giants of the era

Chapter 471 Blast! (fourth more)
Li Zetian smiled and said: "Although the initial investment is large, the benefits are also large! This network is realized by data switches, network cables and base stations on the ground, which is basically enough. But in the event of a large-scale earthquake, tsunami and other disasters, these facilities will be replaced. The construction of this "network infrastructure" built in low-Earth orbit has far-reaching significance—it can no longer be restricted by terrain and landform, and it can be conveniently accessed anywhere on the earth. Connecting the network and making the whole earth truly connected by the network will also have a huge impact on the informatization of human beings. More importantly, it breaks away from gravity and can exchange massive data with the earth in space. Future space exploration could have important implications."

After a pause, Li Zetian said with a smile: "In the future, these satellites will not only provide network communication services for the earth, but also provide network communication services in space. At that time, the Internet will no longer be limited to the earth, and it may be possible on the moon or Mars in the future." I liked and blocked Moments on the Internet, wow, I feel excited just thinking about it!"

Edgar Carle couldn't help getting excited when he heard this, and even asked, "Mr. Li, when will the satellite network communication plan be launched?"

"Soon, when Space-X develops small communication satellites and rockets that can be recovered, it will come soon! I tell you this time, I want Sprint to participate and promote the development of this plan! It is also for Sprint's Think about the future!" Li Zetian said slowly, "Skype Internet telephony has already appeared, which seems to have caused a great impact on traditional telecommunications companies! I heard that FaceToFace has also transformed into Internet telephony and video communication software. I believe that in the future There will be more VoIP companies.”

"Sprint's traditional telephone fee model will definitely be phased out, and the provision of network communication services is the focus of Sprint's future development!"

When talking about Skype and FaceToFace, Edgar Carle couldn't help but tremble in his heart. The company's performance has been greatly affected recently because of these Internet telephony software.

Li Zetian then reminded: "Apple's development team is developing a software called FaceTime. Just by listening to the name, you may have realized what it is. Yes, FaceTime will be a built-in iPhone smartphone. Video call software, which can connect to the Internet through wifi or cellular data, and realize video calls between two devices equipped with FaceTime! In addition, Tencent qq software will also develop similar functions!"

Just kidding, Skype in the previous life developed rapidly, and finally had 6.5 million users, which shows that VoIP is very popular. In addition, Zuckerberg's FaceToFace is now entering VoIP, so we have to guard against it!

Although there were many Skype users in the previous life, Li Zetian actually didn't care much about it. Skype's failure to develop into a big company like Tencent shows that the founder and team of this company are very problematic.But Zuckerberg is a very powerful genius. It can be seen that he was able to develop Facebook so powerfully in his previous life!Therefore, Li Zetian felt that FaceToFace was more terrifying than Skype! FaceToFace will never simply do VoIP, it will definitely combine VoIP with social networking sites to form an ecosystem, which is very powerful!

The business model of Skype is actually very simple. Users are only charged when they dial from the computer to the phone, and there are no other charges.This model eventually greatly curbed the growth of Skype's revenue scale-the larger the number of registered users, the greater the chance of users using Skype at the same time, and both users who use Skype at the same time do not need to pay.

There is a saying in the previous life to describe Skype: "The more Skype users, the wider the coverage, the less easy it is for users to buy its paid services! (Just imagine, everyone uses Skype, who still buys Skype out and Skype in services?"

With the emergence of iPhone smartphones, Li Zetian is sure to blow up the business model of Skype VoIP! ! !

Both FaceTime and QQ are bound to the mobile phone number. When using QQ to call the other party, it will first check in the Tencent data center whether the other party’s mobile phone number is bound to QQ. If it is bound, the other party’s mobile phone will pop up a QQ request dialogue prompt. In this way, the telecommunications company can be bypassed, and the two parties can directly use QQ to chat.Using data is naturally much cheaper than phone bills. If you are at home and your phone is connected to wifi, it is free!

With QQ's current number of hundreds of millions of users, if this service is activated, Skype and FaceToFace will engage in Internet telephony, and there is no hope at all.

As for FaceTime, relying on the iPhone, it can also rise rapidly, thus further squeezing the living space of Skype and FaceToFace.

In fact, QQ has a huge ecosystem, and the provision of VoIP services is actually just a way to increase its stickiness.It seems that the Tencent company in the previous life did not activate this service, but it still developed very well.

In addition, Tencent also has WeChat, a killer software.Although WeChat is also a social software, it is different from QQ in terms of product positioning, user groups, usage scenarios, and product functions. QQ and WeChat complement each other and are an important cornerstone of Tencent's ecosystem, as well as a strong foundation for Tencent not to be afraid of challenges from any competitor.

At present, Tencent's WeChat has not yet been developed, but Li Zetian plans to hold an internal global Internet conference after the development of the iPhone is completed, so that they can develop mobile phone software on the iPhone platform. At that time, Li Zetian will hand over the product design of WeChat to Tencent.

"Mr. Li, then Sprint will be miserable. It's tantamount to cutting flesh!" At this time, Edgar Carle couldn't help but smile bitterly. Tencent and Apple are going to enter into Internet telephony and video communication, which will definitely have a huge impact on the world. All telcos including Sprint have done a lot of damage!
Li Zetian chuckled and said: "No way, the general trend... Sprint is also my company, and I am also very sad~~ However, there are opportunities in the crisis, and Sprint must find opportunities from it while adapting!!! "

"Well, I understand!" Edgar Carle nodded emphatically.

Li Zetian then talked about the joint promotional activities between Galaxy Networks and Apple, asking Sprint to cooperate, and finally left.

At noon, Li Zetian ordered a sumptuous lunch at a high-end restaurant near Sprint, eating with a smile on his face.And the reason why he is so keen on promoting satellite communication projects actually has more purposes.

Li Zetian wanted to launch the [-]-[-] communication satellite project to carry out a huge publicity and momentum for Space-X's business, which not only increased Space-X's influence in the industry, but also gained more business.In addition, Li Zetian's plan will inevitably drive the further development of commercial aviation, and then stimulate more satellite manufacturing and launch plans, all of which will benefit Space-X.

After lunch, Li Zetian thought about it and went directly to Apple to participate in Apple's design in person.

The design works that Li Zetian handed over to Apple were modeled after the iPhone 4 in his previous life. I don't know if the Antennagate incident will repeat the same mistakes.

The iPhone is the second mobile phone brand launched by Apple (the first mobile phone brand is ApplePhone), so you must not get off to a bad start with the first product...

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