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City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

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The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

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

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LoRa Alliance releases formal roadmap for LoRaWan standard

Internet of Things16 Apr 2024

The roadmap outlines significant enhancements to broaden market reach and simplify deployments, including improved connectivity in challenging environments.

Colorado Smart Futures Lab programme cohort unveiled

News10 Apr 2024

All of these companies are building smart cities technology solutions to issues confronting quality of life in communities across the state of Colorado.

How smart city technology is shaping cities

News10 Apr 2024

Berg Insight’s report finds smart city technologies continue to shape the cities of tomorrow with demand for remotely managed infrastructure growing daily.

Orange County advances countywide smart mobility initiative

Road travel28 Mar 2024

Orange County Transportation Authority has awarded a $9.6m contract to Iteris to provide signal timing design, operations and maintenance for 34 cities.

Huawei and Unilumin collaborate on smart pole solution

4G and 5G05 Mar 2024

Solution is designed to promote the construction of smart cities that emphasise secure, efficient city operations, and comprehensive city sensing management.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: unlocking climate finance

Climate action27 Feb 2024

The 2024 Cities Climate Action Summit will focus on innovative funding mechanisms and strategies to mobilise private finance for urban climate initiatives as one of its central themes.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: assessing the role of tech in climate

Climate action22 Feb 2024

Digital twins and IoT sensors are among the transformative tools which will be discussed at SmartCitiesWorld’s second Cities Climate Action Summit this year.

BT supports UK smart cities with launch of NB-IoT network

Internet of Things22 Feb 2024

The narrowband-IoT network aims to lay the foundation for widescale Internet of Things usage and help to fast-track smart cities of the future across the UK.

Taking a whole-of-building approach to energy optimisation

Commercial buildings15 Feb 2024

ST Engineering claims its integrated, AI-powered platform can deliver total energy savings of up to 25 per cent to accelerate building decarbonisation.

Dallas City Profile: uncovering connectivity and data initiatives

Fibre networks23 Jan 2024

From the Dallas City Profile, get a sneak peek at some of the city’s solutions to connectivity and data challenges, such as digital equity.

Talq certifications enable more interoperability in cities

News22 Jan 2024

The certified products include central management software and outdoor device networks for various smart city applications from 42 different vendors globally.

How communities are helping to tackle climate change

Editor's Blog05 Jan 2024

Two recent initiatives in the US have exemplified the role of the community in climate action from mapping urban heat islands to citizen energy programmes.

Which US metro areas are most prone to lightning strikes?

Climate action04 Jan 2024

Analysis by Vaisala reveals the 20 most at-risk metropolitan areas in the continental US as well as the number of lightning strikes near wind farms in 2023.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Vancouver Airport uses lidar to improve passenger happiness

Air Travel22 Nov 2023

3D lidar sensor and advanced perception software is enabling the airport to identify, classify, and track people and objects for enhanced operational insights.

City of Graz implements smart traffic monitoring project

Road travel22 Nov 2023

The Austrian city is trialling the smart traffic platform from Latvian tech company LMT to gain real-time data on traffic at one of its central intersections.

Out-of-the-box smart cities kit launches in North America

Internet of Things10 Nov 2023

Meshed’s Internet of Things solution is specifically designed to enable cities, governments and universities to immediately access real-time data sets.

City of Valencia backs IoT project to combat energy poverty

Internet of Things10 Nov 2023

Project is leveraging IoT and decentralised wireless networks technology to gather real-time data about the wellbeing of Valencia’s most vulnerable citizens.

City of Fort Worth joins North Texas Innovation Alliance

Governance and Citizen08 Nov 2023

City is demonstrating thought leadership on broadband as a mode of mobility, leveraging the alliance’s guidance to build a world-class smart city ecosystem.

Following the path to smart and sustainable cities

White Papers06 Nov 2023

Discover how cities around the world are using the latest technologies, from AI to digital twins and video sensors, to spark a revolution in urban sustainability and efficiency.

SmartCow launches edge AI camera for smart city applications

AI and Machine Learning19 Oct 2023

SmartCow Sphinx’s open modular connector enables cities to enhance capabilities by integrating external sensors, such as air-quality sensors, lidar, and radar.

Tay5G Challenge supports smart city project in Dundee

4G and 5G18 Oct 2023

Smart city specialist Digiflec is among the winners of the Tay5G Challenge, which aims to accelerate the development of 5G projects in the Tay Cities Region.

New York City launches smart city accelerator programme

News13 Oct 2023

New York smart city accelerator programme will enable agencies, private companies and academia to test and evaluate eight pilot technology projects per year.

Edinburgh smart city programme completes first phase

News04 Oct 2023

Edinburgh’s smart city projects have already tackled issues such as digital inclusion and air quality and helped the council deliver services more effectively.

Can smart roads replace “on-building” smart city technology?

Road travel28 Sep 2023

Fractal and Integrated Roadways are enabling smart roads that can host and hide antennas’ wireless connectivity for vehicles, devices and the surrounding area.

Kingston smart infrastructure pilot launched

Fibre networks22 Sep 2023

The Kingston smart infrastructure pilot will see 20 CCTV sites with the smart columns deployed with scope to add IoT sensors to better manage borough services.

Large language model AI module interacts with devices locally

AI and Machine Learning20 Sep 2023

The module understands natural language and solves real-world problems like other large language model AI offerings but operates without an internet connection.

Wellington establishes sensor network to monitor transport

AI and Machine Learning15 Sep 2023

It is working with VivaCity to establish a network of AI-powered sensors, which will count different types of road users, paths of travel, and travel speeds.

Breathe London: building a grassroots clean air movement

Air quality30 Aug 2023

As London continues to battle air pollution, we report on a pioneering air quality sensing model by Breathe London, which aims to serve as a model for cities around the world.

Cloud-based digital twin platform supports asset management

Digital twins22 Aug 2023

The solution from Hexagon will provide utilities and telcos a geospatial solution that provides a single source of accurate, up-to-date information on assets.

Iveda to bring fifth generation smart cities to Egypt

4G and 5G18 Aug 2023

Partnering with the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation, the AI and sensor specialist will support and scale smart city developments across the country.

Making sense of sensor data to build successful smart citiesSponsored by Opendatasoft

Data management & software17 Aug 2023

Adam Reiser, sales director, North America at Opendatasoft, explains how cities can liberate data from individual departmental silos so it can easily be used by all.

Making buildings smarter with PaaS and LoRaWan

Internet of Things02 Aug 2023

Senet and ProSentry have announced a partnership to deliver smart building solutions utilising platform-as-a-service for private LoRaWan network deployments.

LoRaWan experiencing major growth in Asia Pacific

Internet of Things28 Jul 2023

Many of the largest scale LoRaWan deployments are in core smart city areas such as environmental monitoring and energy management and street lighting.

LoRaWan enables weather and air quality data-sharing

Internet of Things24 Jul 2023

Built by a community of operators, the Helium Network is the largest LoRaWan network delivering secure, reliable, accessible, decentralised wireless coverage.

LA Metro awards $1.3m contract for traffic analytics platform

Analytics12 Jul 2023

The three-year contract awarded to smart mobility infrastructure specialist Iteris will enable the agency to analyse traffic data throughout the region.

How sensors and digital twins are shaping Geelong smart priorities

Digital twins15 Jun 2023

Adam Mowlam, head of the smart city office for the city of Greater Geelong, explains how digital technology, including IoT sensors and digital twins, are supporting decision-makers and local initiatives to improve liveability for citizens – and even wildlife.

Keflavik Airport uses real-time data to direct passengers

Air Travel08 Jun 2023

The Icelandic airport is implementing Veovo’s Queue Balancer solution to optimise passenger flow and improve the transfer experience at its border control.

Birmingham: blueprint for a digital city

Fibre networks25 May 2023

Raj Mack, head of Digital Birmingham at Birmingham City Council, explains how the West Midlands city is building an international digital brand and reputation.

UK council uses AI sensors to tackle congestion hotspot

Congestion18 May 2023

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has installed a network of 65 VivaCity sensors to tackle an ongoing congestion issue that has created significant delays.

Village of Justice implements smart poles and lighting

Lighting05 May 2023

As Viper Networks’ second major project in the Greater Chicago area, the first phase will include installation of 10 smart poles and 225 LED smart streetlights.

Partnership improves smart city monitoring and observance

Data privacy and security03 May 2023

A tech integration between Iveda and NetGain will create observability-as-a-service offerings to help cities proactively monitor and manage critical systems.

Semtech announces LoRa-enabled products for Amazon Sidewalk

Internet of Things29 Mar 2023

Amazon Sidewalk will leverage LoRa technology as one of the foundational technologies to connect a range of devices to build more connected communities.

Urban-X accepts new climate tech innovators into accelerator

Climate action29 Mar 2023

Solutions developed by startups focus on areas such as greenhoguse gas emissions visualisation, forest fire detection and community feedback in urban planning.

Seoul Robotics joins Peachtree Corners’ Curiosity Lab

4G and 5G17 Mar 2023

It will help further develop the company’s 3D perception platform and enable it to make use of the real-world testing environment in the US 5G smart city.

Illinois utilities modernise by sharing metering network

Data management & software08 Mar 2023

The aim is to use the existing Itron advanced metering infrastructure multi-purpose network to support smart tech and streamline natural gas meter reading.

AI traffic counter enables citizen science data projects

AI and Machine Learning02 Mar 2023

The Telraam multimodal traffic counting device uses artificial intelligence to monitor street mobility in cities and towns, relaying data via the IoT.

Edge AI smart traffic monitoring system launched

Cloud and edge computing27 Feb 2023

Bitsensing’s smart city monitoring system runs on Nvidia’s Jetson platform and uses edge AI computing to accelerate the end-to-end process of traffic management.

Singapore launches first LoRaWan sensor network

Internet of Things07 Feb 2023

Starting with the heartlands, it will scale nationally and increase the accessibility of IoT technologies for government projects and Smart Nation initiatives.

Nottingham turns to AI to reduce congestion and emissions

Air quality20 Jan 2023

VivaCity’s artificial intelligence sensors will help the UK city monitor and take action to improve air quality as it works towards carbon neutrality by 2028.

Kaohsiung announces $1.5m smart pole deployment

Internet of Things13 Jan 2023

The Taiwanese city will use Iveda’s Utilus smart pole technology to create an infrastructure for future smart city and internet of things applications.

Addressing smart city competency needs

People and skills15 Dec 2022

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), believes smart city projects can only bring societal value if the implementers are well trained.

Open source tech recognised for boosting sustainability

Smart waste12 Dec 2022

The annual Call for Code challenge invited innovators across the globe to help accelerate sustainability and combat climate change with open source-powered technology.

London helps community groups tackle local pollution

Air quality09 Dec 2022

As part of the Breathe London Community Programme, 30 local groups have been given free air quality sensors to help reduce air pollution within communities.

How smarter junctions contribute to safe and efficient travelSponsored by ST Engineering

Road travel07 Dec 2022

ST Engineering’s Yeo Khiaw Ming explains why cities must explore the use of advanced technologies that enable more intelligent traffic signal control.

Companies team for lidar-powered mapping of 3D environments

Planning and redevelopment23 Nov 2022

The ability to scan without GPS allows those involved in creating smart cities to build robust datasets without preparations or post-processing software.

How IoT can enable sustainable choices in citiesSponsored by Thinkz

Special Reports14 Nov 2022

Moshe Gazit from Thinkz explains how IoT data in the hands of citizens can promote more sustainable choices, and introduces a new clean air routing tool that will be free-to-use in cities following its launch into Europe.

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