ESA signed a contract in Brussels this week with Spaceopal, the company providing ground-based services needed to operate the Galileo constellation once it has been fully deployed.
The agreement on 25 October was signed by René Oosterlinck, ESA's Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related activities, and by Francesco D’Amore and Hubertus Wanke, both Managing Directors of Spaceopal in the presence of Diego Canga Fano, Deputy Head of Cabinet to European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani.
Further details here.