Beijing: Pakistan has become the first foreign country to use the Chinese global positioning system (GPS) after an agreement between the two countries — a news source reported. As per the arrangement, the two countries will be cooperating on training, application systems, performance monitoring, and assessment.
Pakistan is the first foreign country to use the Chinese GPS by Beidou Satellite System. The two countries had signed the agreement during Chinese Prime Minister Liq Keqiang’s May 2013 visit to Pakistan.
Beidou is China’s largest space-based system and one of the four global navigation systems along with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS, and the EU’s Galileo. The company also has a network in Pakistan.
Firms from more than 200 countries have applied for the Beidou navigation system, titled the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) — with the company exporting its products to more than 100 countries. Within China itself, the service has been installed in more than 70% smartphones across the country.
