Smart City

  US Ignite has launched a new smart city startup accelerator program, designed to guide developers through the process of launching a cloud-based business or service oriented to the smart city segment. Through financial support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), …

Smart Dubai has announced the completion of the first phase of the UAEPASS initiative — its nation-wide program for digital identity — integrating seven leading government entities to date. This smart city initiative allows citizens, residents and visitors to access …

Verizon, Cradlepoint, Arrow among accelerator partners Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced the launch of its Smart Cities Accelerator Program. The program will bring together companies that utilize Qualcomm’s products to provide a solutions-focused website specifically for smart …

Moving from PoC to meaningful scale with smart cities investment When imagining a smart city, many people immediately think of pervasively connected infrastructure streaming valuable data that allows city managers to dynamically control traffic flow, improve public safety outcomes, enhance …

Irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology company Lindsay and applied informatics company Iteris are partnering to create smart work zones across U.S. roadways. The partnership supports the Federal Highway Administration’s Smarter Work Zone campaign to reduce traffic congestion and improve …

The city of Irving, Texas, has selected Rubicon Global to provide a smart city pilot program to improve residential waste and recycling services for its more than 240,000 residents. Rubicon Global provides software-as-a-service products for waste, recycling, and smart city …

Congratulations Chicago, which was this month revealed as America’s smartest city (and the world’s fifth), in an annual global ranking. The index assessed various criteria and sub categories – including government, where Chicago came out on top – but concluded …

Arab telco du, working with Nokia, Affirmed Networks and MediaTek, has announced the launch of a narrowband internet of things network in the United Arab Emirates based on the latest 3GPP Release 14 standard, du said in a statement. The …

  The city government said this roadmap will serve as a guide on how Philadelphia can adopt smart city solutions to better serve residents and businesses   The city of Philadelphia has released the SmartCityPHL roadmap, which outlines three key …

The city of Markham is partnering with Bell to provide an advance solution featuring interconnected IoT applications   The Canadian city of Markham has launched its smart city accelerator research program in partnership with Canadian carrier Bell. The program will …

  The new facility is expected to be inaugurated in April this year   Microsoft has signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation to locate its new artificial intelligence and internet of things Insider Lab in Shanghai, China, Chinese news agency …

  The European Commission said Spain, France, Germany and Italy account for 40% of these 5G trials Europe ended 2018 with a total of 139 5G trials in 23 countries, according to the latest report by the European Commission’s 5G …

  The Singaporean telco, together with Noki,a had launched a nationwide NB-IoT network in 2017   Singaporean telco M1 said it will use Nokia’s Impact IoT platform to bolster its carrier’s current smart city and internet of things portfolio. The …

Machine learning and artificial intelligence-based technologies in the smart building sector are generating new opportunities for value creation in commercial and industrial real estate. Innovations in image recognition, natural language processing and behavioral data are generating a deeper understanding of …

  The two companies initially deployed an IoT-based solution for the city of Las Vegas   Iteris, a U.S company that focuses on applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco with the aim of …

  Cubic paid nearly $87 million in cash to acquire Gridsmart   U.S company Cubic has announced the acquisition of Gridsmart Technologies for approximately $87 million in cash. Gridsmart’s system tracks vehicle trajectory from approach through the center of the intersection …

The City of Sacramento has agreed with two Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) firms to develop high-definition 2D and 3D maps of local road infrastructure to share with car makers in order to make autonomous driving in the city safer. …

Machine learning and artificial intelligence-based technologies in the smart building sector are generating new opportunities for value creation in commercial and industrial real estate. Innovations in image recognition, natural language processing and behavioral data are generating a deeper understanding of …

  SAP and Software AG said they have developed the new smart city platform in compliance with the standards of the EU’s open urban platform initiative   German software companies SAP and Software AG announced a cooperation agreement for the …

MTS is currently in process to deploy a nationwide NB-IoT network across Russia   Russian telecom operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has launched a smart city pilot project based on an narrowband internet of things network for the housing and utilities …

  The Canadian firm has launched a security credential management system service to accelerate the development of smart city and transportation systems   Canadian company BlackBerry has announced the launch of a new service to help the private and public …

Join Verizon Smart Communities for a conversation on future-proofing your Smart City investments. While LED luminaires and lighting controls help save energy and costs, there’s even more that can be done to help maximize savings and expand the life of …

  Las Vegas said that it aims to deploy smart city solutions under this agreement by mid-2019   The state of Nevada, city of Las Vegas and Japan’s NTT Group have reached an agreement to advance and accelerate smart technologies, …

Verizon will “significantly expand” its LTE small cell network in Boston Verizon is deepening its network infrastructure relationship with the city of Boston, with an updated 10-year agreement that touches on everything from small cell deployments to the carrier’s presence in …

The new smart traffic initiative will expand the coverage to 60% of Dubai’s roads network Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has approved a $161 million project with the main aim of improving and upgrading the smart traffic systems in …