Nokia offers up drone-in-a-box
Finnish kit vendor Nokia hopes to encourage commercial drone adoption with a new all-in-one solution.
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Government urged to reform transport regulation to encourage commercial drone space
The Drone Delivery Group has submitted a white paper to the government urging changes in established air, sea and land transport regulations that could stifle the burgeoning drone sector in the UK.
BT invests £5 million into ‘UK’s drone superhighway’
UK telecoms group BT is investing £5 million into Reading based UTM (Unified Traffic Management) software firm Altitude Angel as it looks to accelerate development of ‘Project Skyway.’
Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz collaborate on network monitoring drones
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is working with German testing and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz to figure out whether it can add software-based network measurement tools into its drones platform.
Ofcom wants new spectrum licences for drones
UK comms regulator Ofcom is proposing a new license for commercial drone operators following trials that include drone delivered post by the Royal Mail.
Qualcomm launches a 5G drone platform
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has made its bid to dominate drones as it already does smartphones with the launch of the Flight Platform.
BT CEO contemplates moves into healthcare and drone sectors
In a recent interview BT CEO Philip Jansen offered some insights into his thinking about the near-term strategy for the UK telecoms group.
SKT starts looking into flying cars
Autonomous vehicles are so 2020 and the cools kids are all about the Urban Air Mobility these days.
Amazon almost takes to the skies and rids itself of pesky humans
Amazon has announced another step forward towards the promise of drone delivery and the ambition of a human free business.
Facebook realises building aircraft is not a core competence
Social media giant Facebook has come to the conclusion that it might be better to leave the building of aircraft to aircraft-builders.
Vodafone looks to make the skies safer from drones
Vodafone is conducting a series of trials for air traffic control drone tracking, using 4G Internet of Things (IoT) technology to protect aircraft from catastrophic accidents or nefarious characters from flying waywardly.
Huawei shows flying cars might not be that far away
Pessimism from the telcos doesn’t seemed to have dampened the enthusiasm of Huawei, as the team demonstrate flying taxis might be doable sooner than we think.
BT and Facebook give cheeky TIP for start-ups of the future
BT and Facebook have announced the three winning start-ups who will be admitted into the UK Telecom Infra Project Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC).
Self-crashing drone helps improve navigation… really, it does
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have taken the bold approach of creating a kamikaze drone to help the development of the technology.
The sky’s the limit for AT&T’s drone ambitions
AT&T has announced it has almost completed its first phase of research and development in the big, wide world of drones.
Google continues retreat from connectivity… or does it?
Google’s parent company Alphabet has confirmed it will be shutting down its drone business unit Titan in favour of more cash-friendly alternatives.
Amazon answers calls of the hungry with first drone delivery
Amazon has completed its first delivery via an unmanned drone to a customer in Cambridge ordering popcorn and an Amazon Fire TV (surprise, surprise).
That’s no moon – DT brings drone defence system online
Deutsche Telekom has been watching Star Wars again. The German telco has completed work on a drone defence system which can identify and neutralise aerial invaders.
Nokia UAE tie up shows drones are no gimmick
Almost every new technology will go through a gimmicky stage and only the strong will crack the mainstream market; it looks like drone tech is on its way to normality.
DT answers calls to protect football fans from drones
Deutsche Telekom in reportedly in the midst of creating a defence system which can be used to combat the rise of drones in the skies.
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