KazakhstanTechnology and telecom2024 – ongoingVEON
AI smoke detection on Beeline Kazakhstan telecom towers
VEON reported 51 potential forest-fire alerts from cameras on Kazakhstan telecom towers
Problem
The Kostanay region faced wildfire risks that required prompt detection and notification of local authorities.
Approach
VEON's Beeline Kazakhstan worked with a government organization on an AI-supported smoke-detection system. Automated cameras mounted on telecom towers monitored the region and alerted authorities to potential fires.
Results
Takeaway
Telecom towers provided locations for environmental monitoring. The reported alerts concerned potential fires, with no disclosed count of confirmed fires or false alarms.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Technology and telecom
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Product and service innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
VEON described its operational smoke-detection partnership in Kazakhstan. It reported that 34 tower-mounted cameras had alerted authorities to 51 potential forest fires.
Full details are in the original sources.
