Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast to deploy largest Drones-as-a-Service network
2024年8月8日 - 4:00PM
Press Release
Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast to deploy largest
Drones-as-a-Service network
- Nokia Drone Networks solution including 300 Drone-in-a-Box
units, will enhance safety and operational efficiency for public
safety and industrial use cases in Switzerland.
- Collaboration with Swisscom Broadcast will also enable the
advancement of industrial use cases, drone automation, beyond
visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, and the expansion of 3GPP
technologies for drone use in Switzerland.
8 August 2024Espoo, Finland – Swisscom Broadcast has selected
Nokia to deploy a nationwide Drones-as-a-Service network across
Switzerland. 300 Nokia Drone-in-a-Box units are planned for
deployment to enable emergency response, perimeter protection and
infrastructure inspection, which will help keep public safety
workers safe.
This will be the second nationwide Nokia Drone Networks project
after Belgium's Citymesh deployment. It will support Switzerland's
public safety and Industry 4.0 efforts and highlight Nokia's
strength in modernizing digital infrastructure projects and
utilizing mission-critical industrial edge computing (MXIE) with
the support of 3GPP technologies for beyond visual line of sight
(BVLOS) autonomous operation.
In addition to increasing first responders’ safety, drones
support resource optimization and help to save the lives of those
involved in incidents. The drones, which are operated remotely,
gather relevant information within the first minutes following an
emergency, enhancing first responders' situational awareness.
Public safety agencies in Switzerland will easily tap into the
nationwide drone network by simply requesting a drone flight,
similar to a ride-sharing service, from Swisscom Broadcast. They
will also be backed up by a service portfolio with expertise,
compliance, data collection and analysis of the collected data from
Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast.
The deployment is expected to be available in all areas of
Switzerland. Nokia and Swisscom will continue cooperating with
competent regulatory bodies to ensure all operations comply with
regulatory frameworks, especially from spectrum and aviation safety
standpoints.
Drones will also boost worker safety within the Swiss Industry
such as inspecting tall or hard-to-reach infrastructure, which
removes the need for workers to climb or walk around hazardous
areas. As Nokia Drone Networks are an integral part of the Nokia
MXIE platform architecture, they enable easy onboarding of
additional applications for industrial customers with Edge
computing needs, such as creating 3D maps or detecting assets.
The deployment will facilitate reliable Drone-as-a-Service
operations at scale in Switzerland with Nokia Drone Networks, a
turnkey Drone-in-a-Box solution that integrates the drone, a
docking station, a ground control station, a payload with
video and thermal cameras, related software, and service
components. The solution also supports interfaces and APIs for easy
third-party integrations, such as traffic monitoring systems, video
management software, dispatch solutions, and industrial inspection
and process monitoring systems.
This collaboration with Swisscom Broadcast will also enable the
advancement of industrial use cases, automation, beyond visual line
of sight (BVLOS) operations, and the expansion of 3GPP technologies
for drone use in Switzerland.
Dominik Müller, CEO at Swisscom Broadcast,
said: “We are pleased to select Nokia as a partner for
this important infrastructure project in Switzerland. Together, we
can speed up the go-to-market of our Drones-as-a-Service offering
to our customers in the industrial and public safety landscape in
Switzerland. The integration of our existing People Density Tool
and our Drone Operations expertise with Nokia’s industrial grade
hardware in combination with an open and future proof Software
architecture is an important key to support such large-scale
projects.”
Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services
at Nokia, said: “We are proud to partner
with Swisscom Broadcast, a true innovator in drones-as-a-services
operation, for this important project to establish a nationwide
Drone-as-a-Service network in Switzerland. Nokia Drone Networks
solution enables large-scale projects as it incorporates our
mission-critical industrial edge (MXIE) technology to power its
advanced computing functions and software. It will undoubtedly help
Swiss enterprises gain access to a superior Drones-as-a-Service
offering to enhance worker and public safety.
Resources and additional informationWebpage:
Nokia Drone Networks | Nokia DACPress release: Nokia’s turnkey
5G-connected drone platform selected by Belgium’s Citymesh for
world’s first nationwide drone network | Nokia
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