ADT Caps and Innodep to launch LTE-based drone solution within the year
Beyond simultaneous drone operation, we are pursuing the transmission of ultra-high-definition, high-capacity data.

SK Telecom is developing a 5GX drone solution together with ADT Caps and Innodep.

5G-based industrial drone services can operate multiple drones simultaneously and quickly transmit large amounts of data, such as ultra-high-definition video (4K), in areas with network connectivity.
SK Telecom's Park Jin-hyo, head of the security business division (also CEO of ADT Caps), CTO Kim Yoon, and Innodep CEO Lee Seong-jin gathered their opinions on leading the 5G drone market and creating a related ecosystem at the signing ceremony held via real-time video call on the 18th.

This agreement was pursued to create an innovative drone service that did not exist before by connecting 5G communication networks to drones, a promising future business, based on the capabilities of the three companies.

Under the agreement, the three companies will jointly plan an industrial drone service business and target both public and private markets in various fields, including public safety and disaster relief, industrial facility security, and real-time surveying.

Additionally, the two companies plan to jointly develop a convergence solution that combines 5G-based communications, drones, and AI-based image data analysis platform technologies to enter overseas markets.

To this end, SK Telecom is upgrading the existing 5GX drone control system and improving the safety of drone video.For transmission and reception, it provides SRT (Secure Reliable Transport), a low-latency video transmission technology based on a communication network such as 5G, and VA (Video Analytics), an intelligent video analysis engine technology.

Innodep will systematize the SRT and VA technologies developed by SK Telecom and build a platform that analyzes video data and sensor data generated according to the movement of 5GX drones. In addition, it will be responsible for business cooperation tasks such as service maintenance and upkeep during future commercialization.

ADT Caps will utilize 5GX drones and ADT Caps' integrated control platform and dispatch infrastructure to jointly plan, consult, build, maintain, and repair security and affiliate business services.

The commercialized technology will be applied to ▲emergency dispatch in disaster situations such as fires ▲monitoring and inspection of facilities such as public infrastructure and industrial complexes, security ▲atmospheric environment measurement ▲3D surveying, etc., to reduce costs and significantly improve accuracy and quality.

SK Telecom, ADT Caps, and Innodep plan to launch drone solutions utilizing existing networks such as LTE within the year, and then expand services as circumstances dictate, such as the launch of 5G modems for drones and the expansion of 5G networks.

According to a report by Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, the global drone market is a promising industry that has been growing rapidly recently, and is expected to grow nearly 12-fold from $500 million in 2017 to $5.9 billion in 2025.