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Indian rival to GPS gets boost from new BIS norms
Mint New Delhi
|October 23, 2025
Govt wants location-based services, navigation devices, mobile apps to use NavIC
Govt wants location-based services, navigation devices, mobile apps to use NavIC
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To enable wider adoption of Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), India’s localized version of America’s Global Positioning System (GPS), the government has for the first time introduced comprehensive standards for NavIC receivers, two officials told Mint.
This story is from the October 23, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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