It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a drone…: Telecommunication Tower Inspection Using Drone

Abstract

Despite its benefits, the use of drone in the inspection context particularly in the telecommunication tower inspection are still not popular. There are also lack of research paper found that discuss on the usage of drone for inspecting telecommunication tower. Therefore, this paper intend to highlight the significance of the drone technology over the current methods used in the inspection business. Relevant papers reviews resulted in the identification of the advantages of drone usage in the context of telecommunication tower inspection. The contribution of the paper is the understanding of the drone usage within the focused context and the similarities of the applications in other inspection context. The outcome of this paper would assists the stakeholders in the relevant industry in their investment decision making towards digitizing their businesses for future ready ecosystem.