Edzcom, Signify to build private smart-city network on 5G lightpoles in Finland
Finland-based Edzcom and Netherlands-based Signify have entered a partnership to build a private smart-city 5G and IoT network using street-lighting and other road infrastructure for the city of Tampere, in …
NNNCo gets involved in LoRaWAN smart street lighting project in Uruguay
Australian LoRaWAN network operator National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo) has signed a contract with technology provider Wellness TechGroup, to provide IoT network coverage to 70,000 smart streetlights in Uruguay’s …
Signify completes acquisition of UK smart street-lighting pioneer Telensa
Lighting firm Signify has completed its acquisition of UK-based Telensa, a pioneer in the smart street-lighting market, with a strong customer base among local councils and utility organisations, notably in …
Signify on 2021: ‘Restoring order after Covid chaos’ – 11 key IoT trends for 2021
A year of unprecedented disruption and change has come to a close. Ahead lies an exciting 2021 when life will presumably get back to something like normal and long-pent-up economic …
Australia trials LoRaWAN smart lighting in bid to save turtle hatchlings
The wellbeing of turtle hatchlings appears to have swung the case for smart lighting along the coast in Queensland, in Australia. A short strip of street lighting in the Shire of …
Landis+Gyr completes advanced metering project in Central America
Swiss firm Landis+Gyr said it has recently expanded smart grid capabilities in Central America with the completion of an advanced metering project for Empresa Eléctrica De Guatemala S.A. (EEGSA), …
Pennsylvania state capital hangs smart city sensors off its lighting network
UK smart-city firm Telensa has struck a deal with the city of Harrisburg, the state capital of Pennsylvania in the US, to trial traffic analytics, air quality monitoring, and smart …
Street-lighting to drive $15bn energy savings; Siemens tops smart-city review
Juniper Research claims street lighting upgrades will deliver $15 billion in cumulative energy savings for cities in the period to 2023. These savings will be achieved both by converting lamps …
Cities should focus first on what works, says Itron, as it kicks off smart-city challenge
Cities should focus on what works, and hurry up, if they are to bring intelligence to their operations, Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron told Enterprise IoT Insights. The company has …
The hard ROI of smart street-lighting – seven ways for cities to make their money back
Only one smart city use case stands up to close scrutiny: smart street lighting. The business case for parking and garbage, the other functions in the holy trinity of smart …
