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Palm Desert Company,<br />
Bumblebee Wireless<br />
Testing Drones<br />
to Pick Up and Repair Cellphones<br />
With the recent Federal Aviation Administration announcement<br />
on April 13, 2015, granting exemption to Amazon, drone<br />
delivery to quickly ship packages of up to five pounds will be<br />
enabled “safely and soon” in the US, according to Amazon<br />
officials.<br />
Anticipating the impending use of this cutting edge technology,<br />
a Palm Desert based company covering all of the US, Bumblebee<br />
Wireless, is testing drones as a delivery vehicle for their<br />
customers to either buy, sell, or repair cellphones quickly and<br />
conveniently.<br />
Aptly named Bumblebee Air , the service would use a small,<br />
unmanned aircraft delivery service. “The concept would<br />
be to serve customers within a 10-mile radius of our repair<br />
center or a licensed Bee Squad Technician.”, said Coachella<br />
Valley business owner, James Uberti, founder and CEO of<br />
the company. “Customers would order through an iTunes or<br />
Android APP, to repair, sell, or purchase a new or certified preowned<br />
cellphone or tablet.”<br />
“One day, the drones of Bumblebee Air will be as common as<br />
delivery vehicles on the road today.” Uberti said.<br />
This is the latest futuristic effort by Uberti, who was an<br />
e-commerce pioneer in the 1990’s and more recently<br />
popularized the Bee Squad certification standards. “We<br />
are working with several drone and software manufacturers<br />
to develop a fully autonomous commercial grade octocopter<br />
delivery system. The service would use UAV/Drone, GPS, SMS<br />
text and or voice messaging technology to pick up or deliver<br />
a cellphone. As part of our Join the Bee Squad Technician<br />
program, every licensed technician will receive a Bumblebee<br />
Air drone to service his or her respective licensed location.<br />
Our goal is to have over 5,000 licensed technicians signed up<br />
nationwide before drones are approved for commercial use.”<br />
Uberti said.<br />
“The goal of the new delivery system is to offer ultimate<br />
convenience and speed for Bumblebee Wireless customers<br />
by having phones repaired and back in their hands in under 60<br />
minutes, without the customer ever having to leave the comfort<br />
of their home or office.<br />
“If you happen to drop your phone and break it while golfing,<br />
we could have your phone picked up, repaired and back to<br />
you before you get to the 18th hole. Customers would simply<br />
go to our website or app order, then select our Bumblebee<br />
Air Turnaround, and enter their contact information. Within<br />
minutes, a drone will be dispatched for pick up or delivery. For our<br />
customers selling their used or broken Apple or Android device<br />
we will pay our customers in a matter of hours of receiving their<br />
device, vs. days or weeks that are employed by traditional recommerce<br />
providers.”, added Uberti.<br />
With the impending 2 to 5 years before the FAA regulates and<br />
approves the use of drones for services for commercial use, Uberti<br />
and his team will continue to test and work with manufacturers<br />
to perfect this new service for its nationwide customers. Once<br />
approved, the company will be ready to deploy this service<br />
immediately. Although this time frame may be optimistic, the<br />
company believes it is not a matter of if, but when, this ultra<br />
convenient delivery service will be put into service commercially.”<br />
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