Augmented Intelligence for Disaster Response: Beeline Kazakhstan Mobilises AI to Fight Forest Fires
06 Février 2024 - 2:00PM
UK Regulatory
Augmented Intelligence for Disaster Response: Beeline Kazakhstan
Mobilises AI to Fight Forest Fires
Amsterdam and Almaty, 6 February 2024: VEON
Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global
digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online
services, today announced that its subsidiary Beeline Kazakhstan
has deployed Orman-AI - an artificial intelligence-based monitoring
system to detect forest fires.
Both naturally and due to climate change, Kazakhstan is prone to
devastating blazes, that spread fast across vast areas, are
impossible to stop once started and take the lives of
both humans and animals every year. Orman-AI reports
the outbreak of fires by automatically detecting the first signs of
smoke and enables rapid action to stop the proliferation of forest
fires. It combines Beeline’s towers as monitoring platforms, video
surveillance systems with 360 degree computer vision, and Beeline’s
mobile connectivity, uploading data real time into an AI analytics
engine capable of detecting smoke appearances.
The system works in weather from -50 to +50 degrees Celsius,
which is especially important in the extreme continental climate of
the country.
In an era of rapid climate change, forest fires are an
increasingly common problem and caused damage to 103 thousand
hectares of land in Kazakhstan in 2022 alone, nearly 40% the land
area of Luxembourg. If detected too late, they are hard to
extinguish and pose a serious threat to rural communities.
“Detection of fires through augmented intelligence is a
pragmatic approach, and this could be extended to agricultural and
other community applications,” comments Evgeniy Nastradin, the CEO
of Beeline Kazakhstan. “This initiative shows Beeline and VEON's
commitment to the country, using cutting edge technology to create
solutions to real problems, including safeguarding the population
against natural disasters,” he adds.
Orman-AI has been launched through a partnership between Beeline
Kazakhstan and the Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Management of the Akimat of the Kostanay Region.
During the first test period, some 34 cameras managed to generate
alerts for 50 fires in the region. In the future, the system could
also be deployed to assist farmers and improve agricultural yields
by using AI to determine when crops require watering or fertilizer,
and to keep track of livestock.
This is yet another major AI-based solution from Beeline
Kazakhstan. Last year, Beeline’s information technologies
subsidiary QazCode launched BeeBert AI module, training AI in
Kazakh language for customer experience applications.
About VEON
VEON is a digital operator that provides converged connectivity and
digital services to nearly 160 million customers. Operating
across six countries that are home to more than 7% of the world’s
population, VEON is transforming lives through technology-driven
services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, VEON is listed on NASDAQ and
Euronext.
For more information visit: https://www.veon.com.
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