Swisscom Broadcast and Nokia want to make drones available throughout Switzerland to support rescue and police operations or to inspect infrastructure. According to a statement, Nokia wants to make 300 drones available by next autumn. In addition, Swisscom Broadcast wants to expand a service called Drone Flights, which the company has been offering for a year.
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Blue light organizations should be able to use these remote-controlled drones on demand to obtain initial information at accident sites, disaster areas or crime scenes. Sensory-based exploration can increase the safety of first aiders, Swisscom explains. Drones can also be used to monitor critical infrastructure, production sites, public places, prisons, borders, and police and military facilities.
Inspection of infrastructure
According to Swisscom, remote-controlled drones could also help maintain power lines, bridges and buildings that are difficult to reach. “In the future, a company with critical infrastructure could order drones when hazardous inspections or inspections that are difficult for people to reach are due. Continuous inspections will help to detect and repair damage at an early stage.” Aircraft from the drone network can fly over the infrastructure at intervals set by customers. This includes creating detailed images that can be used, for example, to generate a digital twin.
For Nokia, the Swiss project is the second drone network in a country. Last year, the Finnish company delivered 70 drones to Belgian telecommunications provider CityMesh. The drones are equipped with infrared cameras, among other things, and can be sent forward by rescue teams across the country, for example to assess the situation in the event of a fire. The Nokia drones are connected to the control center via 4G and 5G mobile networks and are controlled centrally.
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