I-Amazon yembula amatheminali amathathu abasebenzisi besathelayithi, ihlela insizakalo ye-broadband ngo-2024

I-Amazon iklame amatheminali amathathu asebenzisa i-satellite broadband futhi izoqala ukunikeza isevisi ye-inthanethi ngo-2024, inkampani emenyezelwe namuhla. Itheminali ejwayelekile, eyenzelwe amakhasimende okuhlala namabhizinisi amancane, kulindeleke ukuthi ibize i-Amazon ngaphansi kwama-$400 ukuwenza; I-Amazon ayishongo ukuthi izokhokhisa amakhasimende amatheminali noma ngezinhlelo zesevisi zanyanga zonke.

“Itheminali yamakhasimende ejwayelekile ikala ngaphansi kwama-intshi angu-11 square no-1 intshi ubukhulu,” kusho u-Amazon. “Isisindo esingaphansi kwamakhilogremu amahlanu ngaphandle kukabakaki wayo okhuphukayo. Naphezu kwalesi sinyathelo esinesizotha, idivayisi izoba enye yamatheminali amakhasimende atholakalayo atholakalayo kwezentengiso ngobukhulu bayo, ilethe isivinini esifika ku-400 megabits ngomzuzwana (Mbps). I-Amazon ilindele ukukhiqiza lawa matheminali angaphansi kuka-$400 lilinye.”

Ukuthi amakhasimende azithola ngempela lezo zivinini ekusebenzeni kuzoncika kumasathelayithi nokuthi inethiwekhi iminyene kangakanani esifundeni ngasinye, njengoba ulwazi lwamakhasimende e-SpaceX Starlink lubonisa. I-Amazon ayizange ihlukanise phakathi kwesivinini sokulanda nokulayisha esimemezelweni sayo, kodwa isivinini sokulayisha kungenzeka sihambe kancane kunokulanda.

Kuzophinde kube netheminali encane eshibhile ukuyikhiqiza kunemodeli yokuhlala ejwayelekile, kusho i-Amazon. Lo mshini “we-ultra-compact” unomklamo oyisikwele, unesisindo esingu-1 lb, futhi ukala amayintshi angu-7, kuyilapho uhlinzeka ngesivinini esiphansi esingafika ku-100Mbps, kusho i-Amazon. “Izoxhumanisa amakhasimende okuhlala adinga imodeli ebiza kancane, kanye namakhasimende kahulumeni namabhizinisi aphishekela izicelo ezifana nokuhamba komhlaba kanye ne-inthanethi yezinto (IoT),” kusho u-Amazon.

Ekugcineni, i-Amazon ihlela itheminali enkudlwana ekala amayintshi angu-19 ngo-30 amayintshi, ezokwazi ukuhlinzeka ngesivinini esifika ku-1Gbps. I-Amazon ithe “yenzelwe izinhlelo zokusebenza zebhizinisi, zikahulumeni kanye nezokuxhumana ezidinga umkhawulokudonsa owengeziwe.” Amatheminali amathathu awumkhiqizo weminyaka eminingana yokuthuthuka; I-Amazon ibonise a isibonelo ngoDisemba 2020.

Amatheminali asebenzisa ama-chip e-Amazon “Prometheus”.

Amatheminali azosebenzisa ama-baseband chips aklanywe yi-Amazon ahlanganisa “amandla okucubungula e-modem chip ye-5G etholakala kuma-smartphones esimanje, amandla esiteshi samaselula ukuphatha ukugcwala kwezinkulungwane zamakhasimende ngesikhathi esisodwa, kanye nekhono le-antenna ye-microwave backhaul. ukusekela ukuxhumana okunamandla kwephuzu nephuzu, ”kusho u-Amazon.

I-Amazon ibiza umklamo we-chip wangokwezifiso ngokuthi “i-Prometheus” futhi yathi izophinde “isetshenziswe kumasathelayithi e-Project Kuiper nasezintanjeni zesango eliphansi, okuvumela uhlelo ukuthi lucubungule kuze kufike ku-1 terabit ngomzuzwana (Tbps) wethrafikhi ku-satellite ngayinye.”

Uphiko lwe-Amazon’s Project Kuiper beluhlela inethiwekhi yamasathelayithi e-Earth orbit kusukela okungenani ngo-2019, ihlose ekugcineni inselele insizakalo ye-SpaceX Starlink esivele iyasebenza. I-Starlink ikhuphule inani yesiphetho sayo esijwayelekile sisuka ku-$499 siye ku-$599 ngonyaka odlule nakamuva nje imemezele ukwenyuka kwentengo yesevisi yanyanga zonke kubasebenzisi abasezindaweni “ezinamandla alinganiselwe”. Izintengo ezintsha ze-Starlink zingu-$120 ngenyanga kubasebenzisi bezindawo zokuhlala kulezo zindawo zenethiwekhi eziminyene kanye no-$90 ngenyanga kubantu abasezindaweni “ezinamandla amakhulu”.

Amatheminali abasebenzisi bokuqala be-Starlink abiza cishe u-$3,000 ukukhiqiza, kodwa i-SpaceX yehlise izindleko zokuklama kwayo ngaphansi kuka-$1,500 ekuqaleni kuka-2021.

I-Amazon ihlose ngasekupheleni kuka-2024 kumakhasimende okuqala

Kusengaba ngaphezu konyaka ngaphambi kokuba noma ubani asebenzise i-Broadband ye-Project Kuiper. Ngenkathi i-Amazon ithe amasathelayithi ayo okuqala okukhiqiza azokwethula engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2024, yona utshele iFCC ngo-2020 ihlela ukunikela nge-broadband ngemuva kokwethula amasathelayithi angama-578.

“Silungiselela ukwethula amasathelayithi ethu okuqala amabili okuqala ekuqaleni kuka-2023, futhi silindele ukuhlinzeka ngesevisi kumakhasimende okuqala eProject Kuiper ekupheleni kuka-2024,” Kusho u-Amazon namuhla.

I-Amazon ine-Federal Communications Commission ukugunyazwa ukwethula amasathelayithi angu-3,236. Ngo-Ephreli 2022, i-Amazon amadili amemezele okwezi-83 kwethulwa eminyakeni emihlanu kusetshenziswa i-Arianespace, iBlue Origin ephethwe nguJeff Bezos, kanye ne-United Launch Alliance. I-Amazon ihlela ukuzungeza kwesathelayithi phakathi kwamakhilomitha angama-590 no-630.

I-Starlink ine amasathelayithi angaba ngu-3,750 ku-orbit,kodwa isivinini sehlile njengoba abasebenzisi abaningi bebhalisa. Engxenyeni enkulu ye-US, insizakalo yokuhlala ye-Starlink ngaphansi kohlu lokulinda ngaphandle kokuthi i-SpaceX ibike ku-FCC ukuthi itholakala cishe yonke indawo.

I-SpaceX muva nje yethuliwe iqoqo layo lokuqala lamasathelayithi esizukulwane sesibili sesibili, ithi izohlinzeka ngomthamo ophindwe kane kunamamodeli angaphambili. I-FCC muva nje inikeze imvume ye-SpaceX ukwethula amasathelayithi angu-7,500 kwangu-30,000 ahleliwe esizukulwane sesibili. I-SpaceX futhi izinhlelo ukuhlola isevisi yesathelayithi kuya kumaselula nge-T-Mobile kulo nyaka.