*Not bad for a condemned Italian heretic. Via Politico Europe.
1 BILLION PHONES: The Commission will today announce that the EU’s satellite navigation system Galileo will on Tuesday reach 1 billion users. The record number comes in handy as a 15th birthday present for the Prague-based European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, the body responsible for space and for operating Galileo. There’ll be an event with European Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska on Tuesday, which will provide her with an opportunity to set out her legacy. The 1 billion number is based on smartphones using Galileo that have been sold worldwide, an EU official told Playbook.
