China’s GPS Alternative Expected to Complete by Mid-2020
Jan. 1, 2020Earlier this week, project director Ran Chengqi disclosed that thecore of the Beidou Navigation System was completed this month. As Ran puts it, this GPS alternative will flaunt“high performance indicators, new technology systems, high localization, mass production networking and a wide range of users.”
“As a major space infrastructure for China to provide public services to the world, the Beidou system will always adhere to the development concept of ‘China’s Beidou, the world’s Beidou, and the first-class Beidou,’ serving the world and benefiting mankind,”Ran told reporters.
The best part of the Beidou Navigation System is that users will not require additional hardware to utilize the service. As aNikkei Asian Reviewreport points out,over 70 percent of Chinese smartphones are already compatiblewith the Beidou Navigation System.
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