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World's tallest building has own cell network

Taipei 101

The world's tallest building (at least for another year or so we think), the Taipei 101 (at 1666 feet high, and yes, 101 floors) in Taiwan has contracted with Ericsson to provide cellphone service within the building, with support for all the major cellular networks, from GSM 900/1800 to CDMA 800/2000, and WCDMA. The system will also work seamlessly even when patrons travel on the elevators, which travel up to 1000 meters per minute (about 55 feet per second). We're totally getting Ericsson to do our building, too.