Air Forestry is developing high-capacity drones for forest thinning. Using the company’s electric harvesting drones, it is possible to thin and harvest forests from above without damaging the ground or surrounding trees.
To enable drones to communicate with remote forested environments where traditional communication range often does not exist, stable, secure and high-capacity devices are required to handle things like video transmission and low-latency communications. Requires a robust connection. What controls the drone.
Tele2 will collaborate with Nokia to provide a 5G private wireless network to AirForestry in a pilot project. The pilot will be carried out during his 2024 year and, if successful, the goal is to introduce the solution into commercial forestry. Tele2 introduces a solution that enables stable and private connectivity in remote forest areas, ensuring higher speeds and availability.
Airforestry’s technology is definitely innovative and their vision is to make deforestation more efficient and sustainable, which is a breakthrough. We are excited to be part of this journey and contribute to the realization of completely new innovations. 5G and private wireless networks remove traditional limitations and create endless business opportunities. We look forward to further applications that will help companies innovate and increase their competitiveness.” Stephen TrampasTele2 B2B Executive Vice President.
The drone is controlled from a portable shed with a 5G antenna positioned to cover the area to be thinned. Mobile solutions make it easy to set up wherever you need it or where there is no public airwaves or other alternative technologies.
Our drones require efficient and reliable data transmission to be able to process all the data they send and receive during forest clearing and thinning. We considered various options for connectivity, but in the end, a mobile private 5G network was the one that best suited our specific needs. Ole GuerinCEO and Co-Founder of Air Forestry.
Nokia offers Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC), which delivers reliable performance, high bandwidth, and low latency to enable digital transformation in the forestry industry.
Nokia is excited to partner with Tele2 on this project. Air Forestry’s approach to forestry is truly disruptive. It is highly resource efficient and minimizes damage to the ground.
One of the challenges is precise navigation of the drone and a state-of-the-art 5G private wireless network, which is the perfect technology to support this application, says Stephane Haulbert, Business Leader, Nokia Enterprise Partners. Europe.