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The Australian city of Adelaide in June launched AdelaideFree, a wholesale makeover of its free citywide WiFi network. This public-private joint venture involved installing nearly 200 new wireless access points from SCC Lead Partner Cisco. Another...
Article - 08/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" goes the old joke. So is an earthquake. “The rebuilding of Christchurch following the 2011 earthquakes presents an extraordinary opportunity to fit the city with sensors and hardware, to collect data that will...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
We explained how Christchurch New Zealand was taking advantage of a recent earthquake as an excuse to retrofit the city with sensors. But of course you don't want to wait for a natural disaster to motivate the troops. Here's a different option, also...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Does the Smart Cities Council need to become the Smart Suburbs Council instead? New research from the University of Lincoln (UK), the New Zealand Energy Centre and the University of Auckland claims that suburbs have a greater potential to become...
Article - 08/14/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Policy and leadership