In addition to precision agriculture, the Nordic telco is also working on a smart parking pilot in Oslo.
Telecommunications operator Telia Norway launched precision agriculture services based on narrowband “internet of things” technology with the goal of providing farmers with a smart system for monitoring irrigation systems.
The new offering was jointly developed by Telia Norway and Norwegian company 7Sense.
The new service is said to monitor irrigation systems using a sensor on water sprinklers that register the position using GPS, tipping alerts in case of falling pressure and provides the operating status of the irrigation system. The sensor unit is connected to the mobile network with a NB-IoT module, sending data at regular intervals.
“This starts the rollout of a technology that represents a new industrial revolution,” explained Telia Norway CEO Abraham Foss. “It also marks a milestone on a journey where Telia Company goes from being a pure mobile operator to becoming a modern tech company aiming at digitalizing society.”
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The Norwegian operator has also developed a smart parking pilot program based on NB-IoT with technology partner APX Systems. The telco said the smart parking solution uses sensors in the ground under parking lots at the Storo Storsenter shopping mall in Oslo.
Deutsche Telecom carries out street lighting project in Germany
Deutsche Telekom said it recently launched a smart lighting service in Monheim am Rhein, Germany, aimed at reducing energy consumption of the network by up to 70%.
The service replaced the heads of the street lanterns with light-emitting diode technology that are optically similar to the previous lanterns, but with a significant decrease in power consumption from 70 watts to 22 watts per hour.