China's Beidou navigation system is set to increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with Pakistan expected to become its fourth overseas customer later this month. Huang Lei, international business director of Beijing BDStar Navigation, which helps promote Beidou, or Compass, in the international market, told China Daily the company will build a network of stations in Pakistan to enhance the location accuracy of Beidou. These continuously operational reference stations will be built after the two countries sign a cooperation agreement, which will see Pakistan follow in the footsteps of Thailand, Laos and Brunei in becoming a Beidou customer. Huang said building the network will cost tens of millions of dollars. The system has been delivering services for the Asia-Pacific region since December, with the aim of providing a global service by 2020. The Beidou network has 16 navigation satellites over the region, with 30 more due to join the system by 2020. Huang said foreign aid programs and cooperation agreements are the main ways to promote Beidou in the international market. China National Radio reported in April that under a 2 billion yuan ($317 million) agreement with Thailand, the system's first foreign user, China will build a national remote sensing system based on Beidou for Thailand. It will also build a large satellite ground station with an industrial park for the development and production of Beidou receivers for the wider Southeast Asian market. Similar deals were signed with Laos and Brunei in late April. Laos will adopt Beidou in developing the country's agriculture, and to crack down on opium cultivation, while Brunei will use Beidou in building a modern capital, according to China's Ministry of Science and Technology. The ministry did not give further details about cooperation with these two countries. While industrial experts estimate Beidou can trigger a potential market worth 225 billion yuan across China by 2015, Huang believes a huge potential market exists outside the country. He said Pakistan, Thailand and India are major potential Beidou users in the fisheries sector, because the system can help fishermen send emergency messages to rescue centers, and also inform their families about the latest conditions aboard vessels through a text message service. Liu Guozhi, vice-chairman of the China Satellite Navigation Commission, told the fourth China Satellite Navigation Conference, which ended on Friday in Wuhan, Hubei province, that Beidou is made in China but will be used worldwide. The three-day conference, held annually since 2010, attracted more than 2,000 people from China and overseas. They discussed the latest progress in satellite navigation technology, with the theme of the conference being opportunities and challenges in Beidou's application. Ran Chengqi, spokesman for the China Satellite Navigation Office, said Beidou will work with other satellite navigation systems, and international users are welcome to try the system. Stuart Riley, engineering manager of US-based Trimble Navigation, said this is a good chance to get to know Beidou. “We have been working on a product to support Beidou, which will be announced soon,” he said. |
記者在日前于武漢召開的第四屆中國衛(wèi)星導航學術年會上獲悉,巴基斯坦將成為繼泰國、老撾和文萊之后第四個采用北斗衛(wèi)星導航系統(tǒng)的外國用戶,這意味著北斗系統(tǒng)在亞太地區(qū)的推廣正在穩(wěn)步進行。 北京北斗星通導航技術股份有限公司國際業(yè)務總監(jiān)黃磊介紹該公司將為巴基斯坦建設兼容北斗的連續(xù)運行參考站系統(tǒng),實現(xiàn)厘米級定位。該項目將在5月底前作為國家間的戰(zhàn)略合作協(xié)議簽署。屆時巴基斯坦將成為采用北斗系統(tǒng)的第四個外國用戶。 黃磊說:“該系統(tǒng)前期的投入是比較大的,要達到上億元,第一期的示范系統(tǒng)應該千萬級就可以完成,之后可以以商業(yè)合作推廣的模式發(fā)展?!?/p> 目前,北斗衛(wèi)星系統(tǒng)已覆蓋整個東南亞,目標到2020年覆蓋全球。隨著我國北斗導航系統(tǒng)去年12月底正式提供區(qū)域服務,北斗系統(tǒng)的國際推廣也拉開了帷幕。 黃磊說,目前北斗國際推廣處于用戶體驗期,主要通過政府間的合作與援助的形式來推廣北斗的應用,最終達到以商業(yè)合作的方式來使用北斗系統(tǒng)。 他認為企業(yè)之所以積極參與國際推廣,主要是借助政府間合作的平臺讓外國用戶了解公司的產(chǎn)品和價值,為未來的發(fā)展做好鋪墊。 據(jù)中國之聲《央廣新聞》報道,4月初北斗系統(tǒng)將幫助泰國預測氣象、防災減災,建設泰國地球空間災害預測系統(tǒng)。總投資預計在20億元人民幣左右,包括了衛(wèi)星接收站還有相應配套系統(tǒng)和一座產(chǎn)業(yè)園。計劃2014年建成之后,將會主要服務于泰國農(nóng)業(yè)的災害預警,此外還輻射泰國交通、電力、環(huán)境等很多方面領域。 4月底中國科學技術部網(wǎng)站消息稱老撾和文萊將通過研究與合作協(xié)定初步采用北斗導航系統(tǒng)。 消息介紹中老雙方將利用基于北斗的廣域差分技術在老撾農(nóng)業(yè)、林業(yè)管理方面開展應用,助力老撾提高農(nóng)林現(xiàn)代化管理水平。同時,中老雙方還將利用北斗提供的高精度服務能力,開展老撾血吸蟲病的時空監(jiān)測和早期預警示范研究,提升老撾公共衛(wèi)生管理能力。 另外中國與文萊將圍繞文萊現(xiàn)代化首都建設目標,在衛(wèi)星導航芯片技術、終端產(chǎn)品、增值服務開發(fā)以及系統(tǒng)集成應用等領域開展緊密廣泛合作,為文萊提供符合當?shù)匦枨蟮膶Ш脚c位置服務產(chǎn)品,在文萊培育當?shù)氐脑鲋捣丈?,保障基于北斗的導航與位置服務在文萊長期可持續(xù)發(fā)展,為當?shù)貛砀玫膶Ш椒蘸透嗟木蜆I(yè)機會。 專家預測北斗衛(wèi)星導航系統(tǒng)2015年將為中國衛(wèi)星導航產(chǎn)業(yè)創(chuàng)造2000多億元的產(chǎn)值,而對于衛(wèi)星導航企業(yè)而言國外巨大的潛在市場也不可忽略。 黃磊介紹,目前巴基斯坦、印尼和泰國都是北斗星通重點開發(fā)的外國用戶,公司將根據(jù)潛在用戶對產(chǎn)品的不同需求提供個性化的服務。 他說例如在之前提到的連續(xù)運行參考站系統(tǒng),將在漁業(yè)上得以應用:漁民可以通過該系統(tǒng)在遇到緊急情況時向l陸地控制站發(fā)出求救信號,也可以應用北斗特有的短消息功能向家人報平安。 中國衛(wèi)星導航系統(tǒng)管理辦公室發(fā)言人冉承其說,中國已經(jīng)把16顆導航衛(wèi)星和4顆實驗衛(wèi)星送入太空,未來10年,將再多發(fā)射40顆衛(wèi)星加入該系統(tǒng)。它們組建的導航系統(tǒng)就可以覆蓋全球。 他說北斗是中國的,也是世界的,我們積極促進GNSS共同發(fā)展,推動形成資源共享、優(yōu)勢互補的世界衛(wèi)星導航發(fā)展格局。 面對蓬勃發(fā)展的衛(wèi)星導航產(chǎn)業(yè),孫家棟院士指出衛(wèi)星導航正在打破行業(yè)的界限,與傳統(tǒng)很也結合,成為推動傳統(tǒng)行業(yè)煥發(fā)生機的重要誘因和利器,一個新的時空服務體系正在構建,結合信息服務的巨大產(chǎn)業(yè)正在形成。 相關閱讀 (中國日報記者王茜編譯,原文刊登于5月18日版《中國日報》) |