Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Deep dive: AT&T, Verizon, and American Tower have now collectively flown hundreds of thousands of drone missions in the USA, as part of a behind-scenes push to create full-fledged virtual replicas of their vast network estates. Senior execs at the three telco giants ran TelcoTitans through the top- and bottom-line benefits of drone- and digital twin-led automated asset management…
This article includes:
- Organisations: AT&T; AeA; American Tower; Crown Castle; Ericsson; NCS Group; SBA Communications; T-Mobile US; Vertical Bridge; Verizon; vHive.
- Geographic: Europe; Singapore; USA.
- People: Ariel Rubin; Cameron Syme; Candice DeMonteiro; David Wolff; Jaime Ochoa; Jennifer Yates; Yariv Geller.
- Themes: AI-driven automation; Asset management; Closed-loop automation; Digital twins; Drone missions; Drones; Geo Modeler; In-building space; Macro cell sites; Mobile network operators; Network modernisation; Open RAN; Radio access network; Real-time optimisation; Site verification; Small cell hubs; Tower infrastructure; Workflow automation.
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