In the past, manufacturers like Apple have had issues getting their devices into China as they didn’t support enough Chinese wireless technologies. Russia may soon join China with similar provisions.
The large German news site a-z.ch, which is hosted in Switzerland, now claims the following (translation by /me):
AFK Systema chief, maker of GLONASS; has announced that he has contacted device makers threatening them with an outright ban of their devices if they fail to implement GLONASS, Russia’s alternative to GPS.
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Putin welcomes the initiative, stating that it is good that national interests are protected…
Even though I am generally not a fan of governmental intervention and am aware that manipulating GPS accuracies is difficult as the USA has deployed some civilian transmitters to its troops, this nevertheless makes me happy to at least some extent.
After all, having extra choice is never bad…
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I daresay that isn’t so much a choice as a requirement
Hi med,
thank you so much for talking back!
I meant something else: I meant that developers would be able to choose the two systems in their apps!
All the best
Tam Hanna