On 14 October, at the NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract with Creotech Geo P.S.A. to demonstrate the use of optical-fibre based time transfer, otherwise known as White Rabbit, for use in multilateration. The contract was signed by Krzysztof Mysłakowski on behalf of Cretech Geo P.S.A and Gonzalo Martin de Mercado on behalf of ESA.