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More than 250 smart city projects exist in 178 cities worldwide, according to Navigant Research

A new report from Navigant Research examines the current state of global smart city development, covering the related aspects of the smart energy, smart water, smart transportation, smart buildings, and smart governments sectors, segmented by region. (more…)

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March 20, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Manchester’s smart city project that wants to be a blueprint for cities worldwide

CityVerve, is a UK government-funded smart city demonstrator based in Manchester. Here, Jeremy Cowan talks to Nick Chrissos, head of Innovation Technology, Cisco UKI — Cisco is one of the 21 organisations which are part of the CityVerve consortium — to get an overview of the CityVerve project (more…)

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February 17, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

CCAB Connected City Blueprint helps local authorities and governments develop smart city plans

The Connected City Advisory Board (CCAB), a committee developed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), has launched its first Connected City Blueprint. (more…)

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February 9, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Tvilight and Teleena to expand their current partnership for Tvilight’s Smart City projects

Teleena, a global IoT and MVNO enabler, and Tvilight, European provider of professional end-to-end street lighting control solutions, announced that the companies are expanding their current partnership. (more…)

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February 3, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

ETSI launches new group to improve smart city interoperability

ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, has created a new Industry Specification Group on cross-sector Context Information Management (ISG CIM) for smart cities applications and beyond. (more…)

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January 17, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

NEC Iberica launches Cloud and IoT platform to automate smart city management and control

NEC Iberica, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Europe, launched a new version of its smart city product offering, the Cloud City Operation Centre (CCOC). (more…)

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December 7, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

German association of towns signs smart city agreement with ZTE

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, has signed a Smart City Agreement for Strategic Cooperation with the Drei gewinnt (more…)

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November 10, 2016

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

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Smart City Expo World Congress

Event date: November 15-17, 2016
Barcelona

Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the international summit of discussion about the link between urban reality and technological revolution. Since its first edition in 2011, it has succeeded to become a referential global event to support the development of our cities. (more…)

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November 8, 2016

Posted by: IoT global network

Take me down to the smart city – Part Two

Jonathan Wilkins, the marketing director of  EU Automation, continues his blog. The smart cities era will be made possible by a move towards sustainability and reduced power consumption, both of which are being led by industrial automation. Sustainability, in terms of energy and resource efficiency is a key ingredient for the success of the global manufacturing industry. (more…)

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June 30, 2016

Posted by: George Malim

Take me down to the smart city – Part One

In 2015, market research firm Juniper Research declared Barcelona the smartest city in the world. As a result of the city’s support for local public transportation and electric vehicles, there are now 500 hybrid taxis on the streets of Barcelona, as well as nearly 300 public electric vehicles and an estimated 400 private electric cars. Barcelona has also implemented a programme that calls for the intelligent networking of energy and water supplies, recycling, lighting and mobility systems. The aim is to improve quality of life and protect the environment. (more…)

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June 29, 2016

Posted by: George Malim