Last week saw the release of the above report on Galileo by the House of Commons Select Committee on Transport. As I have mentioned before, Galileo is the European satellite system that is controlled by civilians for civilian use.
Transport Select Committee publishes its thoughts on Galileo
Last week saw the release of the above report on Galileo by the House of Commons Select Committee on Transport. As I have mentioned before, Galileo is the European satellite system that is controlled by civilians for civilian use.
It will work alongside the existing GPS network which is controlled by the American military who kindly allow us all access (when its suits them).
The committees report is certainly damming of the Galileo project and even goes so far as to suggest that scraping it could be a possibility. Project managers as part of their role have to make tough decisions in terms of closing a project if there is no business case anymore and this would be one of the hardest ever made in Europe. I’m not suggesting that Galileo should be scrapped but it appears that it is in a mess and someone needs to take some difficult decisions. It certainly makes interesting reading and I will be following any updates as they are produced.
On another note I addressed a conference of telematics suppliers last week and gave them some insight into what fleet operators think about the industry and suppliers. I managed to get away with them not throwing anything at me but I’m not sure they liked what they heard from me.
The industry still needs considerable consolidation as it is very much in the growth phase with a new company springing up every week.
What was interesting about the experience in terms of the feedback that I got from those that I spoke to was that they also want to change. Telematics companies have not got the best reputation among fleet operators and most of them really do want to do something to alter that perception.
Lets hope actions speak louder than words.
