The area of telecommunications is one of the fastest developing in the world today.  The new European global positioning system, Galileo, a series of 30 satellites orbiting the earth, comes into operation in the year 2010. It is planned to greatly increase the power of telecommunications in Europe and the rest of the world.  

Read about the development of the Project from its beginnings.

Listen to people brainstorming the different uses to which GPS technology can be put.