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Tasmania's IoT network opens for business

Tasmania's IoT network opens for business

28 Jan 2021
The carrier-grade LoRaWAN network will provide umbrella coverage across all major population zones and offer opportunities for use cases such as smart street lighting and digital metering.
Start-ups to take part in UK smart city accelerator at MediaCityUK

Start-ups to take part in UK smart city accelerator at MediaCityUK

14 Jan 2021
They will be developing and prototyping solutions to discover how cities can use technology to adapt to a post-Covid world with the aim of securing investment at the end of the programme.
Does AI have a role in smart city recruitment?

Does AI have a role in smart city recruitment?

17 Dec 2020
AI tools and technologies have become game-changers for smart cities and the IoT-driven sectors but their role in identifying and recruiting smart city talent is less clear-cut.
Initiative launched to help create trustworthy spaces for sharing data

Initiative launched to help create trustworthy spaces for sharing data

16 Dec 2020
Fiware, iShare and FundingBox have launched the i4Trust initiative to build the foundation for data spaces that facilitate trustworthy and effective data-sharing.
Companies partner to offer smart cities blockchain-enabled global data exchange

Companies partner to offer smart cities blockchain-enabled global data exchange

09 Dec 2020
The companies want to deliver a new level of trust and control for cities and provide municipal and commercial clients with unaltered and traceable data that ties back to its original source.
Envision Digital and Tridium sign smart parks partnership

Envision Digital and Tridium sign smart parks partnership

09 Dec 2020
As countries look to accelerate decarbonisation and meet their net-zero targets, investment in smart parks is forecast to eliminate more than 27 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Companies collaborate to create smart city smart pole

Companies collaborate to create smart city smart pole

02 Dec 2020
The streetlight unit combines embedded gigabit-speed mmWave wireless connectivity into light poles featuring wi-fi access points, HD cameras and more.
WEBINAR: The rise of autonomous mobility and its role in the new normal era

WEBINAR: The rise of autonomous mobility and its role in the new normal era

30 Nov 2020
This webinar explores Autonomous Mobility in the smart city and demonstrates how it can help cities amid the new normal.
IMDA and IBM join forces to accelerate digital skills development in Singapore

IMDA and IBM join forces to accelerate digital skills development in Singapore

24 Nov 2020
IBM’s programme aims to meet the demand for technology consulting and deep technical skills needed to support the acceleration of digital transformation across all industries.
Intelligent traffic system to be deployed on Austrian highways

Intelligent traffic system to be deployed on Austrian highways

19 Nov 2020
The Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) is a traffic management system that uses broadcast technology to analyse conditions for exchange of information between vehicles and the road.
36 cities chosen to chart a course towards the future

36 cities chosen to chart a course towards the future

18 Nov 2020
The World Economic Forum has chosen the cities to pioneer a global policy roadmap developed by its G20 Smart Cities Alliance for the ethical and responsible use of data and technology.
City Possible expands network and ‘reimagines’ its digital marketplace

City Possible expands network and ‘reimagines’ its digital marketplace

11 Nov 2020
London, Los Angeles, New York City and Hamilton are the latest cities to join Mastercard’s co-creation framework that aims to help build more inclusive and sustainable communities.
ETSI addresses citizen-related standards in smart cities

ETSI addresses citizen-related standards in smart cities

09 Nov 2020
Standardisation relates to areas such as accessibility, usability, interoperability, personal data protection and security, and how services to citizens are to be designed to maximise benefits to the community.
Smart cities predicted to create $2.46 trillion worth of business opportunities by 2025

Smart cities predicted to create $2.46 trillion worth of business opportunities by 2025

30 Oct 2020
According to analysis from Frost & Sullivan, post-pandemic, investment in smart projects like smart grids, autonomous vehicles, smart lighting and e-governance will gain traction.
SMEs chosen to accelerate West Midlands' net zero drive

SMEs chosen to accelerate West Midlands' net zero drive

28 Oct 2020
Innovations include using data from end-users to create new services and business models and user-centric approaches that help to reduce fuel poverty.
OnDemand WEBINAR: The rise of autonomous mobility and its role in the new normal era

OnDemand WEBINAR: The rise of autonomous mobility and its role in the new normal era

27 Oct 2020
This webinar explores Autonomous Mobility in the smart city and demonstrates how it can help cities amid the new normal.
oneM2M IoT standard to help underpin India's smart cities

oneM2M IoT standard to help underpin India's smart cities

27 Oct 2020
As India strives to deliver over 100 smart cities across the country, standards-based deployment would help promote interoperability, security and multi-vendor deployments.
Blockchain deployed to help travellers certify their health status

Blockchain deployed to help travellers certify their health status

27 Oct 2020
Cybersecurity and Internet of Things company, WISeKey has added the ability for users to upload and digitally certify the results of their Covid-19 test to its WIShelter platform.
Companies collaborate on cloud-based tracking system

Companies collaborate on cloud-based tracking system

20 Oct 2020
Semtech and TagoIO’s collaboration adds new functionality to the LoRa Edge platform to simplify the development of geolocation and asset management applications.
Standards report assesses the current state of blockchain

Standards report assesses the current state of blockchain

15 Oct 2020
Key insights highlighted in the report include blockchain technology’s fragmentation both worldwide and within jurisdictions, overlaps, gaps, as well as conflicts in standard-setting.
Edinburgh approves three-year digital smart city strategy

Edinburgh approves three-year digital smart city strategy

09 Oct 2020
The strategy, which has been unanimously approved, sets out principles for how the council’s future technology services should be designed, sourced and delivered.
Only 60 per cent of transit agencies have a cybersecurity preparedness plan

Only 60 per cent of transit agencies have a cybersecurity preparedness plan

08 Oct 2020
Research carried out by the Mineta Transportation Institute also found that less than half of agencies reported auditing their cybersecurity programme at least once a year.
European Commission launches Smart Cities Marketplace

European Commission launches Smart Cities Marketplace

01 Oct 2020
The renaming of the Marketplace of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities symbolises the anticipated merger with the Smart Cities Information System.
Smart Dubai collaboration to accelerate digital transformation for government entities

Smart Dubai collaboration to accelerate digital transformation for government entities

30 Sep 2020
The Dubai Government Information Network is designed to become the information backbone between the emirate’s governmental organisations and the internet.