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.
As well as boost connectivity, the smart poles can provide a smart city infrastructure to roll out applications and services such as electric vehicle charging.
The UK telecommunications company has announced a 10-year partnership with Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, to upgrade the country’s street furniture.
Proof-of-concept enabled phone users to seamlessly connect to wifi and move between cellular and wifi connectivity via an existing OpenRoaming profile or app.
Boldyn Networks and G.Network will help create a new high-speed fibre network across London and deploy small-cell units in busy areas of the UK capital.
Connected Urban by CU Phosco Lighting has been designed to enhance connectivity on streets, delivering both macro- and small cells within a single footprint.
Solution is designed to promote the construction of smart cities that emphasise secure, efficient city operations, and comprehensive city sensing management.
City Telecoms Association and Telecom Infra Project will foster public-private collaboration and realise the potential of 5G and next-generation connectivity.
Trial proved rapid-install neutral hosting at a fraction of the cost of conventional 5G infrastructure at both Times Square street-level and subway station.
The Office of Digital Equity & Inclusion initiative aims to ensure residents have equitable access to basic digital literacy resources and tools that they need.
CelcomDigi will oversee implementation of smart city solutions and technologies in Hulu Kelang district, the pilot project area for Ampang Jaya Smart City.
Objective of the 5G for Smart Communities initiative is to accelerate 5G coverage across Europe, with a focus on underserved rural and low-connectivity regions.
Patrick Melia and Liz St Louis at Sunderland City Council and Charles O’Reilly at Boldyn Networks share insights and experiences around smart city strategies.
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave is deploying a 4G distributed antenna at Lucent W1 to enable access from four mobile operators.
The number of private LTE/5G network deployments are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33 per cent to reach 11,900 networks by 2028.
The introduction of 4G and 5G mobile coverage across the Tube network is being delivered for the mayor of London and Transport for London by Boldyn Networks.
Boldyn and EE are installing a network of small cells in the King’s Cross and Euston area to boost mobile capacity and expanding it over the next two years.
Agreement expedites the path for network operator UScellular to deploy Ericsson Street Radio, a streetlight small cell created in collaboration with Ubicquia.
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.
Regions will lead on delivering the vision set out in the UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy for communities across the UK to harness advanced digital tech.
The City has selected Juniper Cloud Metro solutions to build out a private 5G network, powering services for government, public schools, tourism and residents.
Survey by Capterra reveals that smart cities are evolving, but steps must be taken to foster trust from residents with data protection the biggest concern.
While there is increased confidence in performance, challenges to achieve 5G densification at the pace expected by both the public and private sectors remain.
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.
Juganu luminaires will soon provide a 5G signal to the surrounding area, allowing residents to experience the possibilities of fifth-generation connectivity.
Partnering with the Arab Organisation for Industrialisation, the AI and sensor specialist will support and scale smart city developments across the country.
The first seven of BT’s Street Hub 2.0 units have been installed bringing free ultra-fast wifi, free calls, wayfinding information and rapid device charging.
Siemens brings the latest in EV charging infrastructure to Curiosity Lab, leveraging T-Mobile’s 5G network as the company continues to evolve its solutions.
Located in Oxagon, it will enhance current and future digital connectivity, security and network resilience to meet the growing demands of the Neom region.
The site in Texas showcases hybrid energy management tech, combining on-site solar and energy storage systems to integrate clean power and increased resiliency.
Study finds a fifth of global 5G IoT roaming connections in 2027 will be found in West Europe, despite only accounting for 5 per cent of the global population.
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is working with AT&T and Boldyn Networks to bring wireless connectivity for travellers on its rail service.
Economic modelling and survey commissioned by Vodafone reveals the positive impact 5G could have in specific areas as well as societal attitudes towards it.
As official distributed antenna system partner for Olympia, BAI will install the infrastructure, designed to be shared by all four UK mobile network operators.
Telus is committed to helping Montreal become one of the world’s most welcoming and innovative cities, connecting thousands of kilometres of optic fibre.
Project covers an area of 16 km2 with the aim of rolling out the infrastructure across the entire 400km2 of the metropolis, once various use cases are proven.
Startups will test solutions in real-world environments at the 5G smart city to enhance safety and IoT-enabled operations as well as share capabilities.
Belgian telecom operator Citymesh will use Nokia’s 5G drone platform and 70 Drone-in-a-Box units to inform and speed-up resource mobilisation in emergencies.
Liz St Louis, director of smart cities at Sunderland City Council, explains how the city is leading the way in digital transformation and is determined to leave no one and nowhere behind.
The first phase of implementation includes a network provided by the Azores government that spans the nine islands, public networks and public facilities.
Cellular vehicle-to-everything tech ensures vulnerable users like pedestrians and cyclists are identifiable by vehicles before the naked eye can detect them.
The US has topped the 5G cities leaderboard for the first time, displacing China, which was the leader in previous Viavi State of 5G updates since 2021.
Expansion is made possible through Sunderland’s smart city infrastructure, the result of a 20-year partnership between the council and BAI Communications.
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.
JBG will deploy an advanced digital infrastructure that aims to deliver seamless connectivity and fuel innovation and new business models in Industry 4.0.
New 5G system will focus on secure, private, low-cost and delay-sensitive applications in drones, autonomous vehicles, mobile edge computing and public safety.
CellSmart presents data captured in the speed tests and provides rankings of 5G upload and download speeds by country, metro area and network operators.
Vodafone’s Andrea Dona explains how 5G and network slicing will enable a huge shift in the role mobile networks play in transportation and smart cities.
Start-ups from the first Sunderland IoT and 5G Accelerator have been awarded a total of £100,000 and benefited from the UK city’s tech partners’ expertise.
Research predicts more than 60 million 5G smart city connections globally by 2026 and urges cities to leverage 5G connectivity as high-bandwidth gateways.
Seven startups worked alongside network experts from Verizon to create new 5G use cases, and incorporate 5G and MEC-enabled technologies into their services.
Frost & Sullivan predicts the market will likely experience a boom with investments in telecommunications network upgrades to 5G standards driving growth.
Partnership will see Three host its mobile voice and data equipment on newly deployed Cellnex infrastructure along the entire London to Brighton railway route.
It brings together an ecosystem of the telecommunication R&D supply chain, including three major mobile network equipment vendors – Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia.
The University of Colorado in partnership with Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and Innosphere Ventures is launching the Smart Futures Lab to support new and growing smart cities companies.
Telecoms company Du and artificial intelligence and analytics solutions provider Derq will collaborate on piloting 5G communication and edge computing technologies.
The smart campus at the University of Murcia will give students and researchers access to one of Europe’s most advanced 5G and data space environments.