Chapter 593 (1/2)

Two New Zealand telecom operators originally provided network services for New Zealand. After the launch of quantum communication satellite of satellite ring trade was completed and free Wi Fi services were provided to the whole territory of New Zealand, the business of these two foreign telecom operators in Singapore was instantly crushed.

If there are free things to use, who will pay for them?

Although the network speed of 20MBps is not the fastest in the world, it is certainly enough. The delay of less than 20ping is also impeccable for the user experience. After all, even if the value is lower, the human eye can not distinguish it.

The service life of a quantum communication satellite is about 5-10 years, and the cost is about US $100-200 million. The satellite ring trade is expected to launch a total of 36 satellites into synchronous orbit. Taking into account the launch cost of rockets, the average annual budget of satellite ring trade in space activities will reach 1.5 billion US dollars.

Because of the scarcity of resources in the end of the world, Jiang Chen didn't want to waste Jiang Lin's time on the production of this thing, so he transferred the whole production line of quantum communication satellites to the present world. Considering that quantum communication technology must be strictly confidential, this production line has become the most automated production line in the future human group, and 85% of the production process is completed by UAV.

Although this design has doubled the cost of the production line, it has cut the labor cost of satellite production to a certain extent.

In the long run, these investments are worth it!

But in any case, projects involving space are still very expensive.

Maybe the situation will be better when the space elevator is built.

For foreign telecom operators to withdraw. In line with the principle of no waste, Jiang Chen purchased the branch of New Zealand Telecom in Singapore with a floor price of US $210 million, and took over all its interface equipment and talents. After business restructuring, it was incorporated into the star ring trading network project department. Provide technical services for the Internet interface of new country.

Because of the problem of quantity, the function of quantum communication satellite is only equivalent to a large router. Although this ”router” because of its particularity, it can ”observe” the weak electromagnetic wave signals tens of thousands of kilometers away through the quantum entanglement effect, so as to realize the Internet data exchange between satellites and conventional mobile phones, but in the final analysis, this router is still connected to the ground signal base station.

For example, users of Singapore want to visit the U.S. website, although through the satellite network. But the data still has to rely on the ground base station to go through the submarine cable.

The innovation of quantum communication satellite lies in changing the traditional data transmission mode of ”user optical fiber (or WiFi + optical fiber) - server” to ”user satellite server” mode. Its ability to accept data upload from users can be regarded as an upgrade of Google's global WiFi plan.

When all the 36 satellites of the ring trade will be launched and the ”WiFi signal” will cover the whole earth, and then the submarine cable will begin to withdraw from the stage of history.

Put aside all the technical aspects. Perhaps the low-cost meteorological observation service provided by star ring trade has not brought any benefits to the people of the new country, but the free WiFi program has won a lot of praise once it is launched. Whether you're fishing at home or at sea, as long as you're still in Singapore, you can connect to WiFi.

At the beginning, when the satellite ring trade announced that it would provide free WiFi to the whole territory of new China through satellite, those foreign experts were dismissive. But when they found out, the ring trade did. These experts and professors are all stupid, universities and scientific research institutions almost burst the ring of star trade telephone.

And for the outside world's inquiry, the answer given by star ring trade is very official.

1. Communication does not exceed the speed of light.

2. The specific signal transmission route involves enterprise secrets, and no response will be given.

However, it is also funny to say that the first thing that scares this epoch-making technology is not the experts and professors, but a telecommunication company thousands of kilometers away, which can't be moved.

Although the satellite must rely on the ground interface to provide WiFi services to users, the location of this interface does not have to be in China. Put it anywhere on the earth.

In other words, satellite ring trade only needs to maintain a large Internet interface in Singapore, which can provide WiFi to users in any signal shrouded area through quantum communication satellites. These users are connected to the Internet through the new country's interface, and have nothing to do with the country they live in.

For some people, this is bad news!

Free WiFi? Full coverage? This is stealing money!