"An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale knocked out mobile phone service in the western Chinese city of Chengdu, although fixed-line networks remained in service, Chinese state television reported Monday afternoon.
Mobile phone service in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, was not available because of the earthquake, a representative of the Sichuan Earthquake Bureau told China Central Television (CCTV) in a live telephone interview. He did not specify whether the networks of both China Mobile, the nation's and world's largest mobile carrier, and China Unicom, China's other major mobile carrier, were affected.
A CCTV reporter in Chengdu confirmed that mobile service was not available, but that fixed-line service from Chengdu was still operating, as he called CCTV's studios in Beijing from a public phone. CCTV advised people watching in the area to remain calm and not jam phone lines with calls to family and friends."
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