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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
When improving citizens’ quality of life, the challenge of providing suitable and sufficient parking ranks consistently at the top of issues to solve for today’s cities. This problem is also constantly expensive for citizens: drivers spend...
Article - 11/07/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management
A report from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) reveals how a variety of applications can significantly improve urban quality of life indicators, from reduced fatalities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Smart Cities: Digital Solutions...
Article - 06/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
In the race across Europe for cities to become “smarter,” Ireland’s capital is more interested in the quality of life for its citizens than boasting the latest smart gadget. As part of the Smart Dublin strategy, the city is looking to provide better...
Article - 06/08/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Connected car technologies have the potential to increase traffic safety and reduce congestion, not to mention make driving more convenient. Council Associate Partners Panasonic, Intel and Ford and Global Lead Partner Qualcomm will work together to...
Article - 06/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
The Smart Cities Council has always said cities shouldn't go it alone when developing their smart city planning and implementation strategies: learn from the successes of those cities that have already made the commitments and taken the risks to...
Article - 10/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
What does it take for a city to make the switch and become “smarter”? This is the question Oradea in northwest Romania is looking to answer with its plan to become the first Romanian smart city. With the Oradea Smart City strategy, the city is...
Article - 09/29/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management
There's nothing wrong with being cautious about initial smart city projects and starting small. Pick the low-hanging fruit with a reasonably certain return on investment, plan carefully and implement a project that can accommodate additional...
Article - 04/20/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
We've stressed several times what a tremendous asset an experienced partner can be in a city's efforts to become a successful, resilient smart city. The announcement this week from Council Lead Partner Cisco that it will provide a manufacturing hub...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners...Electronic components maker selects Allied Telesis video surveillance systemTDK Thailand Company, a major electronic components manufacturer, has chosen a video surveillance solution from Council...
Article - 06/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Blazing fast 5G wireless technology is generally expected to be available in the U.S. by 2020, although it may come sooner. Hopes are high for the new technology because of its speed and bandwidth. And several companies are working together to make...
Article - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
As India prepares itself to launch on the global platform for Smart Cities, through the NDA government's '100 Smart Cities' mission, the Smart Cities Council of India had organized a Conclave on Smart Technologies which housed the national and...
Article - 09/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
Montreal -- Quebec, Canada's largest city – already takes pride in its reputation as a digital technology center. Now it wants to be a world-class model of a smart city. It worked hard to decide what route to take.In 2014 Montreal established a...
Article - 05/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Council member Cisco has teamed with the city of Nice, France, to pilot a next-generation smart street they are calling "Connected Boulevard." You'll want to read about this project for the variety of technologies it is testing. But especially for...
Article - 06/18/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control