Finnish telecoms duo Nokia and Telia have equipped 5G-connected drones with computer vision technology to monitor environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea. A pilot solution is being used to track levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae. It may be expanded for additional environmental monitoring,...
Mastercard has confirmed 16 ‘cities’, or rather urban centres, as founding members of its City Possible programme, convened to foster public-private collaboration in the smart cities space.
The ‘cities’, varying in profile, joining the City Possible initiative are: Athens, Aurora (Illinois), Baltimore, Dubai, Dublin,...
The United Nations (UN) has ranked its top 10 countries for digital governance, and placed Denmark top for provision of online services. Australia, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Sweden round out the top five.
The UN’s Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) collated...
A common language is required for how self-driving cars communicate with pedestrians, says Semcon, which has developed a smiling self-driving car technology.
While car makers and software companies working on self-driving car technology research extensively how cars should interact with other cars in traffic, much...
By signing the “Montevideo Declaration”, policy makers from around the world made smart cities a core element in reaching the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.
With 70 percent of the world population expected to be living in cities by 2050, smart cities are increasingly seen as...
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted areas.
The GSMA established the program in March. According to the trade group, the goal is "to support mobile network operators...
Denmark has overtaken South Korea as the most connected country on the planet and Ericsson has partnered with IBM to design a new phased-array antenna.
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The United Nations' Information and Communication Technology Task Force on Nov. 24 released its most recent development index ranking 166...
