Chapter 98 Finding New Partners
The phone call between Eva and Sergei didn't end until before boarding the plane. After putting down the phone, Eva felt as if she had been revived, and she was full of energy again. During the trip back to Boston from San Antonio, Eva began to refine the idea proposed by Seryozha to place Yota Communications' mobile solution in low earth orbit. This idea is simply great. If this plan is realized, all telecom operators in the world will no longer be opponents of Yota Communications, because no operator in a country can provide mobile communication guarantees covering the world.
But there is another key point in this plan, and that is the satellite technology of Yota Communications. This is a bit difficult, but it's not a big problem. If it doesn't work, Yota can cooperate with others, or directly purchase related technologies. By the way, it is better to cooperate, in this case, the Iridium project will be put into operation as soon as possible, and the competitors will be far behind.
But with whom? Speaking of the communication field, Yota probably has an unavoidable opponent, and that is the communication giant - Motorola.
Three hours later, when Eva's private business jet landed at Boston Airport, Eva couldn't wait to contact her subordinates to summon the backbone of the technical department. Eva couldn't wait to see AT&T crumbled.
On the way back to Cambridge by car, Eva asked her female secretary to contact some well-known commercial PR companies to prepare for the contact with Motorola. Eva is a celebrity now, and his every move is followed by the media. If Eva rushes to the Motorola president to discuss cooperation without prior communication, it will be embarrassing and embarrassing. Therefore, it is very necessary for the public relations company to be responsible for the preliminary contact activities beforehand. Intention of cooperation, but also can keep calm in front of the media.
When Eva returned to the headquarters of Yota Communications, all the important officials in the company's R&D department were ready. Eva walked into her conference room in a hurry, and said to everyone, put your mobile phones outside the office now, the things we are going to talk about later are very important, and I don't want to be caught by someone before the plan is settled. The media knows.
When everyone heard what Eva said, they suddenly felt that this meeting might announce some big news. Could it be that the good news came from AT&T. It seems that this year's dividend is another considerable benefit.
It is not unfounded for everyone to think so. When Yota Communications was a small company at first, they won the contract of AT&T's first generation mobile communication solutions with a blockbuster. The company's sales revenue was as high as 40 billion U.S. dollars that year, and the boss Eva gave 2 billion U.S. dollars to reward all employees of Yota Communications, and the least was divided into several million U.S. dollars. Stimulated by this bonus, the employees of Yota Communications became extremely loyal, no matter how outside companies and headhunters poached, very few people left. The second-generation mobile communication has been developed for several years. Whether it can replicate the glory of Yota when it started is the most anticipated thing in the hearts of all Yota Communication employees.
When everyone put their mobile phones outside and returned to their seats, Eva looked at everyone and said slowly: "I will announce the bad news first, that is, our cooperation with AT&T may not continue. down?"
As soon as Eva's words came out, the employees in the conference room immediately started to talk about it, and everyone showed disappointment by coincidence.
"But..." Eva looked at everyone, and when the conference room became quiet again, she continued: "I am going to expand the company's business to the field of communication operators, and I hope to expand our second Next-generation mobile communications are placed on a new platform, low-earth orbit satellites (LEO).”
"Satellite, I heard you right, this is crazy..."
"Can our technology meet the requirements of satellite communication?"
"As for the launch, who will provide the launch service? It won't be NASA, will it?"
The plan Eva just announced was so crazy that it was difficult for everyone to adapt in a short time.
"Okay, Yota friends, are you so easily intimidated? Isn't it satellites? I admit that we have never explored this technology, but all the things we have done have something in it. It started after everything was arranged. Our second-generation mobile communication technology is the best in the world now, but our technology is untimely. Now that the world's economy is in a recession, we can use our mobile There are very few countries and regions for communication solutions. So far only Japan, Hong Kong and other regions are interested in approaching us. AT&T has not recovered the cost of the first generation of mobile communication, and they are unlikely to spend another A lot of money is spent to upgrade to the second-generation global mobile communication technology. Our technology is global-oriented, and if it does not realize its maximum potential due to operator problems, then let us waste our hard work..." Yi Eva's words are full of inspiration. Although she is a woman, Eva's career in the mall over the years has given Eva the aura of a superior person. She knows how to mobilize the enthusiasm of her subordinates. The people sitting in this room are basically multi-millionaires. If they only rely on money, these people may not be motivated, and honor and responsibility may be more useful than money.
"Eva, we have never tested the signal stability of the second-generation Yota system in low-earth orbit, and we know nothing about satellite platforms. If the second-generation Yota communication system is to be placed on a low-earth orbit satellite (LEO) On the platform, I think we need several years." Jack Patrick, the director of the research and development department, first raised the question.
"It doesn't matter. We are experts in the field of mobile communications. We just need to do our job well. As for the issue of satellite platforms, we can contact other companies to cooperate with us. Motorola and NASA are the cooperation we strive for. Object. As for AT&T, let's just turn the page!" Eva replied disapprovingly.
"I remembered that Motorola is now helping the Ministry of Defense to design a military global communication satellite system. If we can join in, maybe we can knock on the door of the Pentagon and become a supplier for the military..." the marketing department The person in charge, Jesse, suddenly said excitedly.