新浪科技讯 北京时间7月20日晚间消息，据国外媒体报道，诺基亚西door子通信公司(以下简称“诺西”)已经赢得美国对冲基金Harbinger Capital Partners价值70亿美元的合同，将在美国全国范围内建设高速移动通信网络。

　　这一新网络名为LightSquared，将于明年下半年启用。该网络的目标是覆盖美国所有地区，将包括传统手机网、卫星电话和数据服务。诺西目前在美国市场的表现一般，获得这一70亿美元的合同对该公司来说是利好。本周一，诺西还宣布将以12亿美元收购摩托罗拉的网络设备业务。

　　Harbinger希望基于LTE(长期演进)技术建设4G移动通信网络。LightSquared将以批发的方式提供服务，因此用户将不会是个人消费者。Harbinger创始人菲利普·法尔肯(Philip Falcone)表示，LightSquared的用户将是采用量入为出模式的移动运营商，例如Leap Wireless、Metro PCS和T-Mobile。

　　法尔肯表示，LightSquared将进入一个极具竞争性的市场，因为美国多家移动运营商都在加紧建设4G网络，从而为智能手机提供支持。Verizon无线和AT&T分别将于今年和明年启用4G网络，而Sprint目前已经推出4G服务。

　　Harbinger将为LightSquared提供29亿美元的资产，主要为网络使用的频谱。LightSquared还将进行总额17.5亿美元债券和股票融资。该网络将包括4万个基站，到2015年时将覆盖美国92%的人口。诺西已经与LightSquared签订8年的合同，为该网络提供设计、建设和维护服务。

　　诺西CEO拉吉夫·苏立(Rajeev Suri)表示，诺西很高兴赢得美国最大的无线网络外包部署项目。LightSquared将由Orange前CEO桑吉·阿华加(Sanjiv Ahuja)[屏蔽]。他表示，LightSquared将成为打破美国移动通信市场当前格局的一股力量。

Harbinger-Skyterra ink $7 billion deal with Nokia to build 4G LTE satellite mobile broadband network
Harbinger Capital, a New York investment firm with extensive telecommunications holdings, plans to announce Tuesday a eight-year, $7 billion deal with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a satellite and mobile broadband network for wireless providers and other businesses.

The new venture will feature the mobile high-speed Internet service developed by Nokia Siemens and rely on satellites and terrestrial spectrum that Harbinger acquired through its purchase of Reston-based SkyTerra earlier this year, according to an announcement scheduled for Tuesday morning. The partners plan to name the venture LightSquared and have selected Sanjiv Ahuja, a former chief executive of France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary, to run it.

With the deal, Harbinger hopes to meet important financing and coverage requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission as contigencies of the firm’s purchase of SkyTerra. Satisfying those requirements would allow Harbinger to join the race to provide broadband service to the growing horde of wireless customers who are hungry for faster and more powerful devices.

“With a strong management team and a world-class partner to build and manage the network, the business is well positioned to capitalize on key trends; demand for wireless broadband is growing at a rapid pace and there is an increasing need for additional network capacity and reach," said Philip Falcone, chief executive of Harbinger Capital.

In an interview, Ahuja said that LightSquared plans to launch in its first markets by the middle of next year and hopes to have 92 percent coverage of the United States by 2015. He said the venture sees its customer base as a wide-ranging group including wireless carriers, device makers, and retailers such as Best Buy and WalMart that want to provide high-speed mobile services.

"We see a great diversity of customers to put to use one or all three propositions we offer," Ahuja said. "That would be satellite only, satellite and terrestrial or only terrestrial. This is one of its kind."

As a condition of the FCC’s approval of Harbinger’s roughly $280 million acquisition of SkyTerra, the new company cannot lease spectrum on its network to the biggest wireless providers – AT&T and Verizon – without permission from the agency.

That provision is aimed at promoting competition in the next generation of wireless broadband. Clear, former known as Clearwire, has launched in several markets its own 4G WiMax network. Verizon is set to launch its first 4G LTE in certain markets around the end of the year. AT&T is also planning its own 4G launch around the same time.

Under one requirement set by the FCC, Harbinger must build out its network to provide coverage to at least 100 million people in the United States by the end of 2012, 145 million people by the end of 2013, and 260 million people by the end of 2015.

Harbinger’s agreement with Nokia Siemens is subject to approval from both companies’ boards. The deal includes network design, equipment manufacturing and installation, and network operations and maintenance by Nokia. LightSquared would control 59 Mhz of nationwide spectrum, satellites and 40,000 cell phone base stations.

一个单子500亿RMB，太JB恐怖了，有水分嫌疑 

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引用第3楼devin于2010-07-20 20:56发表的  :
lz不用再担心NSN两年后的存在问题了

电信业回款周期长，客户都拖拖拉拉不付钱，先要倒贴。这么大个单子，要是回款不及时NSN不出两年肯定玩完

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引用第5楼hn05于2010-07-20 21:22发表的  :
UT亏损那么多年都没倒闭，NSN就算两年亏损也没什么

UT当年的利润率是多少，NSN才多少
NSN的盈利能力还不及当年UT的十分之一

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引用第8楼mingo于2010-07-20 22:17发表的  :
FJJ头像是谁啊？

枫姐姐看上的妞

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引用第10楼莫及于2010-07-20 22:40发表的  :
呼唤品味

哥就好这口

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引用第14楼上海毯于2010-07-21 00:06发表的  :

不是小时候的唐骏哇~~~

你以为都跟你和毯子一样都那癖好