In 2007 for the GPS industry is not an extraordinary one, in the country, anticipated the outbreak of the Chinese University of market situation did not occur, but the competition pattern has been formed, the product prices close to the masses; On the international front, China's Beidou satellite launch break the U.S. GPS monopoly, mergers and acquisitions between large companies have also carried out in full swing. When this unusual year in the past, we need to do a review and sum up, because only in this way can we sum up experience, to do a good job in 2008.


● GPS to decline Beidou will be extended to the global navigation system
     In our minds, "GPS" has become synonymous with navigation and positioning system, but the Americans built the system is likely to be passed their prime. April 14, 2007 said relevant Chinese departments in the next few years China will launch series of Beidou navigation satellite, plans to meet around 2008 users in China and the surrounding areas of satellite navigation systems and network systems and testing, gradually extended to the global satellite navigation system.
In the early morning on the same day, China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, using a Long Route A carrier rocket will be a Beidou navigation satellite into space. In the two months ago, China has successfully launched here a Beidou navigation experimental satellite.
China's construction of the navigation system also known as "COMPASS", planned by the five geostationary orbit satellites and 30 non-geostationary orbit satellites. This system will provide two services, namely the opening of the services and authorization services - the U.S. GPS system will also use a similar service. This system will be used mainly for the country's economic construction, transportation, meteorology, petroleum, marine, forest fire prevention, disaster forecast, telecommunications, public security and other special industries and efficient air navigation services.
Global has the ability to develop a global satellite positioning systems in several countries do not have built the United States GPS and Russia's GLONASS system, and Europe's Galileo project implementation is also in full swing. Navigation system as it involves many sensitive issues that China has always been the need to also have the ability to build its own global positioning system, I believe that in the near future, we will abandon the GPS, the use of their own "Beidou" navigation system!

● Russian recurrence three GLONASS positioning satellite
     Early April 2007, is located in Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch satellite launching base containing the Russian GLONASS satellite Proton-K booster rocket, to continue its GLONASS satellite navigation program. This set of satellite positioning system similar to the U.S. GPS system, a global scale similar program also includes the EU's Galileo project, as well as China's Big Dipper plan.
In the GLONASS program, Russia plans to complete by 2009 positioning satellite deployment, and began to play its positioning and navigation functions. However, overall progress has been lagging behind the schedule originally planned. In accordance with previous plans, Russia also needs to launch an additional five years to catch up with the progress of the satellite.

● first satellite will be aborted to save the European Union by 26.4 billion Galileo
     Europe's Galileo project is highly circular orbit (MEO) program, the system will be highly circular orbit 30 satellites and two ground control center, consisting of 27 satellites for satellite work, for the three alternates. Satellite height of 24,126 kilometers, is located 3 to 56 degrees inclination orbit plane.
Galileo is expected to completed in 2008 for the European road, rail, air and marine transport, the European common defense and even hikers guaranteed to provide an accuracy of 1 meter positioning and navigation services, which will also break the United States to dominate the world the pattern of satellite navigation system.
November 23, 2007, the European Commission put forward a Galileo global satellite navigation system the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. EU to start in March 2002 Galileo project, plans to launch a total of 30 Galileo satellites, the provision of error of less than 1 meter accurate global positioning services, surpassing the United States Global Positioning System (GPS).
The European Commission November 23 to raise a related Galileo global satellite navigation system (referred to as the Galileo Program) the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. Later in the day, the EU finance ministers on the 2008 budget agreement and agreed to further from the EU budget allocated 2.4 billion euros (about 26.4 billion yuan)-funded Galileo project. EU officials had earlier warned that if it is not possible before the end of public funds to take over Galileo project to reach a consensus on the issue, then the EU will have to abandon the plan.
Under the new program, Galileo project at all stages of all items covered by the contract will be divided into 6 major categories, the company bid for the European Union. At the same time, the program also ruled out any company to become more than two types of contracts the possibility of the main contractor. The European Commission hopes that this move to ensure that the project bid in the process of fair competition and transparency, so that all enterprises are able to participate in the EU.
The European Commission November 23 to raise a related Galileo global satellite navigation system (referred to as the Galileo Program) the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. Later in the day, the EU finance ministers on the 2008 budget agreement and agreed to further from the EU budget allocated 2.4 billion euros (about 26.4 billion yuan)-funded Galileo project. EU officials had earlier warned that if it is not possible before the end of public funds to take over Galileo project to reach a consensus on the issue, then the EU will have to abandon the plan.

● first satellite will be aborted to save the European Union by 26.4 billion Galileo
     Europe's Galileo project is highly circular orbit (MEO) program, the system will be highly circular orbit 30 satellites and two ground control center, consisting of 27 satellites for satellite work, for the three alternates. Satellite height of 24,126 kilometers, is located 3 to 56 degrees inclination orbit plane.
Galileo is expected to completed in 2008 for the European road, rail, air and marine transport, the European common defense and even hikers guaranteed to provide an accuracy of 1 meter positioning and navigation services, which will also break the United States to dominate the world the pattern of satellite navigation system.
November 23, 2007, the European Commission put forward a Galileo global satellite navigation system the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. EU to start in March 2002 Galileo project, plans to launch a total of 30 Galileo satellites, the provision of error of less than 1 meter accurate global positioning services, surpassing the United States Global Positioning System (GPS).
The European Commission November 23 to raise a related Galileo global satellite navigation system (referred to as the Galileo Program) the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. Later in the day, the EU finance ministers on the 2008 budget agreement and agreed to further from the EU budget allocated 2.4 billion euros (about 26.4 billion yuan)-funded Galileo project. EU officials had earlier warned that if it is not possible before the end of public funds to take over Galileo project to reach a consensus on the issue, then the EU will have to abandon the plan.
Under the new program, Galileo project at all stages of all items covered by the contract will be divided into 6 major categories, the company bid for the European Union. At the same time, the program also ruled out any company to become more than two types of contracts the possibility of the main contractor. The European Commission hopes that this move to ensure that the project bid in the process of fair competition and transparency, so that all enterprises are able to participate in the EU.
The European Commission November 23 to raise a related Galileo global satellite navigation system (referred to as the Galileo Program) the construction of the new programs, plans to ensure that the projects through competitive bidding process of the parties concerned to eliminate doubts about the fairness and reduce the project is facing resistance. Later in the day, the EU finance ministers on the 2008 budget agreement and agreed to further from the EU budget allocated 2.4 billion euros (about 26.4 billion yuan)-funded Galileo project. EU officials had earlier warned that if it is not possible before the end of public funds to take over Galileo project to reach a consensus on the issue, then the EU will have to abandon the plan.

● State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping informed three foreign-related cases of violations of Surveying and Mapping
     Since March 2007, Xinjiang, Shanghai, Jiangxi and other administrative departments of surveying and mapping organizations investigated and dealt with a number of foreign-related cases of violations of Surveying and Mapping, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on the 9th published 3 investigated and dealt with the recent mapping of the foreign-related cases of violations, and requested the executive at all levels throughout the Survey and Mapping the competent authorities to strengthen supervision of foreign-related surveying and mapping activities, and effectively protect national security.
In March 2007, Japanese citizens and others with Ma Guang Ebinur Lake in Xinjiang region, without the approval of administrative departments of surveying and mapping, the use of handheld GPS receivers in the region of illegal acquisition of geographical coordinates information, and marked in a portable version of China's foreign language topographic maps on the region. Xinjiang Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on April 24 in accordance with the law of the Canton of Ma and others ordered to stop illegal mapping behavior, the confiscation of mapping tools and mapping results, a fine of 20,000 yuan of administrative penalties. Her possession of a foreign language version of China's regional topographic map by the state security departments in accordance with the law are liable to forfeiture.
In March 2007, Japan Aisin Ada Co., Ltd. Representative Office in Beijing Shinto staff, and without the approval of administrative departments of surveying and mapping, in Shanghai, the main road navigation software testing activity. Shanghai test tube to do in the April 19 made in accordance with the law of the representative office shall be ordered to stop illegal mapping behavior, the confiscation of mapping results and mapping tools, a fine of 20,000 yuan of administrative penalties.
In March 2007, Japanese citizens Masamitsu Sato, water and without the approval of administrative departments of surveying and mapping, in Jiangxi, Nan Fung, Yingtan, Shangrao, Qianshan and other unauthorized activities in the implementation of the Survey and Mapping, part of the collection of geospatial information data points involve major military facilities and transportation hub. Qianshan County, Jiangxi Province, according to the law of the Land Resources Bureau Zhengguang Sato and others to make the confiscation of mapping tools and mapping results, a fine of 20,000 yuan of administrative penalties.

● China's GPS Technology Application Association of the ninth annual meeting
     October 3, 2007, China Global Positioning System Technology Association (GPS Technology Application Association of China) the ninth annual meeting held in Beijing九华山庄. In addition, together with the Association held in九华山庄also the third "China's satellite navigation technology applications Exhibition", exhibition, the National GPS industry's top manufacturers all of the many exhibitors, compared with gold.
China Association of GPS technology in September 25, 1995 was formally established in Beijing. It is by the use of GPS positioning technology to engage in surveying, navigation, time-frequency synchronization, the speed of displacement, deformation monitoring, information dissemination and other fields of scientific research institutions, mapping production, GPS equipment production and operational units and individual voluntary component of the national industry organizations, is not bound by sector, region and ownership restrictions on corporate social groups. The association registered in the Ministry of Civil Affairs Division registered societies, anchored to the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. Participate in the exhibition equipment manufacturers most of the major vendors to the industry, including major map companies have a booth at the scene cloth. In addition, the exhibition held at the same time, the association will be in court there are many professionals in various enterprises, speaking at the scene, academic atmosphere.

● Siwei, telecommunications working together to build the nation's largest dynamic POI database
     During the year 2007 China Telecom has NavInfo, Cgogo agreement, the parties will fully focus on Telecom Yellow Pages data, digital map applications and mobile search launched a package of special co-operation, resulting in direct hatching out the dynamics of China's largest Yellow Pages POI database, it The debut will be to build a new data applications Telecom Yellow Pages ecological chain.
NavInfo compared in terms of the Yellow Pages with the domestic first-class operators to cooperate, it will further enhance its POI bottom of the absolute number of data points, data coverage in breadth and depth of the corresponding increase; of Cgogo speaking, with China Telecom Yellow Pages of cooperation will be beneficial to its collection of information and change the response to the first time, and the corresponding use of mobile phone users to upgrade to mobile search experience satisfaction.
It is reported that mobile phone users in the application of Cgogo mobile search engine for mobile search experience, you can dynamically changing all kinds of information (including all types of POI data), quickly emerged in the mobile search results, NavInfo provided by several dynamic map data will enable data access to the process more smooth and precise. Strong cooperation has greatly increased the mobile phones play as a personal "fifth media" advantage of the insurance factor.
NavInfo has always been regarded as China's navigation map market leader, Cgogo mobile search is also quite a lot of areas of accumulation. The industry generally felt that the focus of the trilateral cooperation aimed at in the future environment based on 3G mobile phone products of new media applications, and the corresponding R & D service model. China Telecom, NavInfo and Cgogo will force dynamic Yellow Pages POI database, and to play their respective comparative advantages, in relying on China Telecom Yellow Pages data quality resources, to provide users with high-quality map navigation and mobile search services.
In fact, as early as September 2006, China Telecom and Microsoft have been jointly launched 114 search service, in March this year, the service has formally entered the field of wireless search. Mobile search is generally considered the core business of mobile value-added services. Industry figures pointed out that telecom operators as the key to preparing for 3G, mobile phones and telecommunications Mobile Search Yellow Pages data, high-quality navigation map of the relationship will become more and more closely.

● GARMIN smooth withdrawal from falling into the hands of T.A. pocket TomTom
     Much hubbub recently acquired a map of events finally gradually sort out clues, and early in November 2007, the world's largest manufacturer of GPS equipment GARMIN announced the lifting of the independent companies TeleAtlas map about 4.22 billion U.S. dollars takeover bid, TomTom finally 3.3 billion U.S. dollars to get the price of the old partners completed the acquisition of TA.
Map of the company for GPS equipment manufacturers is critical, when TomTom in July to make the acquisition of TA's decision, I am afraid and did not think would NOKIA, NAVTEQ, as well as GARMIN so we have to face today. The introduction of GARMIN reportedly because of an agreement with NAVTEQ to ensure GARMIN in 2015 has been smooth and successful access to NAVTEQ map, which recently has been rushed to buy NOKIA.
It is worth noting that, GARMIN with TomTom in the long struggle on the intellectual property lawsuit also reached a settlement in the United States were canceled, Wisconsin, Texas, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom complaints. Competition in the acquisition of a compromise between the two sides mean that less deadly atmosphere it.
NAVTEQ and TA in the two-level map of the world's monopoly companies fall into the hands of NOKIA with TomTom after, GARMIN than the opponent seems to have insufficient core competitiveness. In this "content is king" of the industry, GARMIN If you want to seat firmly secured now, it wants to be able to contain some of the opponent's way.
In addition to equipment manufacturers, some content providers are also keen on the GPS industry, including Google, Microsoft and other enterprises in the current industry structure, I believe that will actively with upstream
Manufacturers to cooperate globally GPS a new round of industrial restructuring have been staged.

● semiconductor makers come to acquire GPS related companies
     Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most popular in 2007, one of 3C products, particularly in the global chip supplier emerging merger and acquisition action, the Night of the Prophet duck plumbing practice, seems to have revealed faint GPS customers in 2008 product demand growth in the extent of the good and force the chip maker had to do the layout ahead of time so as not to miss this has begun to take off the market pie.
NXP (NXP) announced the first 85 million U.S. dollars acquisition GloNav The focus in the GPS single-chip solution for IC design companies, and, where appropriate, an additional premium of 25 million U.S. dollars in cash. This is the first in 2007 to buy five-related software and chip GPS solution the semiconductor industry, from the beginning of the CSR to Broadcom, SIRF and Atheros, and, more recently, NXP, foreign chip makers to step up the pace of action, in fact, revealed in 2008 has been to understand GPS product market will be more heat.
Taiwan IC design industry department said, without going into the global GPS chip market for new suppliers aside, even in 2007 the world's leading GPS manufacturers have to go out to sea SIRF acquisition Centrality, shows that global market demand for GPS chip heat has been terminal PND and GPS related products Hot driven, coupled with the lower reaches of PND, car manufacturers, consumer electronics products industry, as well as mobile phone brand, the operator of the GPS applications have different considerations, in 2008 the outbreak of the growth of GPS chips have been expected.
3C products as a result of customer applications for the GPS functions are different considerations, some people just want location information, some people want to communicate with each other but the added value of the demand for GPS chip also appeared multiple voices, not only so that in 2008 the global market demand for GPS chips There are more than 50% growth in space, high, medium and low-level functions of GPS chip orientation, but also allow domestic and foreign chip suppliers have to continuously expand its GPS chip solutions to meet customer requirements.
GPS chip supplier optimistic that in Nokia (NOKIA) large acquisition Navateq after 2008 is the first year the development of GPS mobile phones, and GPS functionality in the application came a demand for more than one billion years Taiwan's global mobile phone market demand, the Faced with the application of GPS chips from 1 only 10 million to 2000 million PND products market, mobile phone products to market, global demand for GPS chips in the next few years explosion in the number of 10 times, in fact, there was nothing to be surprised.
Chip suppliers pointed out that domestic and foreign chip suppliers biggest challenge, it should be spent is, therefore, foreign chip suppliers in 2007 to taken numerous merger and acquisition moves GPS related companies, expanding its GPS chip product line, as Taiwan factory MediaTek and Morningstar is also a new generation of GPS chips to accelerate the development of action to争食market pie.
Plumbing duck in the Spring practice of the Prophet, the 2007 domestic and foreign chip suppliers are keen to acquire GPS chip-related hardware and software company moves, in fact, has revealed in 2008 related to the application of GPS will be explosive growth, a wide range of 3C products in 2008 brought the most Sihang function, and GPS applications will be led on the relationship, and so the prospects for the global GPS market to allow domestic and foreign GPS chip suppliers have the space to dream and go all out.

● Texas Instruments introduced the smallest GPS single-chip solution
     In June 2007, Texas Instruments (TI) announced the launch of a new single-chip device-NaviLink ™ 5.0 solution for mainstream mobile phones has brought GPS applications. The device is available in TI's innovative DRP ™ single-chip technology, measuring only 25mm2, the realization of the industry's smallest solution, the minimum of materials with the perfect combination of high-performance, so that GPS applications in mobile phones to gain promotion. New framework NaviLink5.0GPS receiver signal is usually weak in urban and indoor environment for a quick initial positioning (TTFF) function. With the GPS function in the popularity of mobile phones, operators will be more widely deployed location-based services to meet consumer demand, such as rich 3D mapping and navigation applications.
NaviLink5.0 solution supports both assisted and stand-alone mode of the GPS. NaviLink5.0 chip host loading and memory requirements low, not only to achieve lower power consumption, but also for the system design to provide a higher flexibility. These features are of crucial importance to handset manufacturers. The chip's performance also exceeded the requirements of 3GPP and OMASUPL, therefore easier integration in mobile phones.
TI Mobile Connectivity Solutions business unit general manager MarcCetto pointed out: "Most consumers are accustomed to the adoption of car navigation systems and Internet access data. NaviLink5.0 using TI's high-performance solutions, we can help handset manufacturers in the mobile phone to achieve low-cost personal navigation systems and applications to meet the needs of mobile consumers anytime, anywhere to enjoy the requirements of location-based services. "
The use of mobile phones on the location-based services, consumers will be able to immediately access to the current location near the distribution of a variety of services and business information such as where there are ATM, restaurants or cinemas. They can also contact via cell phone to find anywhere to identify the location of family and friends.
IMSResearch senior analyst PatrickConnolly pointed out: "We see strong momentum of development of GPS mobile phones, in high-end market was particularly conspicuous. Users want location-based services, but also requested to provide the functions of mobile phone-related regulations to promote the growing demand for GPS . TI's NaviLink5.0 devices such as low-cost single-chip solution will help to promote the mid-range mobile phone market GPS functionality. "
     As consumers by supporting GPS positioning technology, mobile phone access map (localizedmap) and other data, the 3D graphics technology, the increased demand, allowing users in a small screen clearly identify landmarks and their surrounding environment, NaviLink5.0 single-chip solution program has been carefully optimized to work with TI's OMAP ™ and OMAP-Vox ™ processors interface connector, the co-operation to provide crisp, clear 3D graphics. In addition, GPS chip which can with TI's 2.5G and 3G chipsets to achieve seamless connectivity for mobile phone manufacturers to provide a complete solution.
This paper reviews the international and domestic in 2007 more important GPS industry news, analysis of what we found, as a very promising technology, GPS piece of cake is being valued by many manufacturers, there are an increasing number of new manufacturers to join the ranks. Domestically, however, manufacturers are mostly not related to core technology development, but simply remain in the terminal manufacturing, this situation is worrying. But on the other hand we also see Beidou satellites into space, as well as government departments to attach importance to this emerging industry, so GPS industry is still promising. Looking back at the past in order to better look into the future, let us look forward to the future of China's GPS industry will be even better!