The new Chinese GPS system is known in English as the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. BeiDou, The Big Dipper – The Chinese GPS System BeiDou is named after the star asterism The Big Dipper, which in Chinese is Běidǒu The US Monopoly The United States (US) has for decades has had a monopoly on GPS positioning, navigation […]
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2g Network Shutdown – Australia shuts down 2G GPSM/GPRS towers
The 2G Network Shutdown has finally happened. What is 2G 2G (or 2-G) is short for the GSM technology. 2G cell systems were created on the Finnish GSM standard by Radiolinja (presently part of Elisa Oyj) in 1991. The advantages of 2G Three essential advantages of the 2G network over 1G was that encryption was […]