Galileo, Galileo

The EU's answer to GPS seems to be floundering a little due to those pesky and perennial factors of funding and infighting. The EU doesn't seem terribly confident that things will get sorted out in time, and the system will certainly be years late anyway.

The EC will put forward a proposal on how to rescue Europe's pride next Wednesday, but is it becoming too late? As we reported earlier this year, phone manufacturers wanting some kind of sat-nav functionality in their devices have been dragging their heels a bit in the hope that Galileo would become a practicable alternative to GPS in the near future. It now looks like this won't happen, so GPS it is then.

Oh well, let's see what the eurocrats come up with before passing further judgement...