I-Amazon idlale indima enkulu ebhizinisini lezokuxhumana zasemkhathini ngokumemezela ukuthengwa kwe- I-Globalstar ngamaRandi ayizigidigidi eziyi-11.570, cishe ama-€9.900 billion ngokwesilinganiso sokushintshaniswa kwamanje. Lokhu kuthengiselana, okusalinde ukuvunyelwa komthetho, kuqinisa ngqo inethiwekhi yesathelayithi yenkampani ejikeleza umhlaba ophansi, i-Amazon Leo (eyayikade iProject Kuiper), futhi kuyibeka endaweni yokuncintisana ngempumelelo ne I-Starlink, i-SpaceX constellation okuhamba phambili emakethe namuhla.
Ngale kwenombolo, ukunyakaza kufuna into eqondile kakhulu: ukuthi ukuhlala okujwayelekile kuxhunyiwe kumaselula ngisho noma kungekho ukumbozwa komhlabaUkuze kufezwe lokhu, i-Amazon ayigcini nje ngokuthola imikhumbi yesathelayithi ye-Globalstar, kodwa futhi ithola ne-spectrum yayo yomsakazo we-L-band kanye nobuchwepheshe bayo bokusebenza ekuxhumaneni ngqo nedivayisi (i-D2D), insimu ebalulekile iYurophu neSpain eziqaphayo eduze ngenxa yomthelela wayo ekuxhumaneni kwasemakhaya kanye nokuphepha.
Enye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu ezithengiwe emlandweni we-Amazon
Ukuthengwa kweGlobalstar kuphakathi kwe Imisebenzi yebhizinisi ebaluleke kakhulu ye-AmazonUkuthengwa kwe-Whole Foods supermarket chain kuphela, okwaqedwa ngo-2017 ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-13.700, okudlula inani layo, kuyilapho kushiya ezinye izimali ezibalulekile njengokuthengwa kwe-MGM Studios, enenani elicishe libe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-8.500.
Isivumelwano sibeka intengo $ 90 ngesabelo ngasinye kusuka ku-Globalstar. Abanikazi bamasheya bazokwazi ukukhetha phakathi kokuthola leso samba ngokheshi noma ukuthola Amasheya avamile e-Amazon angu-0,3210 ngesabelo ngasinye abanaso. Kodwa-ke, ingxenye yemali inqunyelwe: okungenani, u-40% wamasheya e-Globalstar angaqedwa ngemali, kanti okusele kuzoguqulwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kube amasheya e-Amazon ngendlela ye-pro-rata.
Intengo isho ukuthi iphrimiyamu idlula u-31% ngaphezu kwentengo yokuvala imakethe yamasheya ngomhlaka-1 kuMbasaLokhu kwenzeke ngaphambi kokuba kuputshuke izingxoxo ezisemthethweni phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili. Ezinye izilinganiso zize zikhulume ngeprimiyamu ephezulu kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nentengo yamasheya ezinyangeni ezedlule, okubonisa ukubaluleka kwesu kwezimpahla ze-Globalstar kunemiphumela yayo yezezimali yamanje.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isivumelwano sihlanganisa okungenzeka ukwehliswa okufika ku-$110 million emalini iyonke uma i-Globalstar yehluleka ukuhlangabezana nezinyathelo ezithile zokusebenza, okuhlanganisa nokuthunyelwa kwesathelayithi esithathe indawo ye-HIBLEO-4. Empeleni, lesi yisigatshana sokuvikela i-Amazon esixhunywe entuthukweni yobuchwepheshe yephrojekthi.
Abanikazi bamasheya be-Globalstar bamele cishe 58% wamandla okuvota Sebavele banikeze imvume yabo ebhaliwe, bevula indlela yokuvala kokugcina, okuyinto amaqembu ayibeka eceleni. 2027, kulinde imvume evela kubalawuli — okuhlanganisa ne-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) e-United States — kanye nokuhambisana nemigomo yokuthunyelwa okuvunyelwene ngayo.
Lokho i-Amazon ekutholayo: amasathelayithi, i-spectrum, kanye nobuchwepheshe be-D2D
I-Globalstar akuyona inkampani edumile eYurophu, kodwa itholakala emkhakheni we- ukuxhumana kwesathelayithi yeselula Sekuyiminyaka eminingi iwumdlali oyinhloko. Yaqala njengebhizinisi elihlangene eliqhutshwa yiQualcomm kanye neLoral futhi yethula amasathelayithi ayo okuqala e-low Earth orbit (LEO) ngo-1998. Ekupheleni kuka-2025, inkampani yayicishe ibe yingxenye yesivumelwano. Abhalisile abangu-800.000 ezinsizakalweni zayo zesathelayithi eziphathwayo, eziningi zazo zigxile ekuphepheni, endaweni kanye nokuxhumana okubalulekile.
Njengamanje, i-Globalstar isebenza cishe amasathelayithi e-LEO angamashumi amabili nanhlanu, njengoba ukwanda kweqoqo layo lezinkanyezi sekuqalile kakade okufanele kuliphakamise libe cishe Iziphuphutheki ezingama-54, kufaka phakathi amayunithi okusekelayo. Inethiwekhi yayo inikeza ukumbozwa engxenyeni enkulu yeplanethi, kanye nokuba khona kwayo I-United States, iCanada, iYurophu, iMelika Ephakathi kanye neNingizimu, okuhambisana nesifiso se-Amazon Leo somhlaba wonke.
Kodwa-ke, impahla efiseleka kakhulu akuzona nje iziphuphutheki, kodwa i-spectrum enelayisensi ku-L-band (ibhendi ye-MSS). Lolu hlobo lwemvamisa luvumela ukuxhumana kwamandla aphansi ngqo phakathi kwamasathelayithi namadivayisi afana namafoni avamile, ngaphandle kwesidingo sama-antenna amakhulu noma imishini ekhethekile. Ukuthola lolu hlobo lwe-spectrum kusukela ekuqaleni akunakwenzeka emazweni amaningi ngoba luyinsiza entulekayo, elawulwayo, futhi kakade eyabelwe.
Ngale ntengiselwano, i-Amazon igcina Amalayisense e-MSS spectrum anezimvume zomhlaba wonkeI-Amazon isebenzisa iziteshi zasemhlabathini ze-Globalstar, ilawula ingqalasizinda, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokusebenza ukuze ithuthukise izinsizakalo zayo. Ukuya Kudivayisi Ngokuqondile (D2D) yenethiwekhi yayo yesikhathi esizayo yeLeo, enye yezindlela ezinkulu zenkampani kaJeff Bezos zokuzihlukanisa nezimbangi zayo.
Lolu hlelo luhilela ukuhlanganisa amasathelayithi e-Globalstar akhona kanye nawesizukulwane esilandelayo ne-Amazon Leo broadband constellation, ukudala i- izakhiwo ze-hybrid ikwazi ukunikeza i-inthanethi esheshayo ngama-terminal athile kanye nokuxhumeka okuqondile kumaselula nakwamanye amadivayisi ahambisanayo.
I-Amazon Leo: kusukela ku-Project Kuiper kuya kunethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke enezifiso zaseYurophu
I-Amazon Leo, igama inkampani elinike lona elidlule Iphrojekthi KuiperLena yindlela enkulu inkampani ezimisele ngayo ukuncintisana ne-Starlink ebhizinisini lokuxhumana kwesathelayithi. Umgomo oshiwoyo uwukusabalalisa ulwazi oluzungezile Amasathelayithi angu-3.200 asezojikeleza uMhlaba ophansi ngo-2029kanti ingxenye yabo isebenza ngaphambi kwesikhathi esibekiwe ngabalawuli.
Ngokusho kwe-Amazon uqobo, Ukuthunyelwa okukhulu kwaqala ngo-Ephreli 2025 Futhi, kuze kube namuhla, inkampani ithi isivele inazo izinto ezingaphezu kwalezi Amasathelayithi angama-200 ku-orbit ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwezinsizakalo zayo zezentengiselwano. Ukwethulwa okugcwele kwe-Amazon Leo kuhlelelwe maphakathi no-2026, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi inikeze ukuxhumana kwe-broadband ezimakethe ezahlukene, okuhlanganisa neYurophu.
Le nkampani ithembisa ukusebenza okumangalisayo: imibiko yayo yangaphakathi ithi inethiwekhi yeLeo izonikeza phakathi umthamo wokulayisha ophindwe kasithupha kanye nophindwe kasishiyagalombili kanye nesivinini sokulanda esiphindwe kabili uma kuqhathaniswa nezixazululo zesathelayithi zamanje, kanye ne- izindleko eziphansi ngebhithi ngayinye uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela. Lokhu kukhanga kakhulu opharetha baseYurophu kanye nohulumeni abafuna ukuletha i-inthanethi ezindaweni zasemakhaya ngaphandle kokuthembela kuphela ku-fiber noma ku-5G.
Okwamanje, i-Amazon isivele ivale amadili nabalingani abaningi abakhulu. Phakathi kwamakhasimende kanye nabalingani inkampani ekhuluma ngabo kukhona izindiza ezifana ne- Izindiza zeDelta kanye neJetBlueopharetha abafana I-AT&T, i-Vodafone kanye ne-DirecTV eLatin America, i-Australian National Broadband Network kanye nezinhlangano ezifana ne- NASAEndabeni yeVodafone, ekhona kakhulu eSpain naseYurophu, ukusebenzisana ne-Amazon Leo kungaholela ezinhlinzekweni ezintsha zokuxhumeka komhlaba kanye nesethelayithi eminyakeni ezayo.
Ukugembula akushibhile impela. I-Amazon isivele ilindele ukwenyuka kwezindleko zesathelayithi ezingaba yizigidigidi zamaRandi kwekota yokuqala, uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, okubonisa ukusheshiswa kohlelo lweLeo. Ngaphakathi, umyalezo ovela eqenjini labaphathi, eliholwa ngu-Andy Jassy, ucacile: kumayelana nokuqonda kahle ipulatifomu yengqalasizindaukulawula ijika lezindleko nokwakha izinzuzo okunzima ngabancintisana nabo ukuziphinda.
Ukuxhumana okuqondile kweselula: ukugxuma ku-D2D kusukela ngo-2028
Enye yezinguquko ezinkulu ezilethwe ukuthengwa kwe-Globalstar yikhono le-Amazon lokusheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwayo izinsizakalo eziqondile kudivayisiKuze kube manje, ibhizinisi elikhulu lesathelayithi ligxile ekuletheni i-inthanethi esheshayo emakhaya, emabhizinisini, emikhunjini, noma ezindizeni kusetshenziswa ama-terminal akhethekile. Lokho i-Amazon efuna ukukuqinisa manje ungqimba lapho i- Ifoni ephathekayo ejwayelekile isengathola isignali phakathi nezwe, ezintabeni eziphakeme, olwandle noma ngemva kwenhlekelele eqeda inethiwekhi yomhlaba.
Ubuchwepheshe be-Globalstar D2D buklanyelwe ukuxhumana ukusetshenziswa kwedatha okuthembekile nokuphansi ngqo kumadivayisi eselula, ngaphandle kwesidingo semibhoshongo yeselula eseduze. Lezi zixhumanisi zifanelekela izinsizakalo zokuthumela imiyalezo, izingcingo zezwi eziyisisekelo, izinsizakalo zendawo, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, imisebenzi ephuthumayolapho izingcezu ezimbalwa ezithunyelwe kahle zingenza umehluko omkhulu.
I-Amazon ihlela ukusebenzisa lesi sisekelo ukuze iqalise, kusukela 2028, uhlelo lwayo lwesathelayithi lwesizukulwane esilandelayo se-D2DUmqondo uwukwenza okungaphezu kwezinsizakalo eziphuthumayo futhi unikeze amandla ezwi, idatha, kanye nemiyalezo athuthukisiwe kumafoni aphathwayo, amaphilisi, ama-laptop, kanye nama-smartwatches, uma nje ehambisana nezindinganiso ezivunyelwene ngazo nabakhiqizi kanye nabaqhubi.
UPanos Panay, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Amazon we-Devices and Services, ufingqe isifiso senkampani ngesisho esiqondile kakhulu: kukhona “izigidigidi zabantu abahlala, abahambayo, noma abasebenza ngaphandle kokufinyelela kwamanethiwekhi amanje”Uthi i-Amazon Leo yadalelwa ukuvala leso sikhala, ihlanganisa ulwazi lwe-Globalstar nobukhulu be-Amazon kanye nokugxila kwamakhasimende.
Ngendlela efanayo, inkampani ithatha izinyathelo kwezinye izingxenye zokuxhumeka kwesathelayithi. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, yethule i- I-Antenna yezindiza ze-LeoKuyi-antenna eyenzelwe izindiza zezentengiselwano ethembisa ukunikeza isivinini sokulanda esifinyelela ku-1 Gbps kanye nesivinini sokulayisha esifinyelela ku-400 Mbps ngesikhathi sokundiza, ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka emizileni yolwandle. Lena enye indawo lapho iStarlink isivele ihole khona, futhi lapho i-Amazon ingafuni ukushiywa ngemuva.
Ukubambisana okuneqhinga ne-Apple kwe-iPhone ne-Apple Watch
I-Globalstar ibilokhu iyinto eyenzeka eminyakeni yamuva nje. umhlinzeki oyinhloko we-AppleInkampani yeCupertino isebenzisa inethiwekhi yayo ukukhanyisa izici ezifana Isimo esiphuthumayo se-SOS ngesathelayithi kanye nezinsizakalo zokusesha nezendawo kuma-iPhone nama-Apple Watches ahambisanayo. Ngo-2024, i-Apple yatshala imali ezungeze Ama-dollar ayi-1.500 eGlobalstar, ithatha cishe u-20% wenhloko-dolobha njengengxenye yaleso sivumelwano.
Ukuthengwa kwe-Amazon kungenzeka kube ukungqubuzana ngqo nezintshisekelo ze-Apple, kodwa wonke amaqembu amathathu akhethe ukusebenzisa indlela yokusebenza. I-Amazon imemezele ukuthi isivumelwano esithile ne-Apple ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izici zokuphepha kwesathelayithi, njenge-Emergency SOS noma i-Find My iPhone, ziyaqhubeka nokunikezwa ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kubasebenzisi be-iPhone ne-Apple Watch.
Esigabeni sokuqala, lezi zinsizakalo zizoqhubeka nokusebenza kuye ngokuthi i-Globalstar constellation yamanje kanye nakumasathelayithi amasha asevele ehleliwe. Kamuva, njengoba i-Amazon Leo isebenzisa ingqalasizinda yayo, umqondo uwukuthi inethiwekhi ye-Amazon izoba yi- umgogodla wemisebenzi yesathelayithi yesikhathi esizayo kumadivayisi e-Apple, ukugcina nokwandisa ukuhambisana.
Kwa-Apple, abaphathi abanjengoGreg Joswiak bagcizelele ukubaluleka kokulondoloza nokuthuthukisa la makhono, bephawula ukuthi umsebenzi wezimo eziphuthumayo zesathelayithi usuvele uqalisiwe. negalelo ekusindiseni izimpilo emazweni ahlukene Kusukela yasungulwa, ukuba ne-Apple njengeklayenti eliyinhloko kumele umthombo ozinzile wemali engenayo kanye nesisusa sokusheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwenethiwekhi ye-Leo.
Le modeli—umhlinzeki omkhulu wengqalasizinda osebenzisa inethiwekhi kanye nomkhiqizi wedivayisi oyisebenzisela izinsizakalo ezithuthukisiwe—iyahambisana nesu le-Amazon lokuzibeka endaweni efanele ipulatifomu yokubhekisela ekuxhumaneni kwesikhalaUkusebenza ngokubambisana hhayi nje ne-Apple, kodwa futhi nabaqhubi benethiwekhi yeselula (ama-MNO) kanye nabalingani abavela emikhakheni eyahlukene.
Ukuncintisana okuqondile neStarlink kanye nomthelela eYurophu
Ukuthengwa kwe-Globalstar kuchazwa ngaphakathi komkhakha njengomzamo ocacile wokwenza nciphisa amabanga nge-StarlinkIqembu lezinkanyezi i-SpaceX selivele linazo ezinye Amasathelayithi angama-10.000 ku-orbit, ukhonza okungaphezu kwalokho Abasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingu-9 noma ezingu-10 emhlabeni wonke futhi ikhiqiza imali engenayo yonyaka engaphezu kwe- Ama-dollar ayi-9.000Ngokusho kwezilinganiso zakamuva, futhi ingenye yezinsika ezisekela inani eliphezulu le-SpaceX ngokulindela i-IPO engaba khona.
I-Amazon yayisele ngemuva ekusakazweni kweqoqo layo. E-United States, ezinye iziteshi zabezindaba kanye nabahlaziyi babexwayisile ngalokhu I-Amazon ilibazisa i-Leo Ngokuphathelene nezinsuku zokugcina ezibekwe yi-FCC, inkampani icele ukwelulwa noma ukukhululwa ukuze kube namasathelayithi asebenzayo angu-1.600 maduze.
Kumafemu akhethekile, ukuthengwa kwe-Globalstar kuyindlela yokwenza ukufinyelela emncintiswaneni wokuxhumeka ngqo kudivayisiAbahlaziyi abanjengo-Armand Musey weSummit Ridge Group bakholelwa ukuthi lesi sivumelwano sivumela i-Amazon ukuthi iqinise isikhundla sayo ku-D2D spectrum futhi ithuthukise kakhulu isikhathi sayo sokuthunyelwa uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Starlink, nayo ehlola izinsizakalo ezifanayo ngezivumelwano nabaqhubi abanjengo-T-Mobile.
EYurophu, lesi sinyathelo sibhekwa ngentshisekelo ngabalawuli kanye namazwe angamalungu, njengoba sihlangana nezinhlelo ze-European Union zokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yayo yesathelayithi yesizukulwane esilandelayo, eyenzelwe ukunikeza ukuxhumana okuphephile nokuqinileUkuba khona kwabadlali abanjengo-Amazon Leo no-Starlink e-Old Continent kuvula izingxoxo mayelana ukuncika kwezobuchwepheshe, ukuncintisana kanye nokuphathwa kwe-spectrum.
Emazweni afana neSpain, lapho asekhona khona izindawo zasemakhaya nezindawo okunzima ukuzifinyelela Njengoba kunezimbozo ezilinganiselwe, ukufika kwezinsizakalo zesathelayithi ezithuthukisiwe kungasiza ukuvala ukuhlukana kwedijithali. Abasebenzi asebevele besebenza esifundeni, njengeVodafone, bangasebenzisa amakhono e-Amazon Leo ukuze bahambisane namanethiwekhi abo eselula kanye ne-fiber, banikeze izixazululo ezihlangene emakhaya, emabhizinisini, kanye naseziphathimandleni zomphakathi.
I-US FCC, yona, isivele iveze ukuthi ibheka lokhu kuthengiselana ngendlela efanele, uma nje izimo ezivamile zokuncintisana kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwemvamisa kuhlangatshezwana nazo. Usihlalo wenhlangano, uBrendan Carr, uthe ukufika komncintiswano onamandla kwi-SpaceX emakethe yesathelayithi kungaba kuhle ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Konke lokhu kubeka ukuthengwa kwe-Globalstar njengokungaphezu nje kokuthengiselana okulula kwenkampani: kuyi- ingxenye ebalulekile ekuchazeni kabusha imephu yokuxhumana yomhlaba wonke, kanye nemiphumela ezozwakala naseYurophu naseSpain njengoba izinsizakalo sezitholakala kwezentengiselwano.
Ngazo zonke lezi zinto ezingenhla, ukuthengwa kwe-Globalstar yi-Amazon kuphawula inguquko emncintiswaneni wokuxhumana ngesathelayithi: inkampani enkulu yezentengiselwano ze-e-commerce kanye nefu ithola i-spectrum ebalulekile, i-constellation yokusebenza, kanye nomlingani oqakathekile njengo-Apple ukusheshisa i-Amazon Leo, ngenkathi ilungiselela ukuncintisana ngqo ne-Starlink ensimini lapho izingozi zingagcini nje ngokunikeza i-inthanethi esheshayo, kodwa nokuqinisekisa ukuthi noma iyiphi idivayisi—eSpain, eYurophu, noma kuphi emhlabeni—ingahlala ixhunyiwe ngisho nalapho amanethiwekhi omhlaba ehluleka.