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Massive MIMO boosts capacity and availability for 5G operators in speed tests (Analyst Angle)

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. Making broadband more affordable and...

Sony cooperates in smart city trial project in Rome

  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 transport-related pollution and accidents at pedestrian...

Inseego to deploy ‘perfect fit’ 5G solutions for Georgia’s 500-acre tech park

Inseego will deploy its 5G solutions in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a 500-acre smart city technology park equipped with real-world connected infrastructure. Inseego’s equipment will run on T-Mobile US’  Extended Range 5G (600 MHz) and Ultra Capacity 5G network (2.5 GHz), deployed in February 2021. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in the smart city field

  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 cases will arise in a...

‘The pandemic will not make cities obsolete’

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 emptied out, kitchen tables and...

Over 572m smart electricity meters to be installed in APAC in 2021-25

  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 2019, the overall smart meter penetration...

Cox launches smart traffic pilot in downtown Las Vegas

  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 reduce traffic congestion in downtown Las...

CIMCON Lighting inks smart city deal in the UK

  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 LightingGale Central Management System (CMS) and...

Nokia deploys 5G private network in Austria’s Graz

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 for public services and local...

Bouygues Teleco and IBM team up on 5G for factories, hospitals, utilities, cities

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 coming weeks will give rise...

Cellnex, Everynet ink deal to rollout IoT networks in Italy, UK and Ireland

  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 technology, will be deployed on Cellnex’s...

Iteris secures three-year smart traffic contract in California

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 firm said that the three-year...

Singapore starts $6.6m research project into “people-centric” smart city AI, IoT

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 for “Singapore, and beyond”,...

Connexin secures $103 million to expand its smart city business in the UK

  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 that new investment will support the...

What is ‘the 15 minute city’ – and why it is the same as a ‘smart city’

Note, this article originally appeared as a blog post on the Guidehouse Insights website; it is reprinted here with permission. The original article can be found here.  “La ville du quart d’heure” was a key theme for Anne Hidalgo during her successful reelection campaign for mayor of...

Accenture to develop smart city API marketplace for Japan

  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 to utilize a Smart City operating...

Austin partners with NTT to carry out smart city project

  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 Project, NTT’s Accelerate Smart data platform,...

Chinese city Xi’an aims to deploy 25,000 5G base stations by 2022: Report

  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 a total of 13,000 by the...

Ubicquia acquires smart city platform CityIQ from GE Current

  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 Canada. CityIQ, owned by GE Current,...

NTT to use experience gained in Las Vegas for smart city PoC in Malaysia

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 a statement. The initiative is part...

Three smart city initiatives around the world

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 focused on simplifying the commute...

Davos upgrades street lighting system with Signify

  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 release. This week, Davos will host...

Toyota unveils plans to build prototype city of the future in Japan

  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 fuel cells, Toyota said in a...

Installed base of smart street lights to reach 31.2 million by 2023: Study

  The installed base of smart street lights is forecasted to surpass 31.2 million at a global level by 2013, according to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The Swedish firm said that the installed base of smart street lights was...