GPS + IRNSS module coming to Indian market

A new GPS + IRNSS module is being developed by Indian firm Ramakrishna Electro Component (REC) in partnership with STMicroelectronics and Shanghai Mobiletek, according to press reports.

The module will rely heavily on the Indian navigation satellite constellation IRNSS (also known as NaVIC), REC Managing Director Shivang Luthra told reporters at an event in New Delhi.

"There have been dependency of imported GPS module which use the U.S., European or Russian satellites," Luthra said. "We have developed a GPS module, Utraq, that will mainly use the Indian satellites for GPS navigation."

The module will be produced at a Shanghai Mobiletek factory in China,…