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 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...
Smart lighting serves as a 'vertical asset' that provides for a platform for further IoT initiatives
CHICAGO--Coming with a clear path to return on investment and capable of serving to support broader smart city and internet of things ambitions, smart lighting is a major driver...
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...
Inter-departmental coordination is imperative for smart city success
Hospitality industry nonprofit Visit Orlando figures around 68 million people visited the Central Florida theme park destination in 2016. In a metro area with more than 2.3 million residents, the addition of tourists can create issues ranging...
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Cities will be a dominating force shaping both the problems and the solutions of the future, according to Carl Pope, former executive director and chairman of the Sierra Club.
Pope spoke in a keynote address at Smart Cities Week D.C., addressing the opportunities...
If anything, the idea of a smart city in the conventional sense – where everyday infrastructure is connected up and joined together to bring new intelligence and innovation to city operations – has been made real by low-power wide area (LPWA) technologies.
It is these...
By degrees, digital technology is finding its way into city operations, and making cities more efficient and more sustainable. Statistics bear this out. IDC calculates nearly a half of European cities are in some phase of digital transformation into a smart city, and U.S....
At Smart Cities Week D.C., experts discuss connectivity -- and beyond
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Cities are expected to see enormous growth in the coming decades, and local, state and federal officials are hoping that technology can help mitigate some of the issues that will come along with...
Pair of studies focus on where and how smart city tech can make the biggest difference
In many ways the digital transformation from a city to a smart city is the ultimate application of the internet of things--the umbrella term covers a wide array of...
Alba Iulia, Romania
Orange has funded and developed the first and biggest integrated smart cities project in Romania, in the city of Alba Iulia, capital of Alba County in Transylvania. The French network operator has worked with the city since late 2016 to expand and...
Cisco has beaten IBM for the first time to the top spot in Navigant Research’s poll of the top smart city suppliers. IBM, which has ranked in first position in each of the consultancy group’s previous assessments of suppliers in the smart city market,...
The smart cities market proclaims it has reached a new phase in its evolution, at last, which is showing tangible results in terms of operational efficiencies and sustainability. With familiar terminology, borrowed from the world of software, it has dubbed this new phase ‘Smart...
"Those that have adopted IoT are pushing ahead at scale, spending more...than 12 months ago,"Â Erik Brenneis, Vodafone internet of things director and CEO of Global Enterprise, wrote in the telecom group's annual IoT Barometer 2017/18 report. "Many have also dramatically increased the number of...
Part of a larger EU program, Helsinki smart city projects focus on energy and transportation
Finland’s capital Helsinki, along with two other European cities, have reached a three-year implementation stage in the mySMARTLife smart city development project 2016-2021, which aims to cut energy use by...
Metro Atlanta Chamber will work with Accenture and other partners to oversee and advise on strategy and direction for smart cities
Accenture, AT&T, General Electric and The Weather Company along with Atlanta Committee for Progress have jointly launched IoT.ATL, a new initiative to attract internet...
American Tower and Philips Lighting partner on connected light poles to add network density for smart city applications
SAN FRANCISCO--Siting of wireless infrastructure in urban spaces is often a tricky proposition for wireless carriers and neutral host providers. Regulations vary between jurisdictions, which makes developing...
According to Navigant Research, smart building technology can aid government operations and services
The global smart building market is expected to grow from $3.6 billion in 2017 to $10.2 billion by 2026, according to a recent study by Navigant Research.“There is a growing market opportunity...
ABI Research said smaller cities tend to prioritize projects based on more immediate tangible benefits such as cost savings and reduction of carbon footprint.
Los Angeles, New York and Chicago are the smartest cities in the United States, according to a new study by ABI...
The universities will define smart city projects with the aim of improving municipal services through IoT
Researchers at the University of Bradford, in the U.K., are working on nine smart city initiatives across Europe to help them save up to 50 million euros ($59.5 million)...
