Digital TV operator offers satellite Internet access
Russia’s largest operator of satellite television, Tricolor TV, announced its commercial launch of asymmetrical satellite Internet access, Vedomosti reported.
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Moscow to modernize traffic management
Moscow city authorities have budgeted up to 6.26 billion rubles (approx. $222 million) this year for the creation of an intelligent transportation system that improves traffic management.
Is the real issue about comparing GPS to GLONASS to BEIDOU?
Have you been watching the rise in media that is increasingly comparing GPS to GLONASS to BEIDOU and others? In some cases the comparisons seek to outright claim one is ‘better’ than another. In others, the comparison is framed as a ‘challenge’ , and yet others see Europe’s GALILEO as having a major influence currently (which is …
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Swedish satellite data provider prefers GLONASS to GPS
Sweden’s Swepos became the first foreign company to use Russia’s GLONASS positioning technology, due to Swepos’ conviction that it is better than GPS at northern latitudes, reported Reuters.
MTS shoots for the stars with new GLONASS smartphone but barely makes orbit with middlebrow tech
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, launched initial retail sales of its Glonass 945 smartphone last Friday in a bid to offer the world’s first smartphone with a GLONASS+GPS supported satellite location system.
Russia’s official representations abroad to help GLONASS expand internationally
Navigation Information Systems (NIS), Russia’s provider of national navigation services, signed an agreement last week with Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development aimed at finding foreign partners to develop GLONASS-supported services.
US magazine identifies Russia’s 10 most innovative companies
After compiling a list of the “Top 50 Most Innovative Companies” worldwide last month, which included Yandex and Kaspersky Lab, U.S. business magazine Fast Company has now issued a ranking of the “Ten Most Innovative Companies in Russia.”
First GLONASS receivers and navigation devices on the market
Explay, a leading Russian manufacturer of car navigators, announced last week its launch of a navigator that supports the two satellite-based location systems, GPS and GLONASS.
German and Brazilian companies to help develop GLONASS-based traffic accident alert system
At an international conference dedicated to ERA-GLONASS held in Moscow yesterday, Russian national navigation services provider Navigation Information Systems (NIS) signed agreements with T-Systems, a German operator of ICT systems, Zatix, a Brazilian tracking company, and Upaya, a Brazilian consultancy.
Navigation software sales quadrupled, GPS navigator sales doubled in 2010
Navitel, the leading Russian publisher of navigation software, has reported that total sales in the navigation software market grew by 300% in 2010, according to RBC Daily, a Russian business daily.
Rusat to provide broadband link for Panasonic aircraft services
Russian satellite operator Rusat has agreed to provide Panasonic Avionics with a satellite broadband link. Panasonic will use the satellite band to provide services in the aircraft of international carriers crossing Russia.
NIS deploys GLONASS-supported traffic accident alert system throughout Russian regions
Russian national navigation services provider Navigation Information Systems (NIS) has signed agreements with authorities of the Novgorod, Pskov and Kamchatka regions as well as the Republic of Chuvashia in order to deploy ERA-GLONASS, a real time satelite based system for alert and response to traffic accidents.
