GPSGalileo Working Group on Trade and Civilian Applications

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GPS-Galileo Working Group on Trade and Civilian
Applications

• Briefing to U.S. IndustryU.S. Chamber of
  CommerceSeptember 6, 2006

Office of Space CommercializationNational
Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S.
Department of Commerce
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GPS-Galileo Agreement

• 2004 United States and European Community signed
  historic agreement on GPS-Galileo cooperation,
  recognizing importance of compatibility and
  interoperability for all parties

• Agreed to spectrally separate signals for
  military, civilian, and public regulated
  services
• Agreed to implement a common, open, civil signal
  on both Galileo and GPS III, free of direct user
  fees

June 26, 2004, press conference at U.S.-EU Summit
in Ireland (Secretary of State Colin Powell,
Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen, EU
Vice-President Loyola De Palacio)
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Agreement Includes Provisions To Maintain Level
Playing Field

• Recognizes existing obligations under World Trade
  Organization
• Most Favored Nation status for goods and services
• National treatment for goods
• Affirms nondiscriminatory approach to trade in
  satellite navigation goods and services
• Requires equal access to open signals and
  technical information needed for receiver
  development
• Requires consultations on proposed measures
  affecting satellite navigation use

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Working Groups EstablishedTo Continue Dialogue

• A. Compatibility Interoperability
• B. Trade Civilian Applications
• C. Next-Generation GNSS
• D. Security Issues

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Proposed Agenda Items for First Working Group B
Meeting

• Definition of nondiscriminatory approach
• EC update on Galileo concessionaire process and
  business plan
• U.S. questions on Galileo Interface Control
  Document, intellectual property rights
• EC questions on U.S. table of radio frequency
  allocations
• Moved from Working Group A

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Elements of U.S. Definition of Nondiscriminatory
Approach

• Manufacturers from Galileo member nations do not
  receive competitive advantages in terms of lower
  fees, earlier access to information, simpler
  licensing processes, etc.
• Galileo coalition will not seek to establish
  global or regional standards through ICAO, IMO,
  etc., that effectively mandate use of Galileo
• Any new governmental standards, regulations, or
  mandates are capabilities based instead of system
  specific

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Galileo Business Plan

• U.S. remains guarded about Galileo business plan
• Not fully revealed due to concessionaire process
• Licensing, royalties on chipsets not well
  understood
• Fee structure for subscription services unknown
• Revenue projections seem questionable
• Galileo Joint Undertaking to issue Green Paper
  on regulations, standards in late 2006
• U.S. welcomes feedback from industry on validity
  of Galileo market assumptions and projections

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Interface Control Document (ICD)

• Draft ICD for Galileo signals released in 2006
• Positive step towards providing access to
  technical information
• However, intellectual property rights asserted in
  ICD prevent commercialization of receivers until
  date TBD

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Contact Information

• Office of Space CommercializationNational
  Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S.
  Department of Commerce6822 Herbert C. Hoover
  Building Washington, D.C. 20230
• space.commerce_at_noaa.gov(202) 482-6125