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Riyadh to deploy smart pole infrastructure pilot
The project follows an agreement between Apollo International and Riyadh-based House of Invention to deploy smart poles and infrastructure across the Kingdom.
Smart city applications specialist Viper Networks has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to deploy smart poles and infrastructure across the Kingdom through its international operations arm Apollo International.
The agreement with the Riyadh-based House of Invention will also cover other Middle Eastern and African markets. The first pilot project is planned for deployment during the third quarter of 2023 in Riyadh.
Smart city solutions
This partnership agreement includes marketing, installation, and commissioning of smart poles on behalf of mobile operators and tower companies seeking to deploy their latest 5G GSM networks and services within cities.
Smart city solutions will also be offered and deployed within new and older municipalities and large developments, in line with Apollo’s current deployments in several cities in the US.
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The agreement could lead to the deployment of tens of thousands of smart light LED poles and applications such street surveillance, face and licence plate recognition technology, radars for detecting traffic violations, citizen wifi, LED digital display boards for commercial advertising and/or messages to citizens and IoT sensor for further smart applications and data analysis.
All the smart functionalities will operate on a single Apollo platform with an intelligent operation central command.
The announcement aligns with the Saudi government’s 2030 Vision, which earmarks $6bn annually for new smart cities infrastructure investments
“Our companies, respectively, will work closely together in marketing, installing, commissioning, and operating the smart lighting network, in addition to supporting any build-out expansion plans for Apollo’s factory operations in the Greater Riyadh area,” said Dany Choueiry, vice president of HOI.
Established in 2001 with their headquarters in Cario, Egypt, HOI has offices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Sudan and Morocco.
The announcement aligns with the Saudi government’s 2030 Vision, which earmarks $6bn annually for new smart cities infrastructure investments.
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