In Galicia, Telefonica is using drones from Ineco and mobile infrastructure from Huawei, combined with Oculus VR glasses and its own Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to inspect railway infrastructure in the localities of Barra do Mino, Os Peares, Cortegada and Filgueira. The remote-controlled drones are equipped with high-resolution cameras and a 5G modem to gather real-time aerial footage that is immediately transferred to the control centres of Adif companies, allowing the railway operator to automate inspection processes.
Telefonica was awarded European and national funds for the tests in the first call for 5G pilot projects launched by Spain's ICT development agency Red.es.
Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.
Subscribe now
We welcome comments that add value to the discussion. We attempt to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam, and our editors frequently review the comments to ensure they are appropriate. If you see a comment that you believe is inappropriate to the discussion, you can bring it to our attention by using the report abuse links. As the comments are written and submitted by visitors of the Telecompaper website, they in no way represent the opinion of Telecompaper.