TEOCO's automated airspace management solution allows KPN
to establish safe and efficient UAV drone flight routes supported
by the operator's 5G network.
FAIRFAX,
VA., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TEOCO, the
leading provider of analytics and optimization solutions to over
300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, announces
that KPN, a premier provider of communications services in
the Netherlands, is utilizing
TEOCO's digital airspace management platform, AirborneRF, to
support its Drone Connect service, which allows drone operators to
connect to KPN's mobile 5G network and select the safest flight
route with the best mobile coverage.
The ability to launch drone flights quickly and safely,
especially during critical emergencies or disasters, is becoming
increasingly important. In addition to providing connectivity for
control, data exchange, and 3D mobile coverage maps, KPN is
leveraging AirborneRF to provide drone operators with population
density data to minimize operational risks for drone flights. By
leveraging TEOCO's AirborneRF, KPN can offer drone operators secure
and reliable network connectivity with all the critical data in one
place to answer questions such as: 'Where and when is it safe to
fly?' and, 'Who is flying, and why?'."
"To minimize the ground risk, insight into the population
density on the flight route is essential," said Han de Glint,
Business Development Manager at KPN. "TEOCO's AirborneRF empowers
Drone Connect with the connectivity, analytics, and monitoring
capabilities essential to ensuring every drone flight is safe,
efficient, and controllable from points A to B – especially beyond
visual line of sight."
"For mobile operators to fully monetize the burgeoning UAV/drone
opportunity, they need to be able to offer the aviation industry
more than just connectivity services. AirborneRF provides a bridge
between the telco and aviation worlds to ensure safe, secure, and
reliable drone flights at scale," commented Thomas Neubauer, VP, Business Development, and
Innovation at TEOCO.
AirborneRF, TEOCO's Digital Airspace Management platform,
ensures drone operators can maintain mobile connectivity for every
device within the flight path, which is essential for beyond visual
line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operations. Bringing together the
mobile network operator's radio network with unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) airspace control, AirborneRF accurately calculates
the safe zones for cellular-controlled drones to operate. It
delivers this information to Air Traffic Management (ATM) and UAV
Traffic Management (UTM) systems in real-time. By connecting
cellular networks with aviation systems, AirborneRF enables safe
BVLOS services at scale.
Find out more about AirborneRF, TEOCO's Digital Airspace
Management platform.
About KPN
KPN has been the leading provider of telecommunications and IT
services in the Netherlands for
almost 140 years. Everyone in the
Netherlands uses the KPN network on a daily basis, either
directly or indirectly, from the high-speed fibre networks in the
ground to payment card machines in shops, or the matrix boards
above the motorways. KPN continuously invests in rolling out fibre
and is at the forefront of the introduction of new technologies
such as the 5G mobile network. Every day KPN serves consumers and
business customers with services for telephony, data, television,
internet-of-things, cloud, workplaces and security. KPN has an open
network on which other providers also offer services.
More information is available at m2m.kpn.com
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