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Think Tank: Cities on the frontline and lessons for a resilient recovery

31 Mar 2021

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question ’how can I build resilience for the next crisis?’ is answered.

Covid-19 is ushering a new era in government services

04 Jan 2021

Local government will never be the same again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Tactile Mobility’s Eitan Grosbard.

The future of smart city technology

02 Dec 2020

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

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.

Why World Metropolitan Day is a time to rethink the future of the city

12 Oct 2020

World Metropolitan Day is more than "just another international day", writes Oscar Chamat, Research and Policy Officer at Metropolis.

Iskandar shows Malaysia’s smart cities’ promise but only if they keep citizens in mind

17 Aug 2020

Malaysia can show how to build a smart city from scratch but it’s not without its challenges, writes Skymind CEO Shawn Tan

Overcoming the innovation gap

15 Jun 2020

There is a gap between the aspirations of cities and the true capabilities of smart city technology, writes Anders Lisdorf.

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

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.

Can new satellite constellations bridge the digital divide?

13 Jan 2020

Christian Mildner explains how new mega-constellations could provide high-speed broadband to the underserved and provide competitively priced network services in urban areas.

Towards the smart cities of 2025

31 Dec 2019

From tech trends to behavioural shifts and new ways to make smart cities economically sustainable, Matthew James Bailey explores what the next five years could look like.

Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

20 Dec 2019

We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.

Why 5G will help us build smart communities as well as smart cities

09 Oct 2019

Brian Jackson, Head of Surveillance Solutions, BT Enterprise, says being ’smart’ is about connecting communities with the technology to address problems that most people assume can never be solved.

Special Reports

On the right side of the game: how open source is making digital laggards catch up

FIWARE CEO Ulrich Ahle speaks to Graeme Neill about how the Smart Cities for Germany programme is helping the country’s poor track record on digitising services and how the battle for public opinion on open-source has been won.