Galileo satellite navigation system

A new level of accuracy combined with guaranteed availability: Galileo, an EU project, takes satellite navigation to a new level. And T-Systems is already developing a range of cutting-edge applications based on the system.

Galileo will be up and running in 2010 – possibly enabling aircraft to take off and land automatically, trucks and trains to travel in convoys, and helping land surveyors measure sites to the nearest centimeter in a matter of seconds.

Galileo is not only more precise than its current rival GPS – the developers of GPS, the US military, can theoretically turn off its signals at any time. But Galileo, a civilian system, offers unlimited availability and complete authenticity – resulting in a highly accurate and reliable navigation service.

State-of-the-art technology with huge market potential

This new approach opens up a host of possibilities for innovative applications, potentially generating €300 billion a year in revenues. T-Systems is already on the case – and the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary is not the only German ICT player in the Galileo Industries consortium: As the company behind the world’s most sophisticated road-charging system, Toll Collect has already proved that it can successfully develop and operate ICT systems on the basis of satellite technology.