QUEENSLAND IS ‘I.T.’ FOR ASIA PACIFIC NETWORK NODE
Published Tuesday, 14 November, 2006 at 07:00 PM
Premier and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Peter Beattie
TURINO – ITALY: Queensland is strengthening its case to be the Asia-Pacific nerve centre of Europe’s AUS $6 billion Galileo project, Premier Peter Beattie announced.
Galileo is a European match for the communications network involving the US global positioning system (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS.
Mr Beattie said the plan is to have Galileo fully operational by 2010, with 30 satellites in orbit to capture a slice of a market the European Commission estimates to be worth €140 billion by 2015.
“Queensland has Australia’s biggest concentration of companies in the Global Navigation Satellite Systems industry, we’re in the prime geographic position to serve the Asia-Pacific region and we’re ready to make a valuable contribution to Galileo,” Mr Beattie said.
In Italy as part of a 12-day trade mission to Europe and the Middle East, Mr Beattie will today hold talks with Rodolfo Zich, Board President of the Torino Wireless Foundation – a big player in the Galileo project.
“Queensland is working closely with the European Commission, the European Space Agency and other stakeholders to open up markets and opportunities for Queensland industry,” he said.
“This expertise crosses over so many sectors, such as mining, construction, transport, fisheries and telecommunications, and the Smart State has a lot to offer and a lot to gain.
“Already the Europeans recognise this and they’re very interested in tapping into Queensland expertise, technology and research.”
Mr Beattie said the Queensland University of Technology, for example, is Australia’s first site to provide testing data for Galileo.
He said Queensland will have the chance to discuss the opportunities in detail when Brisbane hosts the next meeting of the Galileo Joint Undertaking Workshop on November 20, 2006.
The Premier commended the strengthening relationship between Italy’s Piemonte region and the Smart State.
Media Contact: Premier’s Office 07 3224 4500
Galileo is a European match for the communications network involving the US global positioning system (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS.
Mr Beattie said the plan is to have Galileo fully operational by 2010, with 30 satellites in orbit to capture a slice of a market the European Commission estimates to be worth €140 billion by 2015.
“Queensland has Australia’s biggest concentration of companies in the Global Navigation Satellite Systems industry, we’re in the prime geographic position to serve the Asia-Pacific region and we’re ready to make a valuable contribution to Galileo,” Mr Beattie said.
In Italy as part of a 12-day trade mission to Europe and the Middle East, Mr Beattie will today hold talks with Rodolfo Zich, Board President of the Torino Wireless Foundation – a big player in the Galileo project.
“Queensland is working closely with the European Commission, the European Space Agency and other stakeholders to open up markets and opportunities for Queensland industry,” he said.
“This expertise crosses over so many sectors, such as mining, construction, transport, fisheries and telecommunications, and the Smart State has a lot to offer and a lot to gain.
“Already the Europeans recognise this and they’re very interested in tapping into Queensland expertise, technology and research.”
Mr Beattie said the Queensland University of Technology, for example, is Australia’s first site to provide testing data for Galileo.
He said Queensland will have the chance to discuss the opportunities in detail when Brisbane hosts the next meeting of the Galileo Joint Undertaking Workshop on November 20, 2006.
The Premier commended the strengthening relationship between Italy’s Piemonte region and the Smart State.
Media Contact: Premier’s Office 07 3224 4500