Based on the hands-on involvement of the Xona Partners team in the design and rollout of smart cities, we found a clear lag in the deployment of technologies and services versus what technologies enable. We call this the cascading technology trap: technologies are evolving...
Learn how KCP&L is working with Nokia on a smart grid project as part of a more broad smart city development
A smart city in many ways is the ultimate exercise in the internet of things in that it involves a huge variety of projects...
The Canadian city aims to trial different smart traffic technologies during 12 months in order to replace its current traffic system
The city of Toronto, in Canada, announced the launch of two smart traffic signal pilot projects which will be able to independently adjust to...
While the global urbanization trend seems to be unstoppable, with cities continuing to be hubs for social and economic opportunity across the globe, the cost of living in cities is skyrocketing, threatening to increase social inequality, slow down economic growth, and push up crime...
The French city has deployed a smart parking solution with Libelium’s technology while the U.S city has launched a smart parking app
The smart parking industry continues to grow and has emerged as a major internet of things (IoT) use case that falls under the...
The smart lighting projects involved the installation of 12,000 connected street lights in Guadalajara
In a new smart lighting deployment, Philips Lighting has installed 12,000 LED street lights in the city of Guadalajara, Spain. The street lights are managed by the Philips CityTouch street lighting...
The capital pool is intended to support municipal adoption of smart cities technologies
In many ways smart cities are the ultimate application of the internet of things—a huge variety of connected devices and infrastructure create volumes of data that can be analyzed to create multi-level...
New smart city will embrace "high-speed digital networks, data centers" and other technology-focused infrastructure
To the west of Phoenix, Ariz., an 25,000-acre plot of land could eventually be home to a greenfield smart city thanks to significant investment from billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according...
Smart traffic management is a system wherein centrally-controlled traffic signals and sensors regulate the flow of traffic through the cities in response to specific demand levels. This type of implementation allows cities to:
Reduce traffic congestion by smoothing traffic flows and prioritizing traffic in...
Everyone has experienced it. You’re outside, talking on your phone or looking at the latest breaking news, or checking what’s happening on social media, and as soon as you step inside — an office building, a shop, your apartment — your connection suddenly slows,...
Acute urbanization combined with years of infrastructure neglect creates challenges on path to smart city projects in Africa
Despite most of Africa’s largest cities are still undergoing an urbanization process, smart city initiatives are being embraced by a number of African governments.
The International Telecommunication Union...
Deutsche Telekom's smart city plan includes the deployment of connected street lights and smart waste containers
Deutsche Telekom and the municipal government of Bonn have kicked off a program to deploy smart city initiatives across the German city.
Under the smart city program, Deutsche Telekom will...
Area outside of Toronto targeted for a holistic smart city build
Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google-parent company Alphabet, is planning to build a smart city from the ground up in an area of Toronto southeast of downtown called Quayside. In many smart city projects,...
The utility firm is working with Landis+Gyr to implement a nationwide deployment of smart meters
Global provider of energy management solutions Landis+Gyr said it is working with British Gas to deploy new smart meters in the U.K. The company said that the first of the...
Fostering long-term innovation is key to Barcelona's smart city ambitions
Barcelona has been very active in terms of the deployment of smart city initiatives over the last few years.
One key element of the Spanish city’s smart city plan is the so-called ‘Smart City Campus’ which...
The smart traffic initiative stipulates the deployment of smart signals on 14 corridors across the state
Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan announced the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing $50.3 million to deploy smart traffic signals that will improve traffic operation and ease congestion for...
Huawei is using NB-IoT and LPWA to improve water metering and improve piping management
Huawei Japan and Japanese firm Aichi Tokei Denki confirmed they will expand their efforts in verifying NB-IoT technologies for smart water metering.
The two companies will utilize NB-IoT and LPWA to realize...
Dallas Innovation Alliance working with Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and more on smart city transformation
The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) continues to work to turn Dallas into a smart city through the use of IoT technologies. The entity is currently testing several uses cases to implement...
The IoT deployment is part of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s smart initiatives
Silver Spring Networks has announced the completion of the deployment of its multi-application IPv6 network canopy for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).
DEWA’s network canopy extends across the Emirate of Dubai and...
South Korea is well known for the deployment of smart cities projects across several cities. The government, together with private investment, is making efforts to expand these initiatives in areas, including traffic, government services, security, energy and the environment.
According to a previous study by...
The U.S. networking company will work with the city of Southend-on-Sea in a number of smart city initiatives
Cisco has signed a new agreement for the deployment of a number of smart city initiatives in Southend-on-Sea, in the U.K.
Southend-on-Sea said that the primary goal of...
Scotland’s major cities occupy the second and third position in the top 10 smart cities list
London is considered as the smartest city across the U.K., according to a recent study by Juniper Research. The study, which has identified the top 10 smart cities in...
Nokia and the government of Sendai will focus on public safety and disaster recovery among other smart city initiatives
Nokia and the city of Sendai, Japan, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver technology solutions for local businesses as they recover from the...
Global City Teams Challenge provides collaborative forum for smart city R&D
CHICAGO--“We have a problem in IoT and smart city in general. We’re extremely fragmented," Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of the cyber physical systems program at the National Institute of Standards Technology told attendees to...
