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To improve road safety, Nevada is eyeing a statewide V2V network

U.S. V2V network firm Nexar signed a collaboration agreement with the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility The Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility (Nevada CAM) and Nexar, a technology company providing vehicle-to-vehicle network technologies for preventing road collisions and enabling autonomous mobility, have announced a strategic...

Telstra inks smart city agreement in Australia

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra and the City of Joondalup in Western Australia have reached an agreement to carry out a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The telco said that the smart city trial includes IoT-enabled environmental sensors, smart bins...

Landmark selects Ericsson to deploy multi-application pole solution

The vendor will deploy its Zero Site pole solution to offer 4G, 5G and IoT use cases into industrial grid management Real estate and infrastructure firm Landmark Dividend has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to provide its Zero Site communications platform and communications infrastructure at sites...

How are street lights enabling smart cities?

Street lights are playing a key role in the development of today’s smart cities. With digital networks and embedded sensors, smart street lights can collect and transmit information that helps authorities to monitor and respond to different circumstances, from traffic and air quality to...

Smart parking continues to expand with cloud platform

The Scout smart parking platform includes new analytics capabilities and a redesigned user interface U.S. parking technology solutions provider NuPark has unveiled its next cloud-based smart parking management platform dubbed Scout. The new version will allow parking professionals to gain greater efficiency, access, and better visibility...

Leveraging LoRaWAN for a smart city initiative in Africa

The project, located in Rwanda’s capital Kigali will provide a blueprint for additional smart city projects in Africa Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat will deploy LoRaWAN infrastructure around the city of Kigali, in Rwanda to support the city’s flagship smart city project. Inmarsat said...

New nano gas sensor designed for smart city and home use cases

The company has unveiled a new sensor which can be integrated with IoT devices U.S. provider of nano gas sensors AerNos is seeing a huge market for its recently launched nano gas sensor in smart city and smart home deployments in the United States, Europe,...

City of Milwaukee plans to deploy smart parking meters after trial

Three companies are currently carrying out smart parking pilots in five areas across the city The city of Milwaukee announced plans to replace old parking meters with new smart parking meters, which will allow authorities to implement different parking rates, the local CBS affiliate reports. The...

Smart parking IoT use case embraced by carmaker SEAT

SEAT and Saba will work to provide new smart parking related functions Spanish carmaker SEAT and compatriot urban mobility solutions provider Saba have signed an agreement to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem including smart parking. Under the terms of the agreement, SEAT will add Saba...

Internet of things, lighting and LED players form IoT-Ready Alliance

The IoT-Ready Alliance will focus on the creation of a common standard for IoT-enabled lighting fixtures A group of internet of things (IoT) companies, lighting and LED driver manufacturers and other industry groups have established the IoT-Ready Alliance with the main aim of creating a common...

Nokia tests 5G in dense, smart city environment

KDDI and Nokia pushed 1 Gbps throughput in Tokyo MDU using 28 GHz band Building on a 5G partnership, Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI this week shared details of a recent trial designed to test next generation mobile services in the context of an ultra-dense,...

Charlotte police use the IoT to monitor offenders

Under the new contract the firm will provide its IoT offender monitoring and tracking solution Onmilink U.S. firm Numerex, a provider of enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the renewal of a multi-year contract with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Under the terms...

Smart lighting continues to be prime IoT use case

Philips will work with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to focus on smart lighting initiatives The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philips Lighting Export to implement smart lighting initiatives in the emirate. "This MoU will provide the...

Nokia joins smart city initiative in Finland

The vendor will provide expertise in 5G and IoT to deploy a smart city project in Tampere Finnish vendor Nokia has joined the 'Smart Tampere' initiative, which aims to create a smart city project in Tampere, Finland. The ‘Smart Tampere’ project includes local companies, non-governmental...

Huawei inks deal to develop smart city initiatives in Dubai

Smart city initiatives will allow Dubai government to boost its Smart Dubai 2021 initiative Chinese vendor Huawei will develop smart city initiatives in Dubai following a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Civil Defense. Under the terms of the agreement, Huawei will work with Dubai...

Ericsson joins Libelium’s vertically-focused internet of things ecosystem

The Spanish internet of things specialist already has 40 cloud platforms integrated with its IoT gateway Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium has added new partners to its internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, which focuses on IoT verticals including utilities, smart cities and agriculture. The Spanish firm said...

Nokia gets involved in new smart city initiative in China

The smart city initiatives will be implemented in Tianfu New Area Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia and China’s Tianfu New Area Chengdu Administrative Committee have signed a strategic agreement to develop smart city initiatives. Under the terms of the smart city deal, both parties will collaborate on...

Smart city case study: Chula Vista, California

Chula Vista, the second largest city in San Diego County, is well known for its plans to implement a number of smart city initiatives to improve the quality of life of local citizens The beginning of this year was promising for the city in terms...

Smart city job one: sunset the silos

City officials and infrastructure vendors may come to the smart city challenge from different worlds, but they agree on at least one thing: cities can invest more effectively if they can break down the "silos" that keep different municipal departments from communicating regularly. Usually...

10 million smart meters deployed in Japanese grid modernization project

The smart meters are being provided by Swiss firm Landis+Gyr Landis+Gyr, a Swiss firm which specializes in smart meters and smart grids solutions, said that the grid modernization project underway at Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has surpassed 10 million advanced meters and devices installed. "Our deployment...

Living PlanIT and Halcyon Solutions to support DoT smart city projects

The two firms will combine their expertise to develop technologies for smart city projects across the country Living PlanIT and Halcyon Solutions have inked a strategic collaboration today to support U.S. Department of Transportation (USDoT) smart city initiatives across the country. Under the terms of the agreement, the...

Study: China, Japan and South Korea lead smart city initiatives in Asia

ABI Research said most of the projects are related to smart lighting, meters, buildings and transportation The governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are currently leading the deployment of smart city initiatives in Asia, according to a recent study by ABI Research. The report revealed...

Thames Water rolls out smart meter project in London

U.K. water company Thames Water continues to deploy smart meters through wireless technology and has already installed more than 100,000 smart meters in London. The utility firm aims to cover all customers with smart meters by 2030 and, with more than 4,200 leaks detected on...

BlueCats enables mobile operator’s connected city solution

Mobile network and LPWAN infrastructure operators expect to play a major role in tomorrow’s “smart cities,” and they are learning that their networks can be even more effective when paired with other wireless technologies. In one major U.S. city, a Tier 1 operator is...