Qualcomm Technologies has released chipsets, supporting India’s own GPS system ‘Navigation with Indian Constellation’ (NavIC).

New androids to be equipped with NavIC

• The Qualcomm chipsets now supports up to 7 satellite constellations at the same time, including the use of all of NavIC’s operating satellites.
• These enhancements will enable select mobile, automotive and IoT platforms to better serve key industries and technology ecosystems in the region.
• It will help improve user experience for location-based applications especially in dense urban environments where geolocation accuracy tends to degrade, said the company earlier.

About NavIC

• The name NavIC was given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after successful launch of the seventh navigation satellite, in April, 2016.
• To date, ISRO has built a total of nine satellites in the IRNSS series, of which eight are currently in orbit.
• The constellation is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1,500 km from its boundary, which is its primary service area.
• It is designed to provide two types of services – Standard Positioning Service (SPS), which is provided to all users and Restricted Service (RS), which is an encrypted service provided only to the authorised users.
• The system is expected to provide a position accuracy of better than 20 m in the primary service area.

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NAVIC (Navigation in Indian Constellation)

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