BeiDou is now compatible with 288 million smartphones – mostly produced by domestic brands like Huawei and Xiaomi – in China, and is used to track locations more than 1 trillion times every ...

It reported that “GPS’s capabilities are now substantially inferior to those of China’s BeiDou,” and urged the administration to regain U.S. leadership in the field. Being newer and more advanced ...

Fifty years since it was designed and approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the GPS is at risk of losing its status as the world’s gold-standard location service, reported The Wall Street ...

China’s BeiDou navigation system now equals the US’ GPS, and even beats it in some regions. Will the world welcome an alternative?

Image source, Getty Images. ... How China's GPS 'rival' Beidou is plotting to go global. Published. 20 September 2018. China opens GPS-substitute to public. Published. 27 December 2012.

China successfully launched another two satellites into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 3:10 am Beijing time on Wednesday.

China’s effort for a homegrown version of GPS started in 2000 and comprises three satellite networks. Beidou-3 is the first to provide global navigation services and the latest to be rolled out. The ...

China has successfully put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system, further advancing the country as a major power in space. Tuesday's launch will allow China to no longer ...

Getty Images. China has successfully put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system, ... How China's GPS 'rival' Beidou is plotting to go global.

中国念兹在兹要开发北斗，据信因为在1995-1996年台海导弹危机期间，或许因为美国局部关闭了gps讯号、或许因为解放军所接收的gps商用讯号本来误差 ...

TOKYO -- China's BeiDou satellite positioning system has overtaken its U.S. rival in size, a shift with potentially huge implications for both high-tech industry and national security. The U.S ...

Beidou is China's "Plan B", allowing its citizens and, more importantly, its military to still have navigation capabilities even if it gets blocked from using the US' GPS system.