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作者：梅根·塞鲁洛（Megan Cerullo）
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亚马逊计划打造一个电信平台，将数千颗卫星送入太空，为网络连接匮乏地区提供语音、短信、应急服务及其他通信服务。
这家科技巨头旗下的Leo子公司周一表示，已向美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）提交申请，拟推出由超过5100颗近地轨道卫星组成的“设备直连”电信服务。
亚马逊在一份声明中表示：“全球有数十亿消费者生活在现有通信网络覆盖不到的地区。亚马逊Leo核心系统将通过为各类消费者、企业和政府客户提供高速、低延迟宽带服务，助力弥合这一数字鸿沟。”
据该公司透露，如果获得电信监管机构批准，该网络将于2028年初启动运营。美国联邦通信委员会未立即回应针对亚马逊Leo申请的置评请求。
此次项目前接亚马逊在今年4月以116亿美元收购领先移动卫星服务提供商Globalstar的交易。据Leo子公司介绍，亚马逊Leo目前已与包括DirecTV、HeroTel和沃达丰（Vodafone）在内的电信运营商达成合作。
亚马逊在周一的公告中表示：“除个人使用外，设备直连服务还将具备多项功能，例如灾害应对期间的不间断通信、全球车队管理、跨工地和供应链的远程运营、远程传感器物联网连接，以及地面网络不可用时的应急短信服务。”
编辑：阿兰·谢特尔（Alain Sherter）
Amazon plans to deploy more than 5,000 satellites for new space-based telecom platform
July 27, 2026 / 3:54 PM EDT / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Amazon wants to build a telecommunications platform that would put thousands of satellites in space to offer voice, messaging, emergency and other services in connectivity-starved areas.
The technology giant’s Leo subsidiary said Monday that it has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a “direct-to-device” telecom service comprising more than 5,100 low Earth orbit satellites.
“There are billions of customers around the world living in places beyond the reach of existing communications networks,” Amazon said in a statement. “The core Amazon Leo system will help bridge this divide by providing high-speed, low-latency broadband to a wide range of consumer, enterprise and government customers.”
If approved by telecom regulators, the network would launch in early 2028, according to the company. The FCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Amazon Leo’s application.
Leo follows Amazon’s April acquisition of Globalstar, a leading mobile satellite services provider, in an $11.6 billion deal. Amazon Leo has since partnered with telecom operators including DirecTV, HeroTel and Vodafone, according to the unit.
“In addition to personal use, the D2D service will enable capabilities like uninterrupted communications for disaster response, global fleet management, remote operations across worksites and supply chains, IoT connectivity for remote sensors, and emergency messaging when ground-based networks are unavailable,” Amazon said in its announcement on Monday.
Edited by Alain Sherter
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