Verizon showed off an example of what the police cruiser of the future might look like at the 2022 National Sheriffs’ Association conference this week. The company calls the cruiser a Mobile Utility Technology Transport (MUTT). The prototype came from…
UScellular and Ericsson are testing 5G and drone technology “at altitude” to determine how the connectivity that the drone experiences differs from connectivity on the ground. The initial trials involved a visual line of sight operations. A drone outfitted with…
AT&T says that in April it tested a drone-based 5G cell site over a remote rural field in Missouri. The device is known as a flying cell on wings, or Flying COW. Drones commonly are used to provide supplemental connectivity…
T-Mobile said today that it will provide connectivity for drones to be used for washing high-rise windows and other cleaning applications. The new opportunity comes via a deal with Lucid Drone Technologies that makes T-Mobile Lucid’s exclusive IoT connectivity provider…
T-Mobile aims to jump start 5G applications development with a slew of initiatives the company is calling 5G Forward. Elements of T-Mobile 5G Forward include a new in-house venture fund, a new development platform, a new innovation center and new…
Verizon and the Los Angeles Times are planning to accelerate the deployment of advanced robotics and technology from the telecom company to expand on the way LA Times news is gathered, shared and consumed. Through the partnership, the carrier and…
Verizon and the Caltech Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST) are testing ways to use the carrier’s 5G Ultra Wideband network, mobile edge compute (MEC) technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable interpretation of data from weather drones in…
Verizon’s drone company Skyward has begun taking orders for a drone with built-in Verizon LTE. The drone comes from French manufacturer Parrot and is known as the Parrot ANAFI Ai. According to a press release, the drone can start data…
T-Mobile and The Drone Racing League have launched a 5G-enabled drone. The drone, which can live stream directly to the Internet, will have its first demonstration at the Field of Dreams Game August 12 in Dyersville, IA. T-Mobile is sponsor…
Verizon has reorganized some of its technology business units behind its drone and ground robotics holdings. The Robotics Business Technology is a unit within New Business Incubation. Verizon says that the new unit will create integration solutions that use Verizon’s…
Verizon subsidiary Skyward has reached an agreement to test cellular connected drones with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under a Memorandum of Understanding. The memorandum represents a further expansion of the Skyward business. The company had recently signed agreements with…
Autonomous cars, smart agriculture, drone delivery and other applications requiring precise location data are the target for a new Verizon Hyper Precise Location service announced today. According to Verizon Business, the service provides a stream of real-time data that enables…
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