Revolutionary Solution Enhances Mobile Network Recovery During Emergencies
Primoco UAV SE and T-Mobile Czech Republic have successfully integrated an LTE network BTS base station into the Primoco UAV One 150 unmanned aerial vehicle. This collaboration goals to significantly reduce mobile network recovery time during emergencies, with potential applications across the European Union.
Current mobile crisis communication solutions often depend on ground vehicle-based systems, which will be impractical or too slow to deploy in emergencies like fires, floods, and windstorms. By integrating a BTS station into the Primoco UAV One 150, which might carry as much as 30 kg of apparatus, these limitations are addressed. The aircraft meets all European civil, military, and safety regulations and is approved for operation in nearly ten EU countries.
Ladislav Semetkovský, CEO of Primoco UAV SE, highlighted the importance of this cooperation: “Crisis management support is certainly one of our fundamental product lines. Unmanned technologies enable rapid deployment in places where it is required, and we see many opportunities for similar deployments within the Czech Republic, be it large-scale fires, tornadoes, or floods. Co-operation with T-Mobile matches perfectly into this technique, as communication in affected areas is certainly one of the important thing services that should be provided within the event of an emergency. Along with T-Mobile specialists, we integrated a brand new generation BTS station into our aircraft and verified the capabilities of this solution during a series of multiple-hour test flights. Your complete system will be deployed anywhere within the European Union, as our aircraft fully complies with European regulations and the BTS payload doesn’t affect the important thing parameters of its operation and safety.”
Using UAVs for mobile signal coverage will be essential in ensuring mobile network operation in affected areas. This solution can even provide temporary coverage in locations where latest construction or densification of base stations isn’t allowed. Jaroslav Holiš, Research & Development Senior Manager at Deutsche Telekom, overseeing the project for T-Mobile, stated: “Our solution, developed along with Primoco UAV, is sort of unique in Europe. It may fundamentally help the work of the integrated rescue system and the military has also shown interest in it. But we’re still firstly. We now have a workable concept, but we want to establish regulation inside Europe and we’re also beginning to discuss synergies with EU governments to finance the operation of this solution.”
The Primoco UAV One 150, equipped with 8 kilograms of T-Mobile’s equipment, operates at altitudes of 1 to 2 kilometres. The UAV takes off and lands autonomously, with testing conducted on the Písek – Krašovice airport. Depending on the take-off weight, the UAV can stay airborne for as much as 15 hours.
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