Chapter 316 Grid-connected test
Of course, we have to negotiate the price!
In order to obtain the ownership of the "Starlink" network satellite, Meow Star Group owed Musk a lot of money. Although there is no need to rush to repay the money, it can be paid slowly by operating the "Starlink", debt is always a matter of money, and Zhou Lin has to transfer it out as soon as possible.
Currently, Telecom, Mobile and China Unicom are good goals, and only they can handle it!
But for the three major operators, they have always been the only one who reaps the rest of the others. Unexpectedly, they would pay the money to buy a road to the Cattle Star Group today. It is obvious that they want to treat them as suckers. This kind of thing is not easy for anyone to feel good about it.
As for Huayao's hard money earned by selling equipment, it was ignored.
"Mr. Zhou, is this price a little too high? Can it be reduced?" The telecom boss was very distressed about the three-year rent of a Starlink satellite of RMB 100 million.
That's right, Starlink is very awesome. A single satellite can match the thousands of base station facilities on the ground. It is even possible to use satellites in the sky to replace ground signal towers in the future. However, this situation has not yet arrived, and the three major operators do not have much urgency.
"100 million yuan per satellite is already considered a bargain!" Zhou Lin obviously did not intend to give in, insisted on this price, and persuaded earnestly: "Our production and R&D costs are very high. If you don't believe it, you can also build a space satellite communication network by yourself!"
Hearing such words, everyone here wants to curse. Everyone knows that the R&D cost of Meow Star Black Technology is almost zero, and the so-called production cost is not used at all. Now Musk's "Star Link" is flying in the sky, but a black technology satellite that does not use the "Starry Sky Engine"!
Even if there is a cost, according to the current offer, Meow Star Group intends to get the "Star Link" from Musk by making money by making money, and then sell it to domestic operators for use, so as to pay off the debts of purchase in one fell swoop.
Moreover, after the three major operators spent money to help buy the "Starlink", they did not get satellite ownership, but only received three-year satellite usage service.
The abacus of Meow Star Group is really loud!
Yu Chengdong helped, "Mr. Zhou is right. We invested a lot of scientific research funds. There is no free lunch in the world. What's more, the coverage of a satellite reaches hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. Only about hundreds of them can achieve blind spots. This price is already very cheap compared to the laying of ground base stations!"
The boss of China Unicom immediately continued to ask: "Then we can only buy satellites covering the country, right? There is no need to rent tens of thousands of satellites..."
Zhou Lin laughed, "We are packing the 'star link' for rent, and we can't break it up and use it. You must know that other satellites may fly over the sky at any time. Do you have to endure the practice of having a network at one time? "
Everyone was speechless. They also knew that the tens of thousands of satellites of "Star Link" were originally a whole. If only one hundred satellites were rented, it would not work, but the user's experience would definitely be poor at that time!
After chatting for a while, I felt that Miaoxing Group had no intention of reducing the price, so I planned to delay it for a few days, and maybe I could make this matter bad.
The three major operators do not have to use "Starlink" services. They are already very satisfied with the current 5G speed. Even if the space satellite communication provided by Meow Star Group can cover every corner of the world, they are unhappy to spend money.
"There is no good thing in the world to buy things by yourself and let others pay the bill!" The mobile boss smiled at the other two in private.
"Yes! The boss of the Cat Star Group has made a big decision, and I want to take all the good things!"
"It's better to join forces to form a satellite communication network. Even if you spend more money, it won't matter. Anyway, the satellite ownership still belongs to you!"
"Good idea, go back immediately and have someone get it done!"
"Even if it's not done, as long as the wind is released, the price of Cat Star can be reduced by half..."
After several people made up their minds, they were about to send someone to do this, and suddenly they received a message from their assistant, "Miaoxing Group intends to enter the domestic mobile communications market?"
"They intend to issue mobile communication licenses to Meow Star?"
"It is said that because users report that the domestic 5G network speed is too slow and does not match the actual network speed, so they strongly require the cat stars with 'Star Link' to enter?"
I don’t know whether this series of news is true or false, but they all know that once Cattle Star enters this market field, then let alone maintain its existing market share, it is likely that it will not even be able to survive.
The Miaoxing brand black technology road roller is no joke!
When they thought that things would develop in this way, the three major operators ran back and pulled Cattle Star to the negotiating table to continue the subsequent discussion.
Of course, the price of 100 million per satellite for three years is agreed at once. Even if the final cost may be as high as trillion yuan, as long as the existing market structure can be maintained, the money can always be earned back.
The three major operators tried to propose to make 6G communications. Even 5.5G would be better than silently upgrading, so that they could use this to charge users for fees, but Meow Star Group and Huayao firmly disagree.
"5G is 5G! Even if its network speed is increased and its coverage area is larger, there is no reason to change it to 6G!" Zhou Lin saw through the other party's purpose at a glance and refused this approach without hesitation. Otherwise, if netizens know it in the future, the other party will definitely be detained back.
Since Cat Star and Hua Yao do not cooperate, they can't talk to themselves and upgrade their networks. After all, the communication standards are in the hands of these two companies, and even large Western companies such as Qualcomm can do nothing to them.
"And we are already formulating the 6G network standard, which is completely different from the existing standards. It will be a standard based on quantum communication technology..."
Zhou Lin revealed a little about Li Maoye's R&D plan, which immediately made others give up their original idea. Of course, they knew that in terms of technology, the bald boss must be the norm, otherwise they would die very ugly.
"Since the basic conditions have been agreed, then we want to make a request..."
The bosses in the three major operations have already communicated. They unanimously demanded that Cat Star cannot enter the civil communications market and can only participate as a technology provider. Otherwise, even if the conditions are agreed, they will not take effect. They can join forces to resist the entry of Cat Star Group.
"no problem!"
Zhou Lin agreed immediately, actually he didn't want to have conflicts with these giants. He did not make any moves to scare his opponents when the negotiations were not going well.
After all, if you can control the upstream, there is no need for Meow Star to go to the middle and lower reaches to fight with people.
"We don't want the domestic market, but the foreign market has nothing to do with you!"
Zhou Lin said with preparation: "Miaoxing Group plans to form a subsidiary to develop foreign markets. After all, 'Star Link' itself has many foreign users, and it already existed when we took over!"
This new company is the rumored Meow Star Communications on the Internet. At this time, the bosses of the three major operators realized that they had made a big mistake. It turned out that they did not like the domestic market at all, but stared at outside.
Now that things have come to this point, they will not easily regret it. After all, everyone knows that many things are unstoppable, just like Meow Star Group provides services to the three major operations. If Zhou Lin does not agree, the three major operators will probably build them themselves.
Many things are not transferred by human will. If they are united, they will suffer from both sides. Musk can act like a hero cutting off his arm. Zhou Lin will naturally know how to avoid the stones that cannot be gnawed and turn to other markets that are easy to conquer to make arrangements.
After signing the contract, everyone was in a group immediately.
In order to test the actual effect of 5G performance after being incorporated into the "Starlink Network", the three major operators immediately launched a cooperation action and quickly obtained testing services for several satellites.
There are not many new cities for testing, only five test points, namely Pengcheng, Yangcheng, Emperor Capital, Magic City and Xiping. Since this test has little to do with ground base stations, you only need to update the equipment software system and incorporate it into the "Starlink Network", the test work is going very fast.
According to the test activity rules, 5G users in these cities can switch to new packages, and the price remains unchanged. The packages are not changed, but the network speed may change.
"We promised to increase the price without increasing the price!" said the three major communication service operators. In fact, they had thought about increasing the price, but they were beaten back by Meow Star Group.
For a moment, a message circulated on the Internet: "We can connect to satellites to surf the Internet!"
Soon "Starlink 5G" became a hot topic on the Internet. Everyone knows that Meow Star Group acquired Musk's "Starlink". Unexpectedly, it was incorporated into the Zanghuajia Communication Network before it had passed, and it was adopted in this seamless connection method.
There is no need to change your phone or change your number or card. You just need to go to the operator's official website to change the package and replace the original 5G service with "Starlink 5G". You can immediately enjoy the world's ultra-high-speed 5G speed without blind spots.
"Shocked! Starlink 5G technology actually comes from the Bald Eagle!"
"The three major communication service operators were charged strongly by Meow Star Group. Each satellite needs to pay a 100 million yuan usage fee, and it will be paid every three years!"
"What is the difference between Starlink 5G and ordinary 5G?"
"In the future, hikers don't have to worry about no signal when entering the mountain!"
Amid the cheers of everyone on the Internet, the communication network of Zhonghuajia began to be upgraded again. Although there was no technological update this time, at most it was speeded up on the original basis, but the all-round signal without blind spots did have a great impact, at least it has laid the foundation for the service industry that was originally only in science fiction movies.
Chapter completed!