For its part, the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), who oversees power market reliability, issued a December report highlighting that gas and power markets need to be more synchronized to effectively enable reliability in light of higher dependence on natural gas generation.
And Stern said reliability and a local clientele is part of the reason Patek Philippe has not fallen victim to the problems plaguing the single currency euro area.
Railtrack, for its part, points out that it has improved its punctuality and reliability by 45% over the past four years while that of the train operators has deteriorated.
Regardless, Beidou could be well on its way to become the new Xiaomi (sans the software part), though only time can tell whether it has the reliability and after-sale service to prove it.