
Industry News
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Have some industry news to share? Use the form below to submit your news to the Smart Mobility Team, or you can email your submissions directly to smartmobility@gsma.com.
Monday 20 November, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | APAC | Automotive | Smart Cities
Advanced air mobility, the term encompassing mobile-enabled uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs), are poised to transform industries everywhere, offering swift, efficient, and eco-friendly solutions that could redefine ...
Monday 13 November, 2023 | Automotive | Mobility Landscape | Smart Mobility News
Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd is enhancing the Helsinki metro system’s capacity and reliability through an urban mobility program. WSP is collaborating on assessments, scoping, and testing new solutions for the Helsinki Metro Train Control System. The continuous TCS ...
Monday 13 November, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
A Japanese eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) manufacturer, SkyDrive, receives a substantial $82 million grant from the Japanese government as part of the Next Generation Air Mobility Field initiative. The funding, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and ...
Monday 13 November, 2023 | Automotive | Mobility Landscape | Smart Mobility News
The new legislation seeks to adapt to technological advancements in transportation, including connected and automated mobility, on-demand applications, and multimodal transport. This adoption should facilitate data exchange to improve interoperability among services like ...
Tuesday 24 October, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
Vodafone Business remains at the forefront of utilizing drone technology and has recently introduced its latest innovation, a “Drone in a Box” solution – a collaboration with Flytbase and Dronebase. This system empowers drones to conduct autonomous ...
Tuesday 24 October, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
EHang Holdings Limited, a global leader in urban air mobility tech, proudly announced the official type certification for its EH216-S passenger-carrying UAV system by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). This groundbreaking achievement confirms the ...
Tuesday 24 October, 2023 | Mobility Landscape | Smart Mobility News
CelcomDigi and DHL Supply Chain Malaysia (DHL) have successfully introduced Malaysia’s inaugural AI-driven inventory management system powered by 5G technology. DHL reports that this 5G-enhanced solution delivers enhanced efficiency, time savings, and decreased ...
Friday 20 October, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
BT Group have launched their Drone SIM: a first for the UK market. Using BT Group’s EE network, Drone SIM benefits from high priority and ultra-responsive connectivity, enabling safety, control, telemetry and realising ultra-high definition (UHD) video streaming at altitude. ...
Wednesday 20 September, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has authorised Zipline to conduct commercial deliveries without the need for visual observers, marking a significant achievement that the entire industry has pursued for years. This groundbreaking decision paves the way for the ...
Thursday 31 August, 2023 | Mobility Landscape | Smart Mobility News
Around 80% of oceanic plastic waste originates from rivers, canals, harbours, and beaches. Addressing this issue, the Dutch company RanMarine Technology has introduced an autonomously floating drone designed for water cleaning. This innovative drone employs Telekom’s ...
Friday 21 July, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
The FAA has issued an implementation plan that outlines the necessary measures for the safe integration of advanced air mobility operations in the near future. Known as the “Innovate28” plan, it encompasses multiple components and a well-defined sequence of steps ...
Thursday 1 June, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
Nokia announces a first-of-its-kind partnership with Citymesh to supply its Nokia Drone Networks platform with 70 Drone-in-a-Box (DiaB) units. Enough to cover Belgium with a 5G-connected drone grid that informs and accelerates resources during emergencies. The drones ...
Wednesday 12 April, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
As the world continues to digitalise, drones are gaining more and more relevance across a plethora of use cases. To fully realise their potential, it is critical to overcome obstacles to guarantee safety and drone traffic control measures. In partnership with the GSMA ...
Wednesday 12 April, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
BT Group have made no secret of their vision and ambitions when it comes to playing its part in the future of drones. The advancements drones can make in healthcare and medical delivery are starting to be explored, and a UK-first medical delivery drone trial has taken place, ...
Wednesday 12 April, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
As the world becomes increasingly automated, robots and drones are rapidly becoming ubiquitous in many industries. By 2026, more than 152,000 robots are projected to be deployed, reaching a total market value of USD 58.56 billion with a CAGR of 33.21%. The drone market is ...
Monday 3 April, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | APAC | Smart Mobility News
The three major mobile operators in China have registered growing traction in the 5G industrial sector, with gains in revenue from deploying private networks for enterprises. According to China Mobile’s latest earnings release, uptake of 5G services, mobile cloud, digital ...
Thursday 30 March, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verizon the $2.4 billion recompete of a contract to act as lead integrator and operator for the Federal Aviation Administration’s main telecommunications and IT network. Read the full article here.
Wednesday 29 March, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
Vodafone and Dimetor have launched DroNet, the industry’s first digital data service to risk check commercial drone flights. Operators and licensing authorities can use Vodafone’s drone service via a digital interface to assess the ground and connectivity ...
Tuesday 21 March, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
The use case consists of communicating between several drones in flight, as well as with different connected urban elements, in order to make a correct delivery of a package to a mobile collection point. For the first time, several innovative technologies have been combined, ...
Tuesday 24 January, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility | Smart Mobility News
This article highlights the three most important developments for the European drone market; European Commission (EU) Drone Strategy 2.0; Electronic Communication Committee Decision; U-space Regulatory Package introducing Remote ID. The EU Drone Strategy 2:0: recognises the ...