Nokia, Swisscom to deploy 300-unit drone network for safety, industrial use

Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast have teamed to deploy the largest drones-as-a-service network with 300 drone-in-a-box units in Switzerland.

The project will support Switzerland’s public safety and Industry 4.0 efforts while highlighting Nokia’s expertise in modernizing digital infrastructure. It will leverage mission-critical industrial edge computing with 3GPP technologies to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations, according to Nokia.

The drones will not only increase the safety of first responders but also optimize resources and play a crucial role in saving lives during incidents, Nokia said. The remote-operated drones will gather information in the first minutes during an emergency, helping enhance situational awareness for first responders.

Nokia’s drone-in-a-box is a turnkey system that includes a drone, docking station, ground control station, video and thermal camera payloads, along with software and service components.

It supports interfaces and APIs for seamless third-party integration with traffic monitoring systems, video management software, dispatch solutions and industrial inspection and process monitoring systems.

They will also be used to boost worker safety as they can be deployed to inspect tall or hard-to-reach infrastructure.

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