Smart city providers exploring value-based pricing to make NB-IoT pay, says Cisco
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is moving towards new value-based and event-based pricing, led by smart cities and industrial operatives, according to Cisco. Until now, device-as-a-service, and latterly anonymised …
Rain, cloud and the ‘Windy City’: how IoT is helping Chicago fight flooding
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSometimes you need indisputable proof to act upon even the clearest assumptions. If you’re a city council, spending public money on infrastructure to save local communities, this burden of proof …
Comcast lights up “epicentre of IoT” with brand new machineQ LoRaWAN network
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailComcast has hooked up the “epicentre of IoT” by making live its LoRaWAN-based machineQ service in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California. The launch, one of 10 new machineQ …
Three smart city projects in APAC
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe Asia Pacific (APAC) region has several smart cities under development, mainly grouped in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Here we describe three of the region’s …
EC offers cities Wi-Fi vouchers in €120m drive for free public internet access
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe European Commission (EC) is inviting municipal authorities to apply for €15,000 vouchers to finance Wi-Fi equipment and installation in public spaces. Vouchers worth €17.75 million in total will be …
USDOT selects 10 US smart cities to figure out drone applications and regulations
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has selected 10 smart city authorities and regional government agencies to explore the implications of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, into US …
Barcelona and Bristol selected as Europe’s first 5G smart cities
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe European Commission (EC) has established 5G test-beds in Barcelona in Spain and Bristol in the UK to trial of consumer oriented 5G applications. A further €2.2 million has been …
Microsoft promises to “up Houston’s tech game, starting from the grass roots”
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWashington-state tech giant Microsoft will set up house in Houston, Texas, as part of a long-term effort with the city authority to drive grass-roots innovation, stimulate the local economy, and …
Two UK councils sign up to InterDigital’s mobility data sharing marketplace
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailBuckinghamshire County Council and Hertfordshire County Council have signed up to InterDigital mobility data engine oneTRANSPORT, taking its smart-city customer count to four in the UK. The duo will share …
Mastercard and Microsoft pool smart city tech, as former NYC CTO joins
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailMastercard and Microsoft are to pool their payment, data analytics and cloud technologies to create a smart city “exchange” to help mayors, policy makers and urban planners tackle urban challenges …
