Huawei has developed multiple technologies for the smart city concept, such as smart government, safe city, smart emergency command, smart education, smart grid and smart tourism, as well as smart hospital.
The Chinese company said its smart city solution is now used in more than...
The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...
The world’s fortunes are made in its cities. To a greater extent, its defining challenges – climate change, poverty, inequality – must also be solved in them. And solutions must be found against the tide. More than half the global population now lives in...
Edge Velocity advisors to help company achieve business goals
Edge Velocity Corporation, a provider of intelligent networks, announced industry veterans Jill Wittels and Edna Conway are joining the company as senior advisors.
Wittels currently serves as an advisor for several budding technology companies, and Conway as...
Network infrastructure vendor Ericsson has focused on what the company calls the Networked Society, where connectivity and technologies such as big data, cloud computing, smart grids, and the internet of things can enable the sustainable cities of the future.
The vendor’s smart city offering includes...
Huawei is working with Dubai Police on a long-term initiative for the implementation of public safety technology
In May last year, Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai to collaborate on a long-term initiative for the implementation of public safety technology. Under the terms...
Smart city projects touch on transportation, security and public safety
The City of Orlando approaches the smart operation of transportation, security and emergency management through Orlando Operations Center (OOC), an integrated facility established in 2001 by the mayor after the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season.
The major...
Cybersecurity specialists will focused on protecting infrastructure as Dallas pursues various smart city initiatives
The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA), a public/private partnership focuses on the design and execution of a multi-phased smart city strategy for Dallas, announced Entegra Technologies has joined the alliance a its...
ZTE sees opportunities for smart city technology in China through a public-private partnership model
Chinese vendor ZTE said that its smart city solutions have been already implemented in a total of 160 cities across 45 countries.
In China, ZTE said it is the first company in...
Smart Dubai will use Esri’s technology for its smart city platform Dubai Pulse
Esri, a specialist in spatial analytics, announced today that Smart Dubai, the government agency leading Dubai's smart city transformation, has signed an enterprise agreement (EA) providing ArcGIS technology to 44 entities across...
Almost 5,000 taxis in the emirate have been already equipped with new smart meters
A total of 4,850 taxis in Dubai have already been equipped with new smart meters, according to Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) The government entity said that 3,000 more taxis...
The U.S. company will provide intelligent streetlight controls to Jamaican utility JPS for the implementation of smart lighting initiative
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has selected Boston-based CIMCON Lighting to provide 35,000 intelligent streetlight controls as part of JPS' smart lighting program.
CIMCON Lighting specializes...
Under the terms of the agreement, Alibaba will provide cloud computing technologies to help Macau transform into a smart city
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has signed a strategic partnership with the Government of Macau special administrative region (Macau), under which Alibaba will support Macau’s...
Smart lighting helps cities save energy, lower costs and reduce maintenance. Automation and networked control can further increase energy savings and reduce maintenance spending
Smart lighting initiatives are playing a key role in the development of today’s smart cities. With digital networks and embedded sensors,...
A growing number of smart cities are currently under development in North America. City authorities in several cities across the U.S are taking steps in order to implement smart city schemes, mainly in the energy, traffic and transportation fields. Here, we describe three of...
In Seattle, transportation, fire, lighting and utilities departments working on smart city projects
As urban migration takes it toll not only on municipal services and infrastructure, it also has an impact on quality-of-life for residents. Smart city technologies is an umbrella term but the concept...
The German firm said the new offering allows all machines to communicate with each other
German company ThyssenKrupp has launched a new IIoT platform dubbed “toii," which is an in-house development that connects machines of different makers.
The new IIoT platform allows all machines to communicate...
Cities and companies around the world are taking advantage of the implementation of smart lighting solutions. These innovative lighting solutions allows firms and city governments to reduce energy costs as well as to implement a wide range of new solutions.
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U.S. company Ameresco has recently...
According to a recent survey, 80% of respondents said they are already investing or looking to invest in smart water infrastructure
U.S. water utilities expect to invest $8.3 billion in smart infrastructure over the next ten years, according to a study of Washington, DC-based smart...
Under the contract, NEC will implement smart city infrastructure in Lisbon
Japanese company NEC announced that its Portuguese subsidiary has won a contract with the city of Lisbon, Portugal, to implement a smart city infrastructure project.
NEC Portugal said the smart city project has the primary...
The vendor said it expects to compete with Google and Apple in the AI processors field
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is currently actively carrying out research and development activities to be in a position to launch artificial intelligence (AI) processors, Chinese press reported.
The vendor said...
Plans call for NB-IoT to connect lighting systems, environmental sensors and flood monitoring
In the crowded landscape of connectivity protocols for the internet of things, T-Mobile U.S. is betting on narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) given a successful test project in Las Vegas, Nev., that will...
Plans call for NB-IoT to connect lighting systems, environmental sensors and flood monitoring
In the crowded landscape of connectivity protocols for the internet of things, T-Mobile U.S. is betting on narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) given a successful test project in Las Vegas, Nev., that will...
Smart cities are paraded as technological utopias where everything, from traffic management to air quality control, is automated. Although the booming internet of things (IoT) offers a wealth of applications to improve city services, its success is not guaranteed. One of the great worries...
