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Report recognises LoRaWan as leading tech for smart cities

Internet of Things05 Nov 2024

Report examines significance of connectivity in urban settings, underscoring how LoRaWan offers a robust, efficient infrastructure for smart applications.

Smart water solution deployed for Aegea in Brazil

Water28 Oct 2024

Scheduled to be operational by end 2024, the smart water platform will digitally integrate water meter infrastructure across Aegea’s concessions to improve water management.

UK’s BT Group powers mobile phone mast with renewables

4G and 5G28 Oct 2024

BT Group reports the Shropshire Hills site will serve as a trial, with potential to deploy similar technology across hundreds of identified sites in future.

Funding awarded for digital equity initiatives across Boston

Inclusivity21 Oct 2024

The City of Boston has received $5m in grant funding and has been contributing to the Commonwealth’s broader efforts of ensuring digital equity across the state.

Denmark’s Rejsekort travel app rolled out nationwide

Mobility-as-a-Service04 Sep 2024

Public transport users aged 18 and above in Denmark can now easily travel on trains, buses, trams, and the metro with just one swipe on their smartphones.

Companies team for edge functionality in mass transit pilot

Internet of Things19 Aug 2024

Tecno has installed the system at select stations throughout a major urban subway network in Latin America to wirelessly monitor and gather systems data.

Sunderland calls on residents to donate unwanted devices

Inclusivity14 Aug 2024

Project aims to ensure that everyone in the city has access to the tech they need, particularly for education, employment and staying connected with loved ones.

NB-IoT and LoRa set to dominate the LPWan IoT market

Internet of Things21 Jun 2024

Both technologies are ideally suited for the mid-range IoT applications currently in demand, ensuring their sustained leadership in the LPWan markets.

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.

Manchester to enjoy improved mobile signal

4G and 5G14 Jun 2024

Manchester City Council and Freshwave have signed an agreement allowing new digital infrastructure to be deployed on council-owned assets across the city centre.

Itron announces first channel partner in Italy

News13 Jun 2024

With the addition of Integra, more utilities in Italy can enhance their grid infrastructure with Itron’s solutions and establish local business relationships.

Luna launches crowdfunding campaign for bike safety solution

Micromobility23 May 2024

The Luna Oculus system functions as an artificial intelligence-powered “rear view mirror”, alerting bike riders when rear vehicles approach too closely.

Artemis trials wireless urban tech in Times Square

4G and 5G23 Feb 2024

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.

City of Detroit announces first eight Certified Tech Hubs

Inclusivity20 Feb 2024

The Office of Digital Equity & Inclusion initiative aims to ensure residents have equitable access to basic digital literacy resources and tools that they need.

Sunderland launches digital community hubs to drive inclusion

Inclusivity30 Jan 2024

The Community Digital Health Hubs will provide wifi and device access and are central to Sunderland’s overarching aim of leaving no one and nowhere behind.

Baltimore’s five-year plan to improve city’s digital access

Inclusivity21 Dec 2023

The City’s Digital Inclusion Strategy incorporates four actionable goals to help anchor the city’s activities and investments in the digital ecosystem.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Pitkin County modernises emergency communications

AI and Machine Learning01 Dec 2023

The county is implementing Hexagon technology to upgrade digital mapping and response for 911 calls in one of Colorado’s premier mountain tourist destinations.

LoRaWan solution claims to make cities smarter and safer

Internet of Things13 Nov 2023

Members of the LoRa Alliance are working together to help cities more easily expand the diversity and complexity of the Internet of Things ecosystem.

Baltimore City to hand out 30,000 free Chromebook laptops

Inclusivity06 Oct 2023

Through a grant from the State of Maryland’s Connected Devices programme, Baltimore City received the 30,000 Chromebooks to distribute to low-income households.

Measuring the carbon impact of connected devices

Smart waste21 Sep 2023

Carbon IQ provides detailed measurement and insights on the carbon impact of connected devices, including refurbished devices, throughout their lifecycle.

Semtech announces LoRa-enabled products for Amazon Sidewalk

Internet of Things29 Mar 2023

Amazon Sidewalk will leverage LoRa technology as one of the foundational technologies to connect a range of devices to build more connected communities.

How Kyiv is using technology to embody urban resilience

Resilience02 Feb 2023

Petro Olenych (CDTO), Oleg Polovynko (CIO), and Denys Nazarenko (CIO Advisor) from the Kyiv City Council explain how technology is being used to build resilience in the city, as well as to keep residents engaged and informed.

Connected transportation alerts integrated into Waze app

Road travel16 Jan 2023

The Waze for Cities app enables local transportation agencies with Applied Information technology to provide additional free, automatic safety alerts.

LoRaWan used in Goan smart city water metering project

Water12 Oct 2022

SenRa and Cranberry Analytics are partnering to digitise Panaji smart city’s water supply with the low power network and ultrasonic smart water meters.

Glasgow uses smart tech to make school bike route safer

Road travel12 Sep 2022

The Ultra-Smart Cycle System is mounted on the lead rider’s bike and uses a military-grade encrypted signal that sets a timed traffic light cycle in motion to hold traffic for 45 seconds.

Pittsburgh distributes computers to underserved

Inclusivity30 Aug 2022

This donation is the culmination of multiple years of work by the Department of Innovation & Performance to give back these devices to the community and tackle the digital divide.

Community-wide 25 gig internet launched in Chattanooga

Fibre networks25 Aug 2022

The internet service will be available to all residential and commercial customers over a 100 per cent fibre optic network with symmetrical upload and download speeds.

Public wifi boost for underserved communities in Kentucky

Inclusivity12 Aug 2022

Rajent and Accelecom are bringing wireless wide area network and public access wifi to aid both flood victim emergency communications and last-mile connectivity for rural downtowns.

IoT connections increased by 22 per cent in 2021

News18 Jul 2022

Research from Berg Insight predicts more than four billion internet of things devices will be connected to cellular networks worldwide by 2026.

How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilienceSponsored by Vaisala

Air quality01 Jul 2022

London launches digital inclusion scheme

Inclusivity24 Jun 2022

The service aims to support up to 75,000 people over three years and will provide offline Londoners with upcycled devices and free or low-cost mobile connectivity as well as making people aware of basic skills education courses.

Smart city partnership reduces energy usage by two-thirds

Lighting26 May 2022

RealTerm Energy and Ubicquia claim that by converting to LED lights and adding lighting controls, US and Canadian cities reduced energy consumption by 3,721,673 kWh annually.

Microsoft and Itron help smart cities make use of the cloud

Cloud and edge computing20 May 2022

The collaboration brings together Itron’s energy management solutions and Microsoft’s cloud computing offerings to help cities and utilities reach their goals in areas such as grid resilience and decarbonisation.

LoRaWan provides end-to-end support for IP version 6

Internet of Things19 May 2022

The LoRa Alliance said the development broadens the standard’s internet of things market with smart metering the first application to leverage it.

Insight Report: Boosting operations in smart places with cooperative data ecosystems

White Papers19 May 2022

How such ecosystems can break down silos, enabling data to be shared safely and securely across boundaries to confront today’s critical challenges.

Peachtree partners for smart city fibre network solutions

Fibre networks11 May 2022

Technology from Israeli start-up ACiiST provides Peachtree Corners with connected infrastructure network solutions that allow various mobility technologies on the city’s streets to communicate.

Chicago appoints council to address digital divide

Inclusivity09 May 2022

The cross-sector, community-driven effort aims to understand and tackle the nuanced barriers to digital equity and close Chicago’s digital divide once and for all.

Ericsson launches smart grid testbed for global utilities

Smart grids09 May 2022

Located in Texas, the operating lab will be equipped with a physical representation of a utility smart grid, enabling real-world demonstrations of end-to-end private network operations across the power grid.

Collaboration helps to smarten lighting in 100 Indian cities

Lighting05 May 2022

Semtech and CitiLight have already connected one million streetlights across the Indian cities using the LoRaWan standard to deliver an energy-saving of 1.29 billion kilowatt-hours.

Vendor lock-in and lack of interoperability still holding smart cities back

Internet of Things04 May 2022

ABI Research analysis found that smart city standards are key to unlocking the full potential but the standards ecosystem is still a diverse network and can be confusing.

New connectivity trends for smart cities

Internet of Things04 May 2022

As Semtech’s Alistair Fulton highlights, low-power, long-range wireless networks are only just being realised when it comes to building smart cities and their full potential must be recognised.

Fuengirola deploys Itron smart city platform to accelerate urban innovation

Internet of Things31 Mar 2022

The Spanish city will initially deploy intelligent street lighting, noise detection and smart traffic monitoring on the city-wide mesh network optimised for industrial internet of things devices.

Smart city testbed in Virginia develops IoT security best practice blueprint

Data privacy and security17 Mar 2022

Led by the Virginia Innovative Partnership Corporation, the project will evaluate best practices and technology standards related to securing IoT infrastructure at the edge.

Itron technology modernises water infrastructure in Tennessee

Water16 Mar 2022

Consolidated Utility District will deploy the company’s mobile meter data collection solution and upgrade its advanced metering infrastructure which will enable better leak detection.

Collaboration brings end-to-end metering solution for Canadian and US utilities

Smart grids04 Mar 2022

The collaboration between Itron and Utilismart Corporation aims to bridge the gap between automated meter reading and advanced metering infrastructure.

Economy-of-Things platform launched to buy and sell digital assets

Internet of Things02 Mar 2022

Vodafone wants to take the world of connected devices to the next level by allowing objects such as vehicles, smart street furniture and machines to transact seamlessly and securely without human intervention.

City of Fremont bolsters drive to Vision Zero with emergency traffic technology

Road travel22 Feb 2022

The Californian Bay Area city is integrating the connected traffic solution from LYT at intersections as part of the Fremont Boulevard Safe and Smart Corridor project

UK utility develops smart water network

Water22 Feb 2022

Severn Trent Water is using internet of things and smart technology from Itron and Connexin in a £20m Green Recovery programme that will digitally transform services.

Smart city protocol expands its environmental and traffic management profiles

Open data18 Feb 2022

The Talq Consortium’s global protocol is designed to help smart cities avoid vendor lock-in and be assured of the interoperability of systems from different manufacturers.

Smart tunnel trial paves way for incident warning system roll-out in Portugal

Road travel04 Feb 2022

Aim of the trial is to expedite the deployment of national scale cooperative intelligent transport systems and services to help reduce the amount of road deaths.

Applications invited for IoT pre-accelerator

Internet of Things14 Jan 2022

The IoT Engine programme, based in the north of England, will provide successful applicants with expert support and is also deploying a dedicated LoRaWAN IoT network to test solutions.

Smart hospitals projected to deploy more than 7 million connected devices by 2026

Health and social care07 Jan 2022

Internet of medical things devices enable healthcare providers to use remote monitoring sensors and surgical robotics to improve patient care, staff productivity and operational efficiency.

Global standards developed for blockchain identity of things

Data privacy and security20 Dec 2021

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ working party is developing a universal specification for blockchain-based decentralised identity for IoT devices to ensure interoperability.

Partnership builds on drive towards open standards in cities and regions

News02 Dec 2021

By using open standards and APIs, Fiware Foundation and Open & Agile Smart Cities strive to enable companies and cities to share and reuse digital, data-driven solutions in a “seamless fashion”.

Partnership seeks to enhance mobility for visually impaired

News01 Dec 2021

Moovit’s Transit API will be used to enhance the capabilities of a smart device developed by WeWalk that attaches to a white cane and warns users of obstacles through ultrasonic sensors and a vibrating handle.

London borough installs next-generation street furniture

News25 Nov 2021

Croydon, in south London, will be the first borough in the UK to benefit from a private public partnership, which will reportedly generate more than £6.75m in concession revenue.

Croatia adopts single national system to alert public during crisis situations

News24 Nov 2021

A key requirement for the ministry was the ability to target specific segments of the population in real time using mobile messaging, dependent on their position relative to the crisis.

Network operator begins national LoRaWan roll-out in six major US cities

News15 Nov 2021

The cities mark the initial wave of network operator Everynet’s deployment that includes the top 36 metropolitan areas and key logistics corridors across the US.

Smart city infrastructure investment to reach $375bn by 2030

News12 Nov 2021

According to ABI Research, investment in transformative solutions will be driven by new urban visions and point the way to more humanised, sustainable and resilient cities.

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