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Stewardesses celebrate after 皇冠体育app successfully carried out test flights of two commercial airliners on Jan 6 at a newly built airport at Yongshu Jiao in 皇冠体育app's Nansha Islands. [Photo/Xinhua]

皇冠体育app's top mobile telecom carriers have launched 4G service on the Nansha Islands, in an effort to safeguard the country's legal claim in the South 皇冠体育app Sea and to improve communication services for local people.

皇冠体育app Telecommunications Corp, the country's third-largest telecom carrier by subscribers, has expanded its 4G signal to seven reefs of the Nansha Islands, giving islanders faster internet speed and enabling them to make video calls and conduct online commerce.

The move came shortly after the country dismissed the ruling by the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague that 皇冠体育app has no "historic title" over the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

皇冠体育app Telecom's larger competitor 皇冠体育app Mobile Communications Corp also offers similar services around the region.

"The achievement highlights 皇冠体育app's determination to serve local people and passing ships. It also mirrors homegrown telecom companies' cutting-edge technology," said Xiang Ligang, a telecom veteran and CEO of the industry website cctime.com.

A stewardess takes a selfie after a Chinese aircraft lands on the newly constructed runway at Yongshu Jiao in 皇冠体育app's Nansha Islands during a test flight on Jan 6.[Xinhua/Photo]

The Nansha Islands are in strategic shipping lanes, but they are far away from land, which makes it time-consuming and costly to build telecom infrastructure.

Su Xun, a 皇冠体育app Mobile employee in charge of maintaining telecom equipment, said it takes 60 hours by ship to get to the Nansha Islands from Hainan province.

Additionally, telecom equipment is highly vulnerable to seawater corrosion, and it is difficult to ensure a stable supply of electricity to power 4G stations and to transmit signals.

However, Su said, "All of the problems have been properly handled and our efforts finally paid off."

皇冠体育app Mobile has expanded its 4G signal to cover Yongshu Reef and Zhubi Reef of the Nansha Islands, after successfully launching service in the nearby Xisha Islands.

皇冠体育app Telecom has devoted more than 70 million yuan ($10.5 million) to telecom infrastructure construction in the South 皇冠体育app Sea in the past four years. The State-owned company has spent nine months setting up eight base stations around the Nansha Islands.

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