BROWSING: Smart City

Las Vegas is also working with networking firm Cisco in a wider smart city initiative Siemens, along with Brandmotion and Commsignia, is working with the City of Las Vegas to provide a turnkey vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) solution. Siemens said the solution will be...

Singtel announced a collaboration with smart metering solutions provider EDMI Singapore telecommunications firm Singtel and global smart metering solutions provider EDMI Limited have announced a collaboration to develop a smart electric metering infrastructure for Singapore. The partners said they have successfully tested smart electric meters on...

The French city has deployed a smart parking solution with Libelium’s technology while the U.S city has launched a smart parking app The smart parking industry continues to grow and has emerged as a major internet of things (IoT) use case that falls under the...

Connected living, vehicles and buildings target of Nokia, StarHub partnership Finnish vendor Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore telco StarHub to jointly drive IoT adoption in Singapore. Under the terms of the new alliance, the two partners plan to develop new...

In collaboration with the University of Bristol, the two companies will kick off a 5G PoC A live proof of concept (PoC) based on the 5G standard is designed to test and validate smart urban applications over next-generation mobile networks, and will be deployed...

The smart lighting projects involved the installation of 12,000 connected street lights in Guadalajara In a new smart lighting deployment, Philips Lighting has installed 12,000 LED street lights in the city of Guadalajara, Spain. The street lights are managed by the Philips CityTouch street lighting...

The capital pool is intended to support municipal adoption of smart cities technologies In many ways smart cities are the ultimate application of the internet of things—a huge variety of connected devices and infrastructure create volumes of data that can be analyzed to create multi-level...

New smart city will embrace "high-speed digital networks, data centers" and other technology-focused infrastructure To the west of Phoenix, Ariz., an 25,000-acre plot of land could eventually be home to a greenfield smart city thanks to significant investment from billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according...

Smart traffic management is a system wherein centrally-controlled traffic signals and sensors regulate the flow of traffic through the cities in response to specific demand levels. This type of implementation allows cities to: Reduce traffic congestion by smoothing traffic flows and prioritizing traffic in...

Acute urbanization combined with years of infrastructure neglect creates challenges on path to smart city projects in Africa Despite most of Africa’s largest cities are still undergoing an urbanization process, smart city initiatives are being embraced by a number of African governments. The International Telecommunication Union...

The Italian company recently launched new smart factory solutions for manufacturers Olivetti has unveiled its new smart cities portfolio which includes smart solutions for the environment, crowd control and smart lighting segments. The suite of products includes: Olivetti Smart Clean Air:  a solution consisting of an...

Deutsche Telekom's smart city plan includes the deployment of connected street lights and smart waste containers Deutsche Telekom and the municipal government of Bonn have kicked off a program to deploy smart city initiatives across the German city. Under the smart city program, Deutsche Telekom will...

Area outside of Toronto targeted for a holistic smart city build Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google-parent company Alphabet, is planning to build a smart city from the ground up in an area of Toronto southeast of downtown called Quayside. In many smart city projects,...

The U.S. firm said the solution will contribute to smart city initiatives across the region U.S. utility technology provider Sensus has announced the launch of its utility-grade IoT communications network, FlexNet, in Middle East markets. The firm said that FlexNet, which operates in dedicated and licenses...

Vodafone said it will test NB-IoT applications with a number of partners U.K.-based telecoms group Vodafone has confirmed it is working with Dublin City Council (DCC) to test narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) sensors in the Docklands Smart District as part of the wider Smart...

Fostering long-term innovation is key to Barcelona's smart city ambitions Barcelona has been very active in terms of the deployment of smart city initiatives over the last few years. One key element of the Spanish city’s smart city plan is the so-called ‘Smart City Campus’ which...

The smart traffic initiative stipulates the deployment of smart signals on 14 corridors across the state Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan announced  the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing $50.3 million to deploy smart traffic signals that will improve traffic operation and ease congestion for...

Dallas Innovation Alliance working with Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and more on smart city transformation The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) continues to work to turn Dallas into a smart city through the use of IoT technologies. The entity is currently testing several uses cases to implement...

The U.S. networking company will work with the city of Southend-on-Sea in a number of smart city initiatives Cisco has signed a new agreement for the deployment of a number of smart city initiatives in Southend-on-Sea, in the U.K. Southend-on-Sea said that the primary goal of...

The announcement follows the recent launch of NB-IoT technology by rival TIM The Italian subsidiary of U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone announced plans to invest more than 10 million euros ($11.8 million) to deploy its NB-IoT network across the country. The European telco confirmed the network...

Nokia and the government of Sendai will focus on public safety and disaster recovery among other smart city initiatives Nokia and the city of Sendai, Japan, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver technology solutions for local businesses as they recover from the...

Smart lighting serves as a 'vertical asset' that provides for a platform for further IoT initiatives CHICAGO--Coming with a clear path to return on investment and capable of serving to support broader smart city and internet of things ambitions, smart lighting is a major driver...

Global City Teams Challenge provides collaborative forum for smart city R&D CHICAGO--“We have a problem in IoT and smart city in general. We’re extremely fragmented," Sokwoo Rhee, associate director of the cyber physical systems program at the National Institute of Standards Technology told attendees to...

Inter-departmental coordination is imperative for smart city success Hospitality industry nonprofit Visit Orlando figures around 68 million people visited the Central Florida theme park destination in 2016. In a metro area with more than 2.3 million residents, the addition of tourists can create issues ranging...