Drones

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group’s two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. “The …

Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD Group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is one of …

Drones used in precision agriculture OCEALIA Group is a French farming cooperative with 7,200 members and nearly 900 employees. Since 2015, five drone operators have been flying the group’s two AIRINOV multiSPEC 4C sensor-equipped SenseFly eBee Ag drones in order to gain valuable fertilization data. “The …

Drones are a capitivating IoT example According to a report from retail research firm NPD group, sales of drones have more than tripled over the last year, reaching around $200 million in sales. The increasing interest in using these aerial devices is …

Tower companies and carriers are using unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, to photograph cell towers and even to transport equipment to the tower tops. The next step will come when drones actually carry robots that can install antennas …

The trial used Nokia Flexi Zone Pico cell solution U.K. telecommunications operator EE and Finnish vendor Nokia have carried out a trial to provide LTE services in rural areas of Scotland, Nokia said in a blog post. Both companies have …

Amazon’s ambitions will push delivery drones’ battery lives to the limit and maybe beyond Last week, Amazon announced a partnership with the U.K. government to explore how to enable the delivery of parcels by small drones. Crucially, the U.K. has agreed …

Amazon’s ambitions will push delivery drones’ battery lives to the limit and maybe beyond Last week, Amazon announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore how to enable the delivery of parcels by small drones. Crucially, the UK has agreed …

AT&T said its recent trials of drones as surrogate tower climbers have been highly successful, and that it plans to be using drones in its tower operations by the end of September. “Every time we use a drone it’s just …

Amazon has patented a routing system for drones that will rely on cell towers, church steeples and other vertical structures to refuel the company’s unmanned aerial vehicles. “The docking stations can extend the range of UAVs by providing recharging/refueling stations …

Drones are already in use for cell tower inspections, next step could be drones as small cells AT&T has been testing potential drone applications for a year now, and this week the company announced the trial phase of its national …

This webinar presents an overview of tower technology and tower investment trends, followed by a discussion of drone usage on cell towers and fiber testing. Three of the four major carriers now have processes in place to enable drones to …

This report highlights the types of tower technology amendments that carriers foresee in the months ahead and ways that the tower companies can support the carriers as networks evolve. Carrier aggregation, C-RAN, and eventually 600 megahertz spectrum deployments will all mean …

Safety and skill diversification the focus of this year’s conference NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The National Association of Tower Erectors‘ NATE Unite 2016 conference wrapped up this week in New Orleans with a continued focus on safety but also an eye toward …

5 things to know today: Verizon’s XO buy and 5G tests, AT&T’s LTE drones and $10 billion investment 1. Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $1.8 billion for XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business. In addition, Verizon will lease available wireless …

As the “Internet of Things” continues to develop, with industrial applications leading the way, new chipsets are set to allow IoT devices to connect to the Verizon LTE network. The chipsets developed to support IoT connections to the Verizon Wireless …

Smile, you’re on camera Cell tower battery theft is becoming an increasingly common occurrence. This time the crime took place in Warren, Mich. According to local police, the cell tower site thefts started occurring in July and were believed to be …

FAA gives online retailer Amazon experimental license E-commerce giant Amazon’s ambitions to provide delivery via drone gained some traction on March 19 with federal regulators granting the company an “experimental airworthiness certificate.” The Federal Aviation Administration gave Amazon Logistics permission …

Regulations for drones in the works WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration last month released its proposed framework of regulations that would allow routine use of unmanned aircraft systems – drones – for commercial purposes. Until …