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Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

01 Feb 2021

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

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban lives

24 Nov 2020

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

Rebuilding tomorrow’s smart cities with a people first approach

23 Nov 2020

Cities need to invest in its number one asset - its people - in the wake of Covid-19, writes Michael Proman, Managing Director, Scrum Ventures

How Covid-19 has made smart cities smarter than ever

16 Nov 2020

Covid-19 is speeding up the changes to our transport networks, writes Mark Nicholson, CEO of Vivacity Labs

Think tank: why 5G is not the cure all for economy recovery

09 Nov 2020

In the latest in our series of opinions from SCW board members, Libellium CEO Alicia Asín argues we shouldn’t be hyperconnected for hyperconnection’s sake.

Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity

10 Aug 2020

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

Taking a security-first approach to smart cities

03 Aug 2020

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

Fibre can transform society but only if governments are prepared to give a helping hand

27 Jul 2020

Governments need to do more to help fibre providers widen their networks, writes Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development at Fotech.

Smart cities at the edge: deploying decentralised success

08 Jun 2020

Edge computing could be a solution for smart cities wanting to process large amounts of data, writes Ciaran Dynes, SVP of Products at Talend

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

01 Jun 2020

Fixed Wireless Access’s speed and flexibility could have it serve a crucial role in helping businesses and public services rebuild in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, writes James Bristow, SVP EMEA, Cradlepoint

Using data to transform the way we interact with our cities

12 May 2020

By integrating technology into the landscape, data can be collected in a non-intrusive way and help to inform how public space responds to the citizens that use it, says Neil Manthorpe, associate director of design at Atkins.

How new financial models enable smart city digital transformation

29 Apr 2020

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell discusses how innovative approaches to investment can result in the lowering of smart cities’ barriers to entry.

What smart homes can teach us about smart cities

20 Apr 2020

To fully realise his smart home vision, AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell found much commonality with creating smart cities, especially when it came to breaking down siloed sub-systems.

The 14 pillars of a smart city

26 Mar 2020

Strategies must take a holistic approach encompassing people, institutions, structures and operations, say Clint Vince, founder of Dentons’ Smart Cities and Communities Think Tank, and Jennifer Morrissey, counsel at Dentons.

Digital transformation can improve your City Resilience Index

10 Mar 2020

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell shares five examples where cities have improved their sustainability and resilience, or maintained current levels of resilience while lowering costs.

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

05 Mar 2020

More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of Cities, States and Regions at CDP.

Smart cities: Overpromised and underdelivered

26 Feb 2020

Smart city projects must move away from the standard applications that many focus on and make a "technological leap", says Paul Moorby, CEO and founder of Chipside, a specialist software development company providing products and services to local and regional government traffic authorities in the UK.