Recently, the "2014 5th China Satellite Navigation Academic Annual Conference" was held in Nanjing. Sun Jiadong, academician of the CAS Member, chief designer of the lunar exploration project, and winner of the highest national science and technology award, said, "China's self-developed and independently operated Beidou satellite navigation system has achieved full signal coverage in the Asia Pacific region since 2012. At present, China's Beidou has entered the global satellite navigation system (GNSS), becoming one of the four major GNSS systems in the world today."
During the meeting, Ran Chengqi, Director of the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office, stated that the mass production of Beidou basic products has solidified the foundation for mass application. With the development of miniaturization, low power consumption, and low cost of chips, Beidou will be fully applied to the public and serve their daily lives.
Conroy Cormac, Vice President of Qualcomm Technologies, was invited to attend the conference and give a speech. He stated that currently, there are multiple commercial smartphones with built-in Snapdragon processors that support Beidou satellite navigation, including Huawei B199, ZTE Grand S2, ZTE Star-1, ZTE Red Bull V5, Tianyu Touch 2/3/5 LTE, Nubia X6 vivo Xplay 3S、TCL S838M、TCL S838U、 Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9008V/N9006), HTC M8, Moto E, etc.
The service goal of China's Beidou satellite navigation is to be independent, open and compatible, technologically advanced, stable and reliable. After the release of the Beidou system space signal interface file, Qualcomm quickly launched a comprehensive positioning solution for mobile terminals based on its experience in developing multi system navigation. Last year, Qualcomm Technologies teamed up with Samsung to launch the industry's first smartphone with integrated tri band positioning platform and support for Beidou - Galaxy Note 3 (China Mobile N9008V and China Unicom N9006 versions, etc.). This news was selected as one of the top ten news stories on Beidou in 2013. At present, Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are designed for a full range of high, medium, and entry-level platforms, all of which support Beidou, GPS, and Glonass. Terminals equipped with Snapdragon processors will use three satellite systems simultaneously when calculating location, allowing users to obtain faster and more accurate positioning services.
It is worth noting that Qualcomm's multiple products are being optimized based on the localization needs of Chinese users, such as its Snapdragon 410 processor, which supports dual SIM cards and three SIM cards, GPS, GLONASS, and Beidou, adopts a 28 nanometer process, supports 64 bit technology, supports LTE TDD/LTE FDD/3G/GSM full standard, and is aimed at 4G phones priced at thousands of yuan.
