BROWSING: Smart City

Smart cities – are they still a thing? Well, Berg Insight has issued a report that brings together various of the IoT ‘verticals’ that comprise various of the metropolitan monitoring solutions that tend to get designated as such, and concludes that, yes, cities are...

Vodafone aims to use fully use renewable sources to power its networks by 2025 U.K. telco Vodafone is implementing a number of actions in order to be in a position to fulfill with its sustainability goals, according to Erik Kling, president and head of IoT...

Barcelona, Spain - ZTE Corporation, a global provider of information and communication technology solutions, in partnership with Guangzhou Metro Group and China Mobile Guangzhou Branch, has been awarded the “Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy” for the joint project “5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou”...

HFCL said that the private 5G collaboration will target verticals including manufacturing, retail, warehouse, mining, education, defence and smart city Indian company HFCL, which focuses on digital networks for telcos, enterprises and governments, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to create converged private 5G solutions. In...

Taiwanese electronics maker Asus has announced a deal with German media company Media Broadcast to deploy smart-city solutions at various locations across Germany. The agreement is with Asus's AI and IoT division, called Asus IoT. It will cover the deployment of private 5G campus...

The installed base of smart electricity meters in North America is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8 percent during 2021-2027 to reach a total of 173.4 million units at the end of the period, according to a new...

Nedaa’s network already utilizes Nokia's infrastructure and can support many of the requirements for mission-critical networks   Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nedaa, the security network provider of the Dubai government. In a release, Nokia said that the...

Smarter communities bring real benefits, but creating them requires the right technology and the right partners from the outset. In our new Smart communities report 2022 ‘The building blocks of smarter, more connected communities’, we examine how organisations regard smart communities, as well as their...

NNNCo said that the new IoT network has the capacity to support more than 600,000 IoT sensors   Australian IoT operator National Narrowband Network Co. has launched its IoT network for the business community of the city of Gold Coast, the company said in a release. The...

TRAI has selected Vodafone Idea to conduct trials at Bhopal Smart City as the main smart city location in India   Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea is currently conducting a trial on the use of street furniture for small cells and aerial fiber deployment in Bhopal...

Comptek acts as the designer and manufacturer of the Link5G poles utilized in this project   Smart pole company Comptek Technologies announced that it is taking part in the Link5G initiative, a multi-tenant siting solution designed to accelerate the pace of 5G deployments in New York...

On this episode, Heather Ritchie, the chief marketing officer at Ubicquia, uses specific smart city projects around the world as examples of the benefits, and the considerations, such initiatives can bring. She also discusses how recent developments, like COVID-19 and 5G, have finally gotten many smart city efforts out of "project purgatory."

The initial hype around smart cities has now passed, with applications moving beyond early pilots and proof-of-concepts into commercially deployed systems. There is one major factor present in all of those that have successfully made this transition – they are based on standards-based technologies...

Ericsson said the new agreement includes cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions Middle East carrier Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on next-generation 5G technologies, the latter said in a release. The deal is part of Batelco’s efforts...

Smart cities are the thing of the future, thanks to the immeasurable power of 5G. These advanced urban centers are built not just with a wide understanding of cutting-edge technology but also the legal side of the project. Proper collaboration with city heads and...

Nokia has signed a deal with telecoms operator E&, formerly Etisalat Group, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to deploy 5G private networks for enterprises in Abu Dhabi. The pair will target “various industries, including ports, oil and gas, government and critical infrastructure”, they...

RUBICONSmartCity is a cloud-based technology suite that helps city governments run smarter waste, recycling, and heavy-duty municipal fleet operations   Rubicon Technologies announced that it has entered into a three-year smart city partnership with the city of Houston, Texas to help improve residential waste and recycling...

  Canadian company Rogers Business announced the launch of new offerings for smart cities and smart building using IoT technology. In a release, the firm said that the new offerings will target the growing needs of businesses and municipalities for sustainable and operationally efficient infrastructure. “As we...

5G will connect IoT sensors, including cameras, on waste trucks A collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Brimbank City Council in Australia will result in an interconnected network of garbage trucks that will use the 5G network and the Internet of Things (IoT). The project...

AWS: 'The cloud can do more than modernize programs; it empowers governments to streamline operations and work towards long term sustainability goals' Ever the over-achiever, Amazon has established its own sort of sustainability pledge, calling it "The Climate Pledge". The pledge, founded in partnership with...

Extreme Networks provided approximately 3,500 Wi-Fi 6 Access Points for the cloud-managed network installation Extreme Networks, in partnership with NetNordic, has turned Borås Stad, Sweden into a smart city by establishing “one of the largest cloud-managed network infrastructures” in the country, according to the company. The...

  Indian company Tata Communications and Saudi Arabia operator Zain KSA announced they have entered a strategic engagement to carry out smart city initiatives in Saudi Arabia. With this collaboration the partners will deliver solutions and platforms to remodel cities with smart street lighting, smart waste...

    Canadian operator Bell announced an agreement with compatriot firm Esri Canada, a geographic information system (GIS) provider, to create the Bell Integrated Smart City Ecosystem. This integrated solution will combine Bell's 5G network and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with Esri's real-time analytics and location...

Nokia announced that it has deployed its 5G Standalone core network for Taiwanese telco Taiwan Mobile. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that the deployment will enable the operator to provide the most advanced 5G applications for enterprises and businesses, and to strengthen its...