India nearing self-reliance in strategic navigation with NavIC: In-SPACe chiefIndia is nearly self-reliant in data for strategic applications due to NavIC, its satellite navigation system similar to GPS, according to ...
03 Dec, 2024, 04.19 PM IST
How Isro plans to boost India's GPS-alternative Navic's reach beyond India's bordersThe ISRO is working on extending the coverage of its Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NaVIC) from 1,500 km to 3,000 km beyond I...
27 Sep, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
From war to business to economy, why NavIC is the tech for a rising IndiaIndia's homegrown GPS alternative, NavIC, is gaining traction with Apple agreeing to incorporate it in its latest iPhone 15 smartphones. Th...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Now, global-position NavIC as a go-to GPSCommercialising NavIC through smartphone use helps develop an indigenous strategic technological initiative. It also makes it easier to amp...
17 Sep, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: What is NavIC? Indian GPS alternative will be mandatory in all smartphones by 2025Developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), NavIC is an Indian alternative to systems such as the widely used GPS. It was e...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
NavIC support to become must for all smartphonesNavIC, or Navigation with Indian Constellation, is a homegrown alternative to systems such as the widely used GPS. NavIC currently has seve...
15 Sep, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
Apple iPhone 15 models to have India's GPS alternative NavicApple has incorporated India's navigation system, NavIC, in its newly launched iPhone 15 Pro models. NavIC, developed by ISRO, operates thr...
14 Sep, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
India-designed chip to track school buses, weapons systemsThe 12-nanometre chip can be fitted into a mobile phone or any handheld device and receive signals from the Navigation with Indian Constell...
14 Apr, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Talks on to include desi navigation app NavIC on phonesA meeting by Ministry of Electronics and IT was held on the issue on September 2, which was attended by officials from leading smartphone m...
27 Sep, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
Govt proposes to embed support for indigenous navigation system NavIC in all India-made smartphonesIndustry sources, however, said that a tentative timeline of January 2025 has been proposed for supporting NavIC in domestically manufactur...
26 Sep, 2022, 10.09 PM IST
What is NavIC? All you need to know about India's home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation systemThe Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to enable support for its NavIC navigation system in new devices sold in the country fro...
26 Sep, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
India's push for home-grown navigation system jolts smartphone giantsGovernment and industry documents show Modi's administration and space officials want to broaden its use, and have this year pushed smartph...
26 Sep, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
ISRO, Oppo collaborate to strengthen R&D of NavIC messaging service"K Sivan, Secretary, DOS / Chairman, ISRO appreciated the efforts of OPPO, India in scaling NavIC application through their innovative R&D ...
12 Dec, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
NavIC: Know about India's own GPS, now available on smartphoneThe Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is officially called NAVIC which is an acronym for NAVigation with Indian Constella...
28 Feb, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
NavIC tech designed by ISRO will come to Xiaomi smartphones this yearNavigation with Indian Constellation is the regional geo-positioning system that provides accurate positioning in India.
25 Feb, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
ISRO helps chipmaker Qualcomm for enabling Indian GPS, NavIC, in smartphonesThe space agency said in a statement that these chipsets are being released by Qualcomm and this would help accelerate the adoption of NavI...
21 Jan, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
Qualcomm announces support for India’s NavIC Satellite Navigation SystemSupport for NavIC will be available in select Qualcomm Technologies’ chipset platforms starting in late 2019 and commercial devices with Na...
14 Oct, 2019, 01.48 PM IST