In September 2022, we reported that the Indian government was planning to make NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) support mandatory in all smartphones sold in India from January 1, 2023. NavIC is the country’s in-house satellite navigation system, similar to BeiDou (BDS), Galileo, and GPS. Reportedly, the government had private meetings with multiple smartphone brands, […]
Read MoreThe Indian government is pushing handset makers to enable support for its homegrown navigation system NavIC on the smartphones they will sell in India from January 1, 2023, reports Reuters. NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is the operational name for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) developed by India’s space agency ISRO for military […]
Read MoreThe Indian Government might pass a new regulation, and several smartphone manufacturers are worried about how this might affect their launch schedule for 2023. According to a new report, the Indian government will require mobile phone manufacturers to adopt the India Regional Satellite Navigation System (NavIC) for smartphone models released in 2023 and onward. India […]
Read More
