Slow 5G rollout could stall Canada’s drone sector liftoff By Tyler Orton | April 23, 2021, 12:01pm
InDro Robotics Inc. partnered with Rogers Communications Inc.’s network on Canada’s first remotely piloted aircraft system flight over 5G | Submitted
The skies above B.C. ports may look a little different in the coming years as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) begin tapping Canada’s nascent 5G networks, according to Philip Reece.
“Imagine Vancouver, for example – you’ve got the big harbour there. Port authorities could simply dispatch a couple of drones from their roof early in the day, they would map out the whole harbour, they’d count the boats that were in the harbor, report back to the engineer or the harbormaster,” said the CEO of West Coast drone developer InDro Robotics Inc.