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Vodafone launches collaborative road safety platform

UK operator group Vodafone has unveiled a new connected vehicle platform, which is designed to enable real-time info sharing between drivers and transport authorities.

• 30 Mar 2022

Qualcomm talks up its ‘IoT-as-a-Service’ offering

US embedded chip giant Qualcomm reasserted its smart city ambitions with an update of its IoT Services Suite platform.

• 29 Sep 2021

Paving the Smart Buildings way

With a COVID-19 vaccine still a distant reality, employees need some form of reassurance that their physical health is protected by their employers.

• 13 Jul 2020

The challenges of 5G and smart cities

The development of smart cities is in its early stage and mobile technologies like 5G and its successors have a huge opportunity and a crucial role to play in this space.

• 15 Jun 2020

IBM exiting facial recognition as police can’t use it responsibly

In a letter to Congress, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has said the firm would halt the development and sale of facial recognition software, as it is not being deployed in a fair and reasonable manner.

• 09 Jun 2020

COVID-19 forces Alphabet to pull plug on Page’s pet project

Alphabet has decided to terminate a smart city project in Toronto’s waterfront, a 2.5-year old project undertaken by its subsidiary Sidewalk Labs and a favourite of Google’s co-founder Larry Page.

• 11 May 2020

Why is Google so interested in Fitbit?

In early November, Google announced it was acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 billion, a transaction which has polarised opinion. But why is Google interested in a faltering wearables brand?

• 30 Apr 2020

Telecoms had a good 2019 and expects a better 2020 – survey

Our latest industry survey reveals a an optimistic outlook, largely bolstered by the launch of 5G commercial service, but also helped by innovations and progress in other quarters of the industry.

• 02 Dec 2019

China switches on 5G

The world’s largest mobile market has gone live with its 5G networks, and is poised to become the largest 5G market in the world.

• 01 Nov 2019

Huawei gets Yandex and Booking.com for upcoming mapping service – report

Huawei aims to launch its own business-facing mapping service in October, with Russian internet service company Yandex and Booking.com already embracing the initiative, reports China’s media.

• 15 Aug 2019

Large-scale NB-IoT Electric Bike Management in Zhengzhou Wins the GSMA Best Mobile Innovation for Smart Cities in Asia Award

[Shanghai, China, June 27, 2019] The NB-IoT electric bike management system jointly developed by Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau, China Mobile, Huawei and Tendency have won the GSMA Award for ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Smart Cities in Asia’ at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2019. Ritchie (Honghua) Peng(left), Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei’s Wireless Network, accepting […]

• 01 Jul 2019

Google’s Sidewalk’s bet is a nightmare for the privacy conscious

If you’re concerned about whether Google is listening to you through your phone or smart speaker, soon enough you’ll have to worry about lampposts having ears, or at least if your live in Toronto.

• 25 Jun 2019

Finland’s Uros flies Europe’s flag in Qualcomm smart city program

Qualcomm launched its Smart Cities Accelerator Program with over 40 partners, but fast-growing Finnish company Uros is the only European representative.

• 03 Jun 2019

President Xi doesn’t love the private sector, but he needs friends with benefits

Beijing has issued a new policy to encourage entrepreneurship, but it will comes with some pretty major strings attached.

• 23 Nov 2018

Speak to the right people and Africa is about much more than just the digital divide

Yesteryear’s conversation in Africa was all about balancing the commercial realities of bridging the digital divide, but this year’s AfricaCom has showcased the bigger ambitions of South Africa.

• 14 Nov 2018

BBWF 2018: Open data is the key to nailing smart cities

In an entertaining session at Broadband World Forum, a common theme emerged; open data, which is a key component of any successful smart city programme.

• 25 Oct 2018

Exeter and Leeds win National Infrastructure Commission prize

With the technology world dreaming of autonomous vehicles, everyone has to remember perfecting the technology is only part of the battle. The roads have to be updated as well.

• 29 Sep 2018

ABI smart city warning tells all too familiar sluggish telco tale

ABI Research has warned MNOs might miss out on the $7.6 billion ‘UnTelco’ revenue opportunity if it waits for the 5G euphoria to kick in.

• 25 Sep 2018

The benefits of edge computing, IoT for mobile operators in the smart city space

As 5G networking looms on the horizon, telecommunications firms are poised to take advantage of what IoT and edge computing can offer.

• 21 Sep 2018

Smart tech fueling the speed of global change

Geodata enables us to better understand any given location in the world, and when combined with attributes ranging from elevation, social demographic, objects on the ground and historical data, we can not only identify change, but understand it.

• 08 Jun 2018