Sofishticated tech: Extreme E and Vodafone IoT help salmon
Planet | 16 Jun 2023

Vodafone and Extreme E use IoT to help protect Atlantic salmon from the effects of rising water temperatures and changing rainfall patterns

As part of its partnership with Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, Vodafone is using the Internet of Things to help protect salmon in a Scottish river.

  • Vodafone has implemented its market-leading Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor water quality and temperatures at the River Nith in Scotland to help protect Atlantic salmon from the effects of rising water temperatures and changing rainfall patterns caused by climate change.
  • As part of their partnership, Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, and Vodafone are working to mitigate the impact of climate change on local communities.

Vodafone has implemented its market-leading Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help measure and mitigate the impact of rising water temperatures and changing rainfall patterns on Atlantic salmon in Scotland. The project is part of the restoration of the River Nith, and its tributaries, to help ensure the preservation of Atlantic salmon. It will initially run for one year.

For centuries, the River Nith has been home to Atlantic salmon, one of Scotland’s iconic species. But in recent decades, the return of adult salmon to the river has been declining year-on-year. According to the Atlantic Salmon Trust, wild salmon numbers have declined 70% in the last 25 years, with water quality and rising water temperatures the two environmental factors known to impact salmon populations.

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We have a strong track record as a tech pioneer, making the UK’s first mobile phone call, sending the first text message, and making the UK’s first live holographic call using 5G in 2018. We were the first to start carrying live 5G traffic from a site in Salford, Greater Manchester and now have 5G in locations across Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain as well as the UK. Meanwhile, our 4G network coverage currently reaches over 99% of the UK population.

Today, Vodafone serves more than 18 million mobile and fixed-line customers in the UK. Vodafone is the largest provider of full fibre in the UK – our superfast broadband services are now available to nearly 12 million homes across the UK.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do: as of 1 July 2021, 100% of the grid electricity we use in the UK is certified to be from renewable sources.

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