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How a digital twin helped to modernise Brazil’s sanitation system

Digital twins27 Oct 2023

Aegea, which controls water and sewage utilities in 489 municipalities, worked with Bentley Systems to create the map as part of an intelligent infrastructure programme.

Cachoeirinha launches demand-responsive bus service

Mobility-as-a-Service18 Jul 2023

Responsive service provides the citizens of the Brazilian city with a more convenient way to travel via minibuses which can be booked on-demand through an app.

Smart meter penetration in LatAm set to triple by 2028

Internet of Things17 May 2023

IoT analyst firm Berg Insight expects the number of installed units to reach 38.4 million at the end of 2028 up from around 11.7 million units in 2022.

Optibus rolls out platform across Recife and São Paulo

Cloud and edge computing14 Dec 2022

MobiBrasil, which operates some of Brazil’s most important public transport systems, will use it to optimise services for 15 million passengers per month.

Rio de Janeiro transit looks to the cloud to improve service

Cloud and edge computing09 Nov 2022

Optibus’ end-to-end software platform will help improve services for the BRT system’s 255,000 daily passengers and optimise efficiency of the entire network.

IoT central to Brazil’s digital transformation strategies

Internet of Things11 Aug 2022

Report finds that core functions of IoT – monitoring and managing remote assets and using data and AI for decision-making have become common practices in Brazilian government services and enterprise.

Planet Smart City teams with Tree-Nation to offset CO2 emissions

Climate action08 Aug 2022

Reinforcing Planet’s commitment to improving the communities where it operates, its partnership with Tree-Nation will initially see 1,260 trees planted in Brazil, India and the UK.

São Paulo opens Latin America’s first fully automated metro line

News19 Jul 2022

Operated by ViaQuatro, Metro Line 4 makes use of Siemens Mobility’s communications-based train control signalling technology, which aims to increase safety, availability and capacity.

Citizen science project in Brazil could help to reduce the impact of flooding

Resilience01 Apr 2022

The project creates a citizen scientist monitoring network enabling the generation of data about rainfall and local flood impacts while showing a visualisation of all the data, including those from official sources.

Partnership aims to disrupt Latin American mobility services market

Micromobility15 Mar 2022

The first Otonomo Technologies intelligence-based project is focused on understanding rider patterns to help innovate mobility services in the Brazilian city of São Paulo.

Consumers back AI for city services but want more regulation

Regulation30 Nov 2021

A survey by Euroconsumers reveals that consumers think artificial intelligence can help cities to deliver services such as lighting, waste, public transport and traffic management more efficiently.

Rio de Janeiro and Kaohsiung City progress smart city plans

News16 Nov 2021

The Brazilian and Taiwanese cities have chosen ST Engineering as a technology partner for smart lighting- and smart mobility-based projects, respectively, that advance their overall connected strategies.

Planet Smart City partners to bring sustainable energy solutions to housing projects

News01 Mar 2021

The proptech company will work with Enel X on its smart city projects in Brazil and equip them with a variety of IoT-enabled products and services, including intelligent streetlights and smart home devices.

Collaboration to explore 5G use cases in Brazil

News15 Feb 2021

Nokia and Brazil’s Telecommunications Research and Development Centre will work together on solutions including those that focus on fixed wireless access smart cities and Industry 4.0 applications.

Uberlândia connects streetlights in infrastructure modernisation project

News03 Feb 2021

Fourth largest inland city in Brazil is working with Telensa on upgrade.

Smart city developer acquires digital services company

News07 Jan 2021

The acquisition will help Planet Smart City to use gamification to drive residents’ loyalty and participation in community life and reward the most active and environmentally conscious behaviours.

Resource provides guidance on designing streets for children

News10 Aug 2020

Designing Streets for Kids has been released by NACTO as a supplement to the Global Street Design Guide, which aims to set a new global baseline for designing urban streets.

Smart city infrastructure specialist expands Brazilian operations

News08 Jun 2020

It follows a new round of investment which will enable it to help cities update and expand their public lighting systems and use them to roll out further smart city applications.

Proptech company launches fourth smart city project in Brazil

News27 May 2020

The Smart City Aquiraz development is located 29km from Ceará’s capital Fortaleza, and built on a 200-hectare site, it will be home to more than 18,000 residents.

Bogota ranked as 2019's most congested city

News09 Mar 2020

Drivers in the Colombian capital lose 191 hours a year to congestion, according to the 2019 Inrix Global Traffic Scorecard, which identifies and analyses trends in more than 900 cities.

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

Opinions05 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.

Moovit and Waze launch carpool pilot

News30 Oct 2019

The companies claim this is the first community collaboration of its kind and will roll out to Android users in the US, Brazil, Mexico and Israel.

Smart City Expo announces awards finalists

News30 Oct 2019

A total of 28 cities and projects have been chosen across seven categories for the World Smart City Awards 2019 and winners will be announced on 20 November.

São Paulo utility deploys tech to reduce 40 per cent water losses

News09 Oct 2019

With water losses of up to 40 per cent, Americana’s Department of Water and Sewage wants better insight into operations.

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