Most networks in affected areas resume operations

Telecom services in Sichuan and neighboring provinces disrupted by Monday's earthquake begin operating again yesterday, while networks in worst-hit Wenchuan and nearby counties remained cut off.

Nearly 1,990 out of the 4,457 disrupted base stations in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces were repaired yesterday, China Mobile, the county's largest mobile phone carrier, said.

One-third of the networks in the city of Dujiangyan, which lies between the quake epicenter of Wenchuan and Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, were also restored.