16/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European GNSS Agency (GSA) announced, on Wednesday 14 April, that around 2 billion Galileo-enabled smartphones have been sold since the initial launch of the European programme. Galileo has come a long way since its first entry in the world of smartphones with the launch, in July 2016 of AquarisX5 (see EUROPE B11596A29). Today, there are more than 600 models of smartphones and tablets available for users of the European satellite constellation.(PH)