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Telecoms company joins location data exchange marketplace

Telecoms company joins location data exchange marketplace

05 Jan 2021
A1 Telekom Austria Group is the first telecoms firm on Here’s global hub and will use the marketplace as a new distribution channel, offering location and mobility analytics based on anonymous movement data.
Dubai releases figures on how digitisation helped maintain business continuity during Covid-19

Dubai releases figures on how digitisation helped maintain business continuity during Covid-19

22 Dec 2020
The various e-services on offer in the emirate helped employees carry out their day-to-day tasks with no interruptions when remote working was made mandatory.
Initiative launched to help create trustworthy spaces for sharing data

Initiative launched to help create trustworthy spaces for sharing data

16 Dec 2020
Fiware, iShare and FundingBox have launched the i4Trust initiative to build the foundation for data spaces that facilitate trustworthy and effective data-sharing.
Nokia provides 5G connectivity for Leuven's digital pole project

Nokia provides 5G connectivity for Leuven's digital pole project

11 Dec 2020
The Digital City Pole project paves the way for future 5G connectivity across the Belgian city that aims to stimulate local innovation, drive productivity and create jobs.
The future of smart city technology

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

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.
Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

18 Nov 2020
The first day of the online event confirmed that the smart cities sector is well aware of its destination but it’s how it gets there that will be the problem.
Honeywell expands smart city capabilities with City Suite platform

Honeywell expands smart city capabilities with City Suite platform

17 Nov 2020
The platform aggregates information from traffic, environment, parking, emergency services, safety, security and other applications, as well as utilities, in a single, unified view. 
Greentech companies join forces to build renewable energy certificate ecosystem

Greentech companies join forces to build renewable energy certificate ecosystem

17 Nov 2020
The companies claim that their end-to-end approach reduces the time taken for renewable energy asset owners to acquire Recs, from three months to less than a week.
City Possible expands network and ‘reimagines’ its digital marketplace

City Possible expands network and ‘reimagines’ its digital marketplace

11 Nov 2020
London, Los Angeles, New York City and Hamilton are the latest cities to join Mastercard’s co-creation framework that aims to help build more inclusive and sustainable communities.
The changing role of the IoT in the Covid-19 world

The changing role of the IoT in the Covid-19 world

06 Nov 2020
Speaking at SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory panel meeting, Libelium CEO Alicia Asín emphasised why IoT applications are more important than ever as cities continue to battle the global pandemic.
SMEs chosen to accelerate West Midlands' net zero drive

SMEs chosen to accelerate West Midlands' net zero drive

28 Oct 2020
Innovations include using data from end-users to create new services and business models and user-centric approaches that help to reduce fuel poverty.
oneM2M IoT standard to help underpin India's smart cities

oneM2M IoT standard to help underpin India's smart cities

27 Oct 2020
As India strives to deliver over 100 smart cities across the country, standards-based deployment would help promote interoperability, security and multi-vendor deployments.
Blockchain-based electricity trading platform launched in German municipality

Blockchain-based electricity trading platform launched in German municipality

26 Oct 2020
Wildpoldsried will be the focus for the demo phase of a research project by Siemens, the regional utility Allgäuer Überlandwerk and partners to help develop a local energy marketplace.
Companies collaborate on cloud-based tracking system

Companies collaborate on cloud-based tracking system

20 Oct 2020
Semtech and TagoIO’s collaboration adds new functionality to the LoRa Edge platform to simplify the development of geolocation and asset management applications.
Smart cities accelerator Urban-X graduates latest cohort of start-ups

Smart cities accelerator Urban-X graduates latest cohort of start-ups

16 Oct 2020
The six early-stage start-ups showcased hardware and software technology solutions that aim to help combat the climate crisis and to build equitable, sustainable cities.
StreetLight Data and Ford Mobility team for data-driven safety solutions

StreetLight Data and Ford Mobility team for data-driven safety solutions

15 Oct 2020
A bundled offering will combine datasets and machine learning to identify how cities can reduce serious and fatal crashes as well as inform future safety strategies.
Standards report assesses the current state of blockchain

Standards report assesses the current state of blockchain

15 Oct 2020
Key insights highlighted in the report include blockchain technology’s fragmentation both worldwide and within jurisdictions, overlaps, gaps, as well as conflicts in standard-setting.