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BeiDou, China’s version of GPS, now being used over 1 trillion times per day
The Chinese navigation system has ascended to a dominant position in its home market, driving nearly US$80 billion of economic output last year.
The BeiDou satellite navigation system, China’s answer to GPS, cemented its leading position in the Chinese market last year, as its economic footprint grew more than 7 per cent and it expanded its compatibility to support a broader range of devices. 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 day, the association said. Beijing has poured investment into domestic technologies amid fears the country could be cut off from US services like GPS during a period of heightened geopolitical tensions, but China’s vast market is also turning BeiDou into a viable business.
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