Launch will boost Beidou

China will launch another three satellites for the Beidou system, the country's global positioning and navigation network, enabling it to provide a free positioning, navigation and time service for customers in the Asia-Pacific by the end of the year.

GPS rival Beidou will cover Asia Pac by end of the year

Chinese satnav project could go global as early as 2014 China will expand its home grown GPS rival Beidou by launching three global positioning satellites that it hopes will make it possible to have the service up and running in Asia Pacific by the end of the year.…

Garmin Offers Free Malaysian Map In GPS Devices In India

NEW DELHI, May 16 (Bernama) - Global leader in satellite navigation, Garmin Corporation is entering the Indian mass market with the launch of portable global positioning system (GPS) nuvi 40LM and 50LM.

The Circuit: LightSquared vows to push ahead; software piracy; medical devices

LightSquared: LightSquared said that it will continue to win approval for its satellite network even after filing for bankruptcy Monday, The Washington Post reported . But analysts have said that it will be a difficult road for the company to move ahead as long as concerns persist about the network’s interference with global-positioning satellites. Read full article >>

North Korea has stopped jamming satellite signals in an apparent attempt to disrupt air and maritime traffic ...

Kim Tae-hyo, senior presidential secretary for national security and strategy in Seoul who accompanied President Lee in his visits to Myanmar and China, told a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday, "China was apparently surprised to hear President Lee explain in detail of North Korea`s global positioning system disruptions.