The NavIC counterparts

The Government of India recently announced its plans to mandate NavIC support for all mobile devices by 2025. Speaking on it, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that all 5G-enabled phones should support NavIC by January 1, 2025; while all mobile phones should support the same by December 2025, as per media reports.

Short for Navigation with Indian Constellation, NavIC is a satellite-based navigation, just like the USA’s Global Positioning System (GPS). It has been developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).