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Brits back drones for emergency services, environmental monitoring, says Vodafone

Most people in Britain would support regulated usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for critical services and industrial enterprises, according to a report by Vodafone. Eighty per cent of the British public would support their adoption if better safety, security and monitoring measures...

Vodafone proves LTE-based RPS tech for controlling drones in no-fly zones

Mobile connectivity can be used to construct airspace geo-fences as virtual barriers to prevent drones from entering no-fly zones such as airports, or indeed leaving their designated fly zones. This is the conclusion from a new Vodafone trial, which has looked into how mobile...

Vodafone claims European ‘firsts’ in live tests of cellular for cars and drones

Vodafone has completed the first live tests in Europe of a full cellular system for both short and long-range vehicular communications, as well as for monitoring and managing multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the same air space. The UK operator teamed with Jaguar Land...