hughes called the BBC public television channel and held a video conference for about five minutes, while with his laptop camera he showed the impressive view from the highest point on earth. "As you can contemplate," he said- this is the first video call on the planet, never done before, from the 'roof of the world'.

Although it is not the first call that has been made from the top of Everest, which counts from 2010 with a 3G telephone station in the mountain base camp managed by the Nepalese operator Ncell, Yes, it is the first time that a video conference has been held from this emblematic place.

To achieve, This athlete has used the satellite network Inmarsat Broadband Global (one of Hughes's sponsors), commonly used by other climbers on the South Face of Mount Everest, which is also where the first 3G telephone antenna that offers mobile coverage to climbers is located, as well as the possibility of sending videos and emails.