BROWSING: Drones

Telia uses drone for remote forestry machine control via 5G

Telia said that the project aims to investigate how drone technology and 5G could enable the use of remote-controlled vehicles in remote areas around Sweden Nordic telco Telia and a number of partners used a drone with its own portable mobile base station to extend...

SoftBank finds 5G HAPS success in Rwanda

According to SoftBank, the HAPS payload delivered 5G connectivity continuously for approximately 73 minutes at a maximum altitude of 10.5 miles SoftBank — via its subsidiary HAPSMobile Inc. — and the government of Rwanda revealed this week that they recently conducted a 5G communications trial...

T-Mobile US, Valmont claim longest drone flight

The unmanned, beyond visual line of sight drone flight was 77 miles long and took less than three hours T-Mobile US and Valmont, an agricultural equipment and infrastructure manufacturer, announced the completion of an unmanned, 77-mile beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operation. The...

Ondas completes $15.2m acquisition of Israeli drone company Airobotics

US private cellular Ondas Holdings has completed the acquisition of Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics through a merger acquisition, in a deal worth $15.2 million. The new drone unit is to be combined with American Robotics, acquired by Ondas Holdings for $70.6...

Drones cutting property inspection and maintenance costs for building owners

While drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have prompted significant controversy over privacy rights, they are quickly becoming essential to the commercial real estate sector- and it's not for the reasons you might think. ? No doubt that stunning aerial videos of property sites have...