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...
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...
Europe is home to a large number of smart cities. Regional and municipal governments across the continent seek to implement innovative technologies in different fields such as transport, traffic, energy and environment in order to improve the quality of life of residents. Here, we...
The new smart city alliance will initially focus on the development of ‘smart parks’
The University of Adelaide, in Australia, confirmed it will work with local and state governments, entrepreneurs and industry to help transform the city of Adelaide into a smart city. The initiative...
The company will implement smart city applications for energy management and traffic control in Ridgeland
The city of Ridgeland, in Mississippi, announced a partnership with C Spire to carry out a smart city technology trial involving smart lighting and vehicle traffic analytics applications.
While the two-month...
Smart city projects are being executed through partnerships between government agencies and private investors, according to a recent study
Governments are exploring revenue sources to finance smart cities given the high amount of financial resources needed to implement smart city projects, according to a recent...
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region has several smart cities under development, mainly grouped in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Here we describe three of the region’s most developed smart city projects.
Yinchuan
The city of Yinchuan, China, is known to be the...
China ended Q1 with 408 million installed smart meter solutions
China continues to lead the global smart meter market with approximately 408 million meters installed at the end of the first quarter of the year, according to a recent report from Navigant Research.
The study showed...
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...
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...
Libelium said U.S smart city projects represents 30% of the firm’s turnover
Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium announced that its IoT sensor platform Plug & Sense! and IoT gateway Meshlium are available for smart city deployments using 4G networks in the U.S, Europe and Australia,...
The collaboration between the two firms also includes a multi-year patent agreement apart from IoT cooperation
Finnish vendor Nokia and Chinese company Xiaomi have signed a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent agreement, including a cross license to each company's cellular standard essential patents,...
Under the partnership, Huawei and BeWhere plan to develop M-IoT LPWA, NB-IoT and LTE-M applications
Chinese vendor Huawei recently entered a partnership with Canadian industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions provider BeWhere, to develop M-IoT LPWA, NB-IoT and LTE-M applications to enable the deployment of...
Under the smart lighting contract, Ameresco will use IoT technology provided by Silver Spring Networks
U.S. company Ameresco announced it has been contracted by the city of Chicago as part of a municipal smart lighting project meant to modernize city infrastructure. Ameresco said it will...
Telefonica CTO talks NB-IoT, LTE-M, smart city deployments, and notes, "5G will be triggered by IoT
SHANGHAI--Spanish telecoms group Telefonica is seeing growing opportunities in a number of specific IoT uses cases in the domestic market including smart cities and e-health, among others, the operator’s...
From automated lighting systems that serve as platforms for environmental and traffic sensors to internet-connected trash bins that measure waste levels to optimize the collection process while further providing concealment for wireless infrastructure, internet of things technologies are helping shape smart cities around the...
The IoT project is planned for SAS headquarters in North Carolina
Analytics company SAS is in the process of creating a “smart campus” at its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Through the implementation of SAS real-time analytics, the smart campus project will improve energy usage...
Under the new partnership, both firms will bring advanced IoT solutions to smart cities in the country
Panasonic Corporation of North America and TransitScreen have signed a strategic alliance to bring advanced IoT applications to smart cities around the U.S. Under this new partnership, both companies...
From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation
The internet of things is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the adoption of these technologies by government institutions and agencies is also going through a rapid...
At the dawn of the 5G and the Internet of Everything era, one would easily assume that most people are already well connected with broadband access, especially in urban areas. If things and clothes are becoming connected, then the large majority of humans must...
Huawei is seeing increased opportunities for internet of things (IoT) projects in the Middle East. Safder Nazir, regional VP, digital industries, for Huawei's enterprise business in the Middle East, told Enterprise IoT Insights that countries in this region are diversifying their economies and moving...
New enLight smart city tool allows local governments to measure and monitor air quality from sensors mounted on lighting
British company enLight has announced the launch of its new Smart Cities Pilot Kit, designed to help councils and local authorities to monitor air quality. The...
Any city willing to deploy a smart city strategy needs certain basic elements such as broadband internet, a network of sensors and internet of things (IoT) platforms. There is no doubt that these are key components of any smart city implementation. However, the development...
