OnDemand Panel discussion: The role of telecoms in building smarter cities

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OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

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Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

The first day of the online event confirmed that the smart cities sector is well aware of its destination but it’s how it gets there that will be the problem.

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

How digitalisation is enabling a smarter and safer oil and gas camp managementSponsored by Huawei

Li Yangming, Chief Representative, Oil & Gas Industry of Global Energy Business Unit, Huawei EBG, explains how new digital technologies are boosting efficiency, safety and productivity in oil and gas camps.

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

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Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 2 – Simplicity by design in smart lighting

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Urban Exchange Podcast

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Four mobile networks delivered to flagship London building

Four mobile networks delivered to flagship London building

Commercial buildings28 Jan 2025

Freshwave has designed a 4G distributed antenna system to provide assured connectivity for everyone in 8 Bishopgate, no matter which mobile network they use.

Wifi and cellular connectivity are top priorities for real-estate

Wifi and cellular connectivity are top priorities for real-estate

Commercial buildings14 Jan 2025

Research reveals that connectivity outranks price and amenities for business leaders, while the demand for smart building technologies is also on the increase.

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

Virgin Mobile Saudi and Hitek partner to develop smart cities

4G and 5G23 Apr 2024

The companies will initially focus on smart buildings and develop an advanced intelligence and analytics platform, connecting people, assets and spaces.

Tech startups chosen for UK smart city accelerator

Tech startups chosen for UK smart city accelerator

Economic Development07 Oct 2022

Sunderland City Council’s accelerator programme combines leading-edge infrastructure with IoT domain expertise and guidance from internationally renowned organisations.

Plans unveiled to turn National Landing site into 5G-powered smart city

Plans unveiled to turn National Landing site into 5G-powered smart city

Commercial buildings21 Jul 2021

AT&T and JBG Smith envision the site as a canvas for smart city innovation in industry clusters such as defence, cybersecurity, cloud/edge computing, IoT and AI.

XR and AI companies team to build the smart spaces and buildings of the future

XR and AI companies team to build the smart spaces and buildings of the future

News08 Apr 2021

Transmira and Kognition will collaborate as part of a consortium of XR companies to develop and implement latest technology and vanguard best practices to create the next generation of smart cities.

Partnership announced to co-create Bleutech Park smart city vision

Partnership announced to co-create Bleutech Park smart city vision

News18 Feb 2021

The £7.5bn Bleutech Park development, located in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, will be constructed of net-zero carbon footprint buildings within its own insular mini-city.

LPWA connectivity to remain dominant in smart cities

LPWA connectivity to remain dominant in smart cities

News17 Feb 2021

Despite recent investment, uptake of 5G across smart city segments will remain low over the next five years though new use cases will emerge, especially in low latency, mission-critical services.

Helsinki expands smart city innovation project to new districts

Helsinki expands smart city innovation project to new districts

News08 Jan 2021

A number of development projects will be launched in Malmi, Pasila, Mellunkylä and Malminkartano-Kannelmäki, in which residents will also be invited to participate.

City-led clean infrastructure projects can help build back a stronger US

City-led clean infrastructure projects can help build back a stronger US

News08 Dec 2020

Report sets out to demonstrate how cities can be “critical drivers” of solutions for the multiple short-term challenges created by Covid-19 as well as emerging long-term challenges of climate change.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

Never fear, Watson is here!

Currently, the average data breach takes organisations an average of 201 days to identify and an average of 70 days to contain

Solar city goes live

Trina Solar’s PV modules have begun operations in the 10MW Sustainable City in Dubai, which aims to use only clean energy sources

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

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Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Covid-19 is showing us what resilience in cities actually is, writes Stephen Zoegall, director of global cities and ...

Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity

The promise of smart cities needs a strong network to back it up, writes Jamie Hayes, Mobile Network Operators Director,...

Could FWA be the answer to keeping people connected during the global pandemic?

Fixed Wireless Access’s speed and flexibility could have it serve a crucial role in helping businesses and public ...

The 14 pillars of a smart city

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The telco's critical role in smart cities

Ahead of his participation in the Smart IoT Connect event (a joint event between Smart Cities World and sister ...

5G: The catalyst connected cities have been waiting for?

It’s almost our responsibility to unleash the capability of 5G to drive development, says Henry Tirri, CTO, ...

Smart cities and cybersecurity: Is it wise to get smarter?

As the popularity and inevitability of smart cities expand, so too does a cybercriminal’s opportunistic attack surface. ...

A smart case study for mmWave: Connecting Rzeszów

The City of Rzeszów in Poland has created a blueprint for how mmWave can be leveraged to deliver 5G networks and their ...

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Trend Series

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

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White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital Transformation

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital TransformationSponsored by Fiware

In collaboration with Matthew James Bailey (leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, IoT, and a renowned author), this brand new white paper focusses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities.

White Paper: 5G Application Scenarios

185-page White Paper covering 100 scenarios across 14 major industries.

Trend Report: Creating truly open cities

Trend Report: Creating truly open cities

A 14-page Trend Report on the importance of building interoperable smart cities from the ground up