Smart City

Nokia announced that it has deployed its 5G Standalone core network for Taiwanese telco Taiwan Mobile. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that the deployment will enable the operator to provide the most advanced 5G applications for enterprises and …

The city of Sunderland in the northeast of England is bidding to be the “UK’s most advanced smart city” following an agreement between the city council and UK-based telecoms system integrator BAI Communications to build a new “5G centric network” …

Broadband is a necessity, not a luxury Over the years, there has been an ongoing argument over whether broadband should be considered an essential utility similar to that of basic utilities, such as water, light, heating, waste management and others. …

  Sony Europe has announced its IMX500 image sensors with AI processing functionality are currently being used in three smart city trials being run by Envision in the municipality of Rome, Italy. These trials are intended to cut the city’s …

  The Covid-19 pandemic is having a huge global impact, clearly. Enterprise IoT Insights talked with technology vendors and market analysts to analyze the impact of the pandemic on smart cities and to understand what new challenges, opportunities and use …

Singapore, Helsinki, Zurich top IMD’s 2020 Smart City Index As COVID-19 swept across the globe last year, many types of workers were forced to shift to a new paradigm that didn’t revolve around keeping regular office hours. Central business districts …

  A total of 572.3 million smart electricity meters are forecast to be deployed in China, India, Japan and South Korea during the 2021–2025 period, according to a new study by IoT research firm Berg Insight. At the end of …

  Cox Communications has launched a pilot partnership with the city of Las Vegas to trial its smart curbside management solution from Cox2M, which is aimed at reducing downtown traffic congestion. The goal of the new pilot project is to …

  U.S. firm CIMCON, which provides smart city technologies, announced that the Suffolk County Council in the U.K. has selected its NearSky smart city platform and smart lighting controls. The county is deploying 700 CIMCON intelligent sensors utilizing both CIMCON’s …

Nokia has been selected by Citycom Telecommunication Graz to deliver a 5G network covering the City of Graz and the entire province of Styria, in Austria. Once the deployment if completed, Citycom Graz will offer autonomous industrial-grade private wireless networks …

France-based Bouygues Telecom has joined with IBM to collaborate with enterprises on industrial 5G use cases in the manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, energy and utilities, and smart city sectors. Bouygues Telecom said the rollout of 5G networks in France in the …

  Telecommunications infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom and IoT connectivity company Everynet have put together a deal to jointly promote the roll out of new internet of things networks in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland. These IoT networks, based on LoRaWAN …

Smart mobility infrastructure management company Iteris said it has executed the final contract and received the formal notice to proceed for a $4.7 million initiative with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for a regional traffic signal synchronization project. The …

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering have signed a $6.6 million deal on a multi-year research programme to build a “people-centric smart future” for Singapore. A press statement from the pair says the research is …

  U.K. smart city company Connexin announced it has raised an initial commitment of up to £80 million ($103 million) in funding to further strengthen its position in the smart infrastructure and Internet of Things (IoT) sector. The company said …

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  Accenture and the University of Aizu announced they will conduct a joint research project to develop what they claims will be the first standard API marketplace for smart cites in Japan. The joint project also includes studies on how …

  The city of Austin and NTT have announced their intention to partner to carry out a smart project that will use new technologies to analyze traffic patterns, ease congestion and support community planning in Austin. Under the smart city …

  The city of Xi’an, the capital of China’s Shaanxi province, aims to install a total of 25,000 5G base stations by 2022, Chinese press reported. Xi’an will deploy 9,000 new 5G base stations in the coming months to reach …

  U.S. firm Ubicquia, which specializes in smart streetlight and smart city platforms, announced that it has acquired CityIQ. Ubicquia is buying all CityIQ’s assets, including technology, related patents and contracts with major customers and cities across the U.S. and …

Malaysia smart city effort focused on urban sustainability Japan’s NTT Group aims to launch what it claims to be one of Asia’s first smart city proofs-of-concept (PoC) in the city of Cyberjaya, in Malaysia, this month,  the company said in …

All around the world, cities are becoming smarter, greener, more efficient. In fact, according to a May 2019 study conducted by Grand View Research, the global smart city market is expected to reach $237.6 billion by 2025. From small-scale trials …

  Smart lighting specialist Signify is helping the city of Davos, in Switzerland, in achieving its sustainability goals as it upgrades both Davos’ streetlights and the lighting of the city’s Congress Center to energy-efficient LEDs, the firm said in a …

  Japanese company Toyota unveiled plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. Called the Woven City, it will be a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen …