In the United States, Motorola is developing plans to produce the word "bb".
An executive named Randy Rossetti excitedly declared, "Since Wujiang Communications launched its word pager, sales have skyrocketed. We should increase production capacity and go all out to produce Motorola word pagers!!!"
“Randy Rossetti is right. Pagers are all the rage worldwide, especially in developing countries, where sales are phenomenal. We at Motorola must grab a piece of this pie as soon as possible!” an executive chimed in.
At the meeting, everyone unanimously decided to increase investment and improve pager production capacity.
For the next period of time, Motorola factories worked overtime to produce a large number of pagers.
This is pretty much the case for other pager manufacturers around the world.
A fierce battle for pager market share is about to begin.
However, it's clear they're about to get crushed again.
Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. is about to launch a two-way text pager that allows pagers to send text messages directly to each other.
It seems that major pager manufacturers are about to be severely ripped off by Wujiang Group once again.
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"Mr. Zhao, we've contacted an insurer in the United States. They have a Houston communications satellite that's relatively inexpensive!"
"This satellite is called the Westa-6 geostationary communications satellite. In February 1984, the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger carried this satellite and another Indonesian satellite, PPAB2, into space. However, after the satellites separated from the space shuttle, their perigee engines failed to ignite as planned, and thus neither satellite entered its intended orbit, resulting in a launch failure."
"However, after paying the insurance premium for the failed satellite launch, the insurer acquired ownership of both satellites. After calculating the relevant costs, the insurer determined that recovering the two satellites would be economically worthwhile. Therefore, the insurance company commissioned Hughes Aircraft Company and NASA to jointly complete the satellite recovery mission."
Liao Xinghua, a senior executive at CITIC Group, suddenly called and introduced the situation to Zhao Ye.
He also serves as the general manager of Asia Satellite Company.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye immediately understood.
It is likely that this Westa6 communications satellite is the predecessor of the "AsiaSat 1" communications satellite.
On April 7, 1990, China successfully launched the AsiaSat 1 satellite using a Long March 3 rocket, ushering in a new era of satellite communications and broadcasting in the Asian region.
AsiaSat 1 was the first commercial communications satellite in Asia, making it of great significance. For the nation, AsiaSat 1 was also a pioneer in securing valuable satellite orbital resources for China, elevating national sovereignty and interests to the level of outer space.
Why do we need to seize satellite orbital resources?
This is because the international satellite communications community and organizations such as the United Nations currently adhere to the principle that whoever occupies low-Earth orbit resources owns them forever.
Currently, the situation is relatively stable, with very few countries or companies capable of launching satellites. Therefore, a land grab for low-Earth orbit (LEO) space resources has not yet occurred. However, competition for these resources will become extremely fierce in the future. Losing LEO space resources would be as serious a problem as losing territorial waters or access to the sea.
The entire country will be surrounded by low-Earth orbit space. At that time, renting resources from others will be prohibitively expensive.
In its previous existence, Earth's low-Earth orbit resources were a precious resource, equivalent to only about 50,000 satellites. Musk plans to launch 100,000, and aims to achieve this within five years. Seriously, how can anyone else compete when your company tries to monopolize so many?
Currently, the "AsiaSat 1" communications satellite is perfectly adequate for ATV. This satellite alone is sufficient to cover most of Asia.
Moreover, AsiaSat-1 will not be able to successfully complete its historical mission and retire until April 2003.
Zhao Ye quickly reached an agreement with Liao Xinghua: Asia Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. would purchase the Westa 6 communications satellite from an American insurer and then rename it "AsiaSat 1." The satellite's technical parameters were also readjusted and updated to meet the requirements for covering the Asian region.
After successfully communicating with Zhao Ye, Liao Xinghua immediately flew to the United States to purchase the Westa6 satellite from an insurer.
Although it was a second-hand communications satellite, it was not cheap, costing $20 million.
It is expected that Liao Xinghua will have to talk to the other party for a long time.
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Zhao Ye was speechless at the insurer's exorbitant demands.
They're selling this secondhand satellite for $20 million? That's outrageous!
It's a pity that China can't build such advanced satellites, otherwise why would it need to buy them from the Americans?
However, launching a satellite is also very expensive.
Currently, rockets cannot be recovered and are all disposable, so launch costs are very high.
Fortunately, China's rocket technology is quite advanced, and the launch cost is very low. Many countries and companies have sought China's help to launch satellites.
"China's satellite technology is relatively backward. It seems necessary to poach aerospace technology developers from the Soviet Union. It's already 1988. We need to accelerate our infiltration in the next two years and use our financial power to get what we want!" Zhao Ye muttered to himself.
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In early June, Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it would hold a product launch conference on June 10.
This news immediately caused a sensation in the industry and sparked numerous speculations.
Boundless has always been a trendsetter in technology products, hence the high level of attention this press conference garnered.
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