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Donna Moore: CEO and Chairwoman, LoRa Alliance

Simplifying the smart city

Internet of Things22 Feb 2023by Donna Moore: CEO and Chairwoman, LoRa Alliance

Donna Moore of the LoRa Alliance highlights how the LoRaWAN networking protocol and ecosystem can address a municipality’s desired outcomes, costs, and goals.

Alistair Fulton: Vice President And General Manager, Semtech'S Wireless And Sensing Products Group

New connectivity trends for smart cities

Internet of Things04 May 2022by Alistair Fulton: Vice President And General Manager, Semtech'S Wireless And Sensing Products Group

As Semtech’s Alistair Fulton highlights, low-power, long-range wireless networks are only just being realised when it comes to building smart cities and their full potential must be recognised.

We built this city (on LPWAN)

Opinions19 Mar 2021by Alistair Fulton: Vice President and General Manager, Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group

The interoperability offered with LPWAN networks enables the benefits of a truly smart city environment to be shared by all, writes Alistair Fulton, of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.

Rishi Lodhia, Managing Director EMEA, Eagle Eye Networks

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

Opinions08 Feb 2021by Rishi Lodhia, Managing Director EMEA, Eagle Eye Networks

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

Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

Creating truly open cities: why interoperability and 6LoWPAN matter

Opinions14 Sep 2020by Gianni Minetti: CEO, Paradox Engineering

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

Jamie Hayes, Mobile Network Operators Director, BT Wholesale

Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity

Opinions10 Aug 2020by Jamie Hayes, Mobile Network Operators Director, BT Wholesale

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

Neil Correa, security strategist, MicroFocus

Taking a security-first approach to smart cities

Opinions03 Aug 2020by Neil Correa, security strategist, MicroFocus

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

Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

Accelerating city digitisation and avoiding silos with interoperable IoT data model and LPWA networks

Opinions02 Jul 2020by Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer, Kerlink

Open and interoperable data models will help cities speed up the deployment of smart technologies, writes Stephane Dejean, Chief Marketing Officer at Kerlink.

Matthew James Bailey: Smart city advisor and author

Towards the smart cities of 2025

Opinions31 Dec 2019by Matthew James Bailey: Smart city advisor and author

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.

The telco's critical role in smart cities

Opinions12 Aug 2019by Sue Weekes

Ahead of his participation in the Smart IoT Connect event (a joint event between Smart Cities World and sister publication, Mobile Europe), Dimitrios Spiliopoulos IoT Sales Enablement, O2 (Telefónica UK) shares his insights on how telcos and cities can better work together.

Alex Grizhnevich: Process automation and IoT consultant, ScienceSoft,

Smart city project management: Avoiding common pitfalls

Opinions02 Jul 2018by Alex Grizhnevich: Process automation and IoT consultant, ScienceSoft,

Smart city projects can be challenging for project managers, and in many respects they are different from other IT projects. Alex Grizhnevich, ScienceSoft, looks at ways to avoid common pain points.

Smarter ways to stop the rural brain drain

Opinions05 Jun 2018by Nick Wilcox: CEO, Giosprite

Nick Wilcox, CEO, Giosprite, looks at how smart city technology could be used in towns and rural communities to halt, or even reverse, the trend for city living.

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

Opinions20 Feb 2018by Will Franks, Telensa

The smartest cities will have multiple networks, each one supporting a service set and chosen because it is the best way to deliver defined business benefits

Connecting the smart city: LoRa, Li-Fi and 5G, by Gemalto’s Paul Bradley

Opinions21 Jun 2016by Paul Bradley, Gemalto

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