The City of Medellin, Colombia has been implementing smart city initiatives over the last several years. The Medellin Smart City Program consolidates ICT adoption processes, content generation, design of services, and support for public connectivity strategies with the aim of improving the relationship between...
Millimeter Wave Networks Project Group eyes 60 GHz band
SAN FRANCISCO--The Facebook-led Telecom Infra Project this week created a new working group dedicated to creating broad industry support for solutions that target high-frequency millimeter wave spectrum in the 60 GHz band. The Millimeter Wave Networks...
Portugal’s capital Lisbon is currently testing a number of smart city initiatives to improve energy efficiency, sustainability and quality of life in the city as part of the city’s involvement in the Sharing Cities project.
Under this smart city project, a number of European cities...
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)...
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...
To improve the quality of life in urban areas, many cities are attempting to harness the power of the internet of things (IoT) to combat crime, increase efficiency, drive economic growth and improve accessibility, according to Nokia. The company offers a wide range of...
Finnish mobile operator Elisa is upgrading its network infrastructure in the city of Tampere to be 5G ready with an eye of leveraging its network to support smart city projects.
As it upgrades base stations with 5G-compatible equipment, the goal is a quick commercial deployment....
AT&T leverages network to tackle causes customers care about
AT&T is using its network to enable customers to take action on a number of social issues, from carbon emissions to high school dropout rates, as part of its Connect to Good initiatives.
Originally debuted in March...
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...
The partnership will initially focus on providing estimated route times to travelers
Kritek, a provider of intelligent transportation services and Skyline Products, a provider of dynamic message signs, announced a strategic partnership to offer turnkey smart city solutions Kritek and Skyline will initially focus on...
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...
Huawei views collaboration as key to IoT success
Chinese vendor Huawei has been very active in the development of internet of things (IoT) solutions. The vendor believes that IoT exists in a massive ecosystem that requires joint investment and collaboration between ICT solution providers, enterprises,...
City governments are inundated with smart city proposals from citizens, technology vendors and even academics who want to use city technologies to help solve some of the world's most pressing urban problems. Engineers who have turned their attention to making cities cleaner, safer and...
Platforms and security central to ZTE internet of things strategy
Chinese vendor ZTE has been very active in the IoT field, developing a wide range of services and applications. The company has developed its smart IoT operating system that provides intelligent capabilities for IoT terminals...
Once deployed, IoT network customers will have access to Silver Spring Networks' Starfish platform-as-a-service
U.S. firm Silver Spring Networks will work with Irish company ESB Telecoms to develop a national IoT network across Ireland. ESB Telecoms Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of ESB and...
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...
See.Sense will provide light sensors for cyclist as part of U.K’s smart city initiative CityVerve
U.K. telecom operator BT announced the launch of a new project with See.Sense, a cycling-focused technology company from Northern Ireland, to provide sensor-enabled and connected bike lights to up to...
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...
