Smart City

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This report discusses how tech vendors have developed …

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This report discusses how tech vendors have developed …

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This webinar discusses how tech vendors have developed …

  The initiative, being promoted by the GSMA expects to reach 2,000 partners by 2020   A total of 14 mobile operator across the Asia Pacific region have joined the GSMA IoT partnership program. Operators joining the partnership include Celcom, …

  Google will apply IoT, big data and AI to the targeted smart city initiatives   Google has signed an agreement with South Korean firm LG Electronics to focus on the development of smart cities powered by the internet of …

Nokia has been selected by Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to supply, deploy, and manage its new ‘smart telecom poles’ in India, which will support 4G, 5G and IoT connectivity, as well as lighting and controls, and a …

Ontario’s former privacy commissioner has resigned from her consulting role at Google’s sister company Sidewalk Labs over its failure to guarantee citizens’ personal data would be protected at its Toronto smart-city development. Ann Cavoukian resigned from Sidewalk Labs, owned by …

  Verizon will work with Urbanova to deploy smart city solutions in the city of Spokane   Verizon and Urbanova, in collaboration with the city of Spokane, Washington, have inked a partnership for the development of smart city solutions. Under …

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This webinar discusses how tech vendors have developed …

Cameras as a sensor drives multiple smart city use cases Adoption of smart city solutions is moving from limited pilot projects to larger scale implementation and, with 5G networks going live in the U.S. through the end of 2018, new …

  Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma said China needs to control core technologies such as chip development   Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced plans to set up a new semiconductor company to focus on the development of artificial intelligence …

Rogers aims to start deploying 5G-ready network equipment and infrastructure at UBC starting in early 2019 Canadian telecom group Rogers and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have inked a three-year, multi-million dollar partnership deal to build a real-world 5G …

Carrier sees public/private partnership model as potentially accelerating small cell deployments Last week during Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, AT&T announced a major IoT project with the city focused on driving efficiencies in traffic management, public safety, natural …

  The new facility features autonomous mobile robot technology, smart warehousing system and facial recognition   Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and RV Automation have launched what they claim is Hong Kong’s first fully automated and unmanned …

  The smart traffic initiative stipulates the deployment of 450 smart parking sensors   The government of Australia announced the launch of a project to install 450 smart parking sensors to benefit residents in the country’s Central Coast area. Federal …

After suburban lifestyles being the norm for generations of Americans, the pendulum is beginning to swing back towards urbanism: the United Nations says 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas today, a proportion that is expected to increase …

The team of researches have tested smart city systems from Libelium, Echelon and Battelle   A team of researchers from Threatcare and IBM X-Force Red have joined forces to test several smart city devices, with the specific goal of finding …

Itron said it is seeing a high level of interest from customers for the firm’s new smart gas and water meters   U.S. firm Itron, which focuses on technology solutions for energy and water water resource management, is on track …

LoRaWAN being leveraged for smart transportation The City of Montreal is turning to the Internet of Things (IoT) to digitalise its public transport, with the help of LoRaWAN networks. Working with Semtech and X-TELIA, a Montreal-based LoRaWAN network operator, the …

Singapore’s industrial development agency JTC has appointed engineering group ST Engineering to build an open smart city platform for its green-field Punggol Digital District (PDD) project, a new tech hub in the north of the city-state, being constructed as a …

One of the busiest train stations in the world is New York’s Grand Central terminus.  In peak hours around 1,000 people arrive at Grand Central every single minute and head out into the great metropolis.  Impressive numbers, especially from a …

Taiwanese telco will deploy 5G base stations and smart sensors in streetlights and traffic signals   Taiwanese telecommunications firm Chunghwa Telecom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Taipei city government for the development of smart city applications and …

The new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies   French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration program designed to identify and support early-stage startups with focus …

Telit’s module enables the deployment of LTE CatM1 and NB-IoT technologies IoT specialist Telit announced that its Telit ME910C1-J1 module is being used in a field trial of a delivery service application implemented by Japanese telecommunications firm NTT DoCoMo. Telit …

The new IoT-based solution combines Comcast’s IoT service machine with Neptune LoRa-enabled water meters Comcast’s internet of things service, machineQ, and U.S water technology company, Neptune Technology Group, have announced a collaboration on an IoT solution designed to accelerate smart …