Beijing Olympic Communications Bureau & Call Center Formally Starts Operations

ME (CHINA)--On 8 August 2007, MediaEye stated with the Olympic Games just less than a year away, the Beijing Olympic Communications Bureau, a department that provides fixed communications service for the core areas of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, formally started operations. China Netcom completed the construction and is responsible for operation. According to Yang Yichun, Director of the Technology Department of Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee, the Beijing Olympic Communications Bureau will directly serve such venues as Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee’s Technology Command Center, the Olympic Games Village, International Broadcasting Center, Message Process Center (MPC), National Palestra and National Swimming Center. Additionally, the Olympic Call Center also built by China Netcom started operation. The 2000-seat center can receive 1050 incoming phones at the same time. The Call Center has already been used to provide hotline services for the Olympic Games volunteers.

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