Swisscom and Nokia: 300 drones for Switzerland
Swisscom Broadcast plans to make 300 Nokia drones available to emergency services and companies throughout Switzerland.
The drones are housed in boxes that can be opened on demand.
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Swisscom Broadcast and Nokia want to make drones available throughout Switzerland to support rescue and police operations or to inspect infrastructure. Nokia plans to provide 300 drones for this purpose by next fall, according to a press release. Swisscom Broadcast intends to expand a service called Drone Flights as a Service, which the company has been offering for the past year.
Emergency services will be able to use these remote-controlled drones on demand to obtain initial information at accident sites, disaster areas or crime scenes. The safety of first responders can be increased with sensor-supported reconnaissance, explains Swisscom. The drones can also be used to monitor critical infrastructure, production sites, public spaces, prisons, borders and police and military facilities.
Inspecting the infrastructure
According to Swisscom, the remote-controlled drones can also help to maintain power lines, bridges and buildings that are difficult to access. "In the future, a company with critical infrastructure can simply order a drone when dangerous or difficult-to-access inspections are due. Ongoing inspections help to detect and repair damage at an early stage." The drones from the drone network can fly over infrastructure at intervals determined by the customer. This creates detailed image material that can be used to generate a digital twin, for example.
For Nokia, the Swiss project is the second drone network in one country. Last year, the Finnish company delivered 70 drones to the Belgian telecommunications provider Citymesh. The drones are equipped with infrared cameras, among other things, and can be sent ahead by emergency services across the country to assess the situation in the event of a fire, for example. The Nokia drones are connected to the control center via 4G and 5G mobile networks and are controlled centrally.
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