Beidou navigates path to larger market share

Navigation devices that can receive signals from the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, China's version of the global positioning system, are expected to expand its share significantly in the GPS-dominated market, said experts.

Cao Chong, director of the Advisory Center of China Association for Global Navigation Satellite Systems, told China Daily in an interview that navigation devices that can receive both GPS and Beidou signals will be the most popular.

Cao said such devices are likely to "take a majority share of the market if their prices are lowered following scale-production of chips for Beidou terminals".