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Old 2nd October 2005 | 14:27
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derekl
 
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Digital Cellular phone systems rely on GPS

I suspect it's not widely known, but digital cellular systems rely on GPS to provide "master clocking" and time synchronization at each base station. Just another reason to make sure it keeps working. I don't imagine that European cellular operators will be rushing to switch their equipment from using NavStar to Gallileo just because of its European credentials.
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