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Join SmartCitiesWorld and Sand Technologies for our latest webinar, focusing on how Thames Water are integrating advanced digital twin technology and AI to revolutionise water management.

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: experience ‘Tokyo 2050’ todaySponsored by The SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Program Executive Committee

Discover innovative concepts to solve urban issues through SusHi Tech Tokyo’s programme focused on leveraging diverse ideas, digital know-how and cutting-edge technologies.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 22 - Digital solutions shaping the urban landscape

The latest Urban Exchange takes us inside the world of digital financial innovation and how it supports urban resilience, with experts from Cape Town and StateUp.

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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

Without serious consideration for Scope 3 emissions, we will be unable to reach global net zero goals and improve the quality of life of building occupants, says Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

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AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

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Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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The latest news on fibre networks in smart city projects across the world.

Jacksonville powers AV operations with 5G private network

Jacksonville powers AV operations with 5G private network

Connected and autonomous vehicles22 Oct 2024

Miller Electric will be using T-Mobile’s ANS 5G private network to power its fleet of fully autonomous vehicles along the city’s waterfront and urban core.

Standlone 5G network deployed in Costa Rica

Standlone 5G network deployed in Costa Rica

4G and 5G17 Oct 2024

The initial rollout phase saw the installation of 30 sites in major cities with a further 170 due later this year and plans to expand to 500 sites in phases.

Programme connects Australia’s First Nations communities

Programme connects Australia’s First Nations communities

Inclusivity14 Oct 2024

Wireless Broadband Alliance’s OpenRoaming programme will provide seamless, free connectivity to Indigenous Australians through Easyweb’s community wifi project.

EPB Broadband helps develop future-ready broadband networks

EPB Broadband helps develop future-ready broadband networks

Fibre networks10 Oct 2024

Summit staged by the Chattanooga-based communications company presented programmes on the opportunities and challenges for community-based service providers.

Private broadband network operational around UK coastline

Private broadband network operational around UK coastline

Fibre networks29 Aug 2024

Stretching from the Shetland Islands to the Isles of Scilly, the network will provide improved resilience to aid HM Coastguard’s operations for years to come.

Detroit deploys wifi in city parks to close digital divide

Detroit deploys wifi in city parks to close digital divide

Inclusivity23 Aug 2024

Some 12,600 residents are within a half-mile walking distance of the five parks featured in the pilot programme, which aims to expand internet accessibility.

The UK’s fastest and slowest cities for broadband ranked

The UK’s fastest and slowest cities for broadband ranked

Fibre networks23 Aug 2024

The Slickest Cities research is based on more than 149,000 real user speed tests, using a mix of download and upload speeds to reflect daily experience.

Berlin helps to accelerate nationwide fibre optic coverage

Berlin helps to accelerate nationwide fibre optic coverage

Fibre networks21 Aug 2024

The Senate of the German capital has decided that the expansion of the fibre optic network and mobile communications is now in “the overriding public interest”.

Sacramento secures $38m for internet infrastructure projects

Sacramento secures $38m for internet infrastructure projects

Inclusivity31 Jul 2024

The funding, part of the CPUC’s Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant programme, aims to expand internet connectivity to underserved and unserved communities.

Partnership expands access to hybrid-fibre solutions for US public sector

Partnership expands access to hybrid-fibre solutions for US public sector

Fibre networks18 Jun 2024

Under an agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Actelis’ public sector distributor, making its connectivity solutions available to federal, state and local agencies.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dortmund

In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in Nov 2024?

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in November? If so, just let us know and we’ll be able to invite you to a number of exclusive events!

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

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The importance of broadband to socioeconomic development

Martin Creaner, director general of the World Broadband Association, says the digital divide discussion needs to move ...

How wireless networks are supporting the energy transition Sponsored by Huawei

Power grid company State Grid Jiangsu turned to a private wireless network when it needed to urgently build a comms ...

How all-optical network infrastructure can re-shape smart citiesSponsored by Huawei

Huawei’s Kim Jin explains how deploying the right communications networks now can help to futureproof cities against as ...

Smart cities at the heart of a digital Middle East

David Shi, President, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East explains how the shift to a more digital economy ...

Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity

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

Fibre can transform society but only if governments are prepared to give a helping handSponsored by Fotech

Governments need to do more to help fibre providers widen their networks, writes Stuart Large, Product Line Director & B...

Could FWA be the answer to keeping people connected during the global pandemic?

Fixed Wireless Access’s speed and flexibility could have it serve a crucial role in helping businesses and public ...

New energy, changing behaviour and blockchain: 5 transport predictions for 2020

Rabih Arzouni, Fujitsu UK’s CTO of transport, shares his transport predictions for the year ahead.

Special Reports

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

City Profiles

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – San Diego

Delve into the latest City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld, focusing on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

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Research

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

This white paper maps the journey from data discovery to implementing AI and computer vision models for urban use cases to gain customized insights.

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

City data spaces: A guide to building and operationalising data services

How data spaces are transforming data sharing, and establishing new frameworks to create data services to improve urban services and liveability.

Webinars

OnDemand WEBINAR: The million sensors you didn’t know you already have. The unexpected value of a city’s fibre revealed

OnDemand WEBINAR: The million sensors you didn’t know you already have. The unexpected value of a city’s fibre revealed

OnDemand WEBINAR: Open Cities: Why interoperability and 6LoWPAN matter

OnDemand WEBINAR: Open Cities: Why interoperability and 6LoWPAN matter

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