Global Positioning System, or GPS, is one of the most popular satellite-based navigation systems in the world. However, there are other technologies that provide precise location by satellite – and ...

India’s satellite navigation system, known as NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), was born out of a difficult experience during the Kargil War in 1999. At the time, India needed accurate ...

Apple has extended support for NavIC to some of the new iPhone 15 models, seemingly complying with New Delhi’s push to adopt India’s home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation system. On the tech ...

The Indian government has proposed a new rule that will see smartphone and automobile manufacturers offering NavIC, India's home-grown navigation system as an alternative to GPS from 2025. The Indian ...

No audio available for this content. Photo: MStudioImages/E+/Getty Images The Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to sell devices that receive NavIC signals along with GPS. India originally ...

At present, India’s satellite-based augmentation system GAGAN is operational and provides services for air navigation.The Department of Space (DoS) is also working to expand NavIC’s use across key ...

Did you know that GPS was a project started by the US Department of Defence in 1973? GPS’s services were made available to the public in 1980s. India has been working on its own system and the ...

India's homegrown GPS system NavIC is facing a setback after a key satellite failure, leaving only about three fully ...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is all set to become the first mobile manufacturer to incorporate a global positioning system (GPS), NavIC, made by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in ...