Partnership focuses on analytics, data architecture
Cisco and Teradata are partnering on a platform for smart cities that integrates Cisco's Kinetic for Cities IoT platform with Teradata's big data analytics capabilities.
"The good news is, smart cities are starting to happen," said Maciej Kranz, VP of...
The city of Bristol, in southwest England, has been named the smartest of smart cities by the GSMA at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona.
The mobile trade organisation noted its “focused, collaborative, and future-thinking approach”, as well as its robust communications infrastructure, well-established...
Glenn Lurie, the former president of AT&T Mobility, reckons smart cities are the single most promising new market for network operators.
Lurie, now chief executive at US-based software provider Synchronoss Technologies, told Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona that network operators should reverse the decline in...
Telenor and Cisco are to establish a “joint lab environment” to develop smart cities solutions for civic authorities and services providers in Telenor’s home market, Norway.
Cisco said the project will build upon Telenor’s existing connectivity infrastructure, including its Wi-Fi, WAN and mobile networks in...
Deutsche Telekom has invited smart cities to offer its new white-label contactless payment application, City Pass, as a way for residents to pay for municipal services.
The Germany based network operator unveiled the open platform concept at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Based on blockchain...
While many aspects of the smart city vision seem distant and over-hyped, solutions for smart energy and water management are not only technologically ready to go today, but offer attractive business cases to the generally risk averse utility sector.
Trevor Hill, CEO of water management...
Billions of devices
The IoT market is undergoing tremendous growth. While predictions and numbers vary, there is an overall trend toward an increase in web-connected devices over the next few years. Research firm Gartner, for example, forecasts the number of IoT devices to hit 20.4...
Cisco said one goal of the smart city initiative is to reduce traffic congestion in the city of Adelaide
Cisco announced an investment of $1 million in a smart city project in Adelaide, Australia, with a primary goal of reducing traffic congestion and pave the way...
The Japanese company is also working on a smart city initiative in Denver
Panasonic Corporation of North America is currently collaborating with the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Colorado Springs Utilities for the deployment of smart city solutions.
Panasonic, together with Colorado Springs and Colorado...
The telco will deploy 5G capabilities in two Spanish cities in cooperation with Nokia and Ericsson
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica has unveiled its 5G technological cities project, which will pave the way for the future deployment of 5G technology in Spain. Under this initiative, Telefonica has...
Telstra said the new launch will benefit industries such as transportation and logistics, mining, manufacturing and agriculture.
Australian telecoms operator Telstra announced it deployed narrowband technology in its IoT network in major cities and many regional towns across the country.
The operator said the NB-IoT deployment...
New AT&T solution remotely monitors road and rail infrastructure
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, nearly half of bridges in the United States are more than 50 years old. Revitalization of civil infrastructure at scale is a common objective...
Las Vegas is also working with networking firm Cisco in a wider smart city initiative
Siemens, along with Brandmotion and Commsignia, is working with the City of Las Vegas to provide a turnkey vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) solution. Siemens said the solution will be...
For commercial buildings in 2018, four trends define the evolution of networking technology that will drive buildings from just being intelligent to being smart: mobility, cybersecurity, low voltage power and workplace efficiency. These trends continue to influence the types of network infrastructure and devices...
Smart traffic system allows dynamic control of traffic lights, school flashers, signage
The city of Dallas, Texas, has tapped Ericsson's Connected Urban Transport suite to help add automation and responsiveness to the city's traffic management system, as well as providing data analysis, monitoring and management...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
The Italian company recently launched new smart factory solutions for manufacturers
Olivetti has unveiled its new smart cities portfolio which includes smart solutions for the environment, crowd control and smart lighting segments.
The suite of products includes:
Olivetti Smart Clean Air: a solution consisting of an...
