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The latest news on Internet of Things (IoT) in smart city projects across the world.

IoT network specialists team to deliver global IoT coverage

IoT network specialists team to deliver global IoT coverage

Internet of Things12 Mar 2026

1NCE now integrates Netmore’s LoRaWan into the 1NCE operating system platform, allowing customers to use both services seamlessly through its software stack.

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Smart city uses cases continue to drive LPWAN market

Internet of Things04 Nov 2025

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Smart buildings emerge as top LoraWan deployment

Smart buildings emerge as top LoraWan deployment

Internet of Things18 Sep 2025

Key applications driving a rapid ROI for building owners include energy and operational efficiency, environmental monitoring, and preventive maintenance.

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Firm helps tackle water waste with 250k smart meter roll-out

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Chesapeake to deploy city-owned private wireless network

Chesapeake to deploy city-owned private wireless network

Fibre networks21 Aug 2025

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Patrizia launches new smart infrastructure company

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In a milestone for the Smart City Infrastructure Fund (SCIF), CiviSmart brings together the three smart lighting operators of Ottima, Selettra and Atlantico.

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Finland expands LoRaWan network to support IoT applications

Finland expands LoRaWan network to support IoT applications

Internet of Things03 Dec 2024

Digita and Netmore will jointly develop large-scale projects in utility, building and construction and logistics verticals using expanded LoRaWan capabilities.

Report recognises LoRaWan as leading tech for smart cities

Report recognises LoRaWan as leading tech for smart cities

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Report examines significance of connectivity in urban settings, underscoring how LoRaWan offers a robust, efficient infrastructure for smart applications.

Partnership expands LoRaWan connectivity across Greece

Partnership expands LoRaWan connectivity across Greece

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Simplifying the smart city

Donna Moore of the LoRa Alliance highlights how the LoRaWAN networking protocol and ecosystem can address a ...

New connectivity trends for smart cities

As Semtech’s Alistair Fulton highlights, low-power, long-range wireless networks are only just being realised when it ...

We built this city (on LPWAN)

The interoperability offered with LPWAN networks enables the benefits of a truly smart city environment to be shared by ...

The future of public safety: why smart cities need to look to the cloud

Only truly open systems can protect a city’s citizens, argues Eagle Eye Networks Rishi Lodhia

Creating truly open cities: why interoperability and 6LoWPAN matterSponsored by Paradox Engineering

Interoperability is the way forward for dynamic and effective smart cities, writes Gianni Minetti, CEO at Paradox ...

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,...

Taking a security-first approach to smart cities

Smart cities should learn from decades of cybersecurity practice when building networks, writes Neil Correa, security ...

Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networksSponsored by Kerlink

Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane ...

Network choices for the smart city? Start with a spreadsheet, not a datasheet, says Will Franks, Telensa

The smartest cities will have multiple networks, each one supporting a service set and chosen because it is the best ...

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