Singapore preps open digital platform for major greenfield smart city development
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSingapore’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 …
Harnessing people-powered data for smarter(er) cities (Reality Check)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOne 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 …
Chunghwa Telecom inks 5G, smart city agreement with Taipei
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTaiwanese 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 …
Orange launches AI acceleration program in Silicon Valley
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe 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 …
NTT DoComo uses Telit’s IoT module in smart city project in Japan
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTelit’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 …
Comcast launches IoT solution for water utilities via new partnership
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe 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 …
London hatches five-step digital plan to be smartest city of them all
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLondon has set out a five-point digital strategy to make it the smartest city in the world. Among more than 20 initiatives, bucketed into five ‘mission’ themes, the plan details …
Canadian firm launches LoRaWAN wireless solutions for smart city, enterprise IoT apps
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailEleven-x said the new solutions allow existing sensors to provide real-time data collection and monitoring Eleven-x, a Canadian firm operating a nationwide public low-power network, has launched a new …
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 …
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 …
