据报道,埃隆·马斯克旗下SpaceX与苹果公司正就稀缺的卫星频谱资源展开激烈争夺,后者希望将其业务扩展到基于卫星的电话和互联网连接领域。知情人士透露,运营Starlink卫星互联网通信的SpaceX公司已敦促美国联邦监管机构阻止苹果公司扩大自己卫星网络的计划。
该公司还一直在游说联邦通信委员会阻止苹果的合作伙伴Globalstar发射48颗近地卫星,声称其“C3星座”将使用有争议的1.6GHz和2.4GHz频谱。Globalstar的“C3星座”部分资金来自苹果的10亿美元投资。
去年11月,苹果公司向卫星通讯服务供货商合作伙伴Globalstar加码投资15亿美元,其中11亿美元为直接投资,分阶段以现金预付款提供给Globalstar,以改善iPhone的卫星通信,另用4亿美元收购后者20%股权。
Globalstar是iPhone生命救援卫星服务的连接提供商。现在,该公司已在SEC备案中确认,将为苹果公司建设一个新的卫星星座,扩大相关的地面基础设施,并提高这些服务的全球许可。
SpaceX和T-Mobile(TMUS.US)已经与苹果达成协议,允许Starlink在新款iPhone上运行,服务将于今年夏天开始。
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