T-Mobile US introduces off the shelf 5G solutions for industry niches
US operator T-Mobile has launched a suite of ‘ready-to-deploy’ solutions for smart cities and businesses operating in the retail, manufacturing, and logistics sectors.
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Telefonica Tech and Ecoembes unveil the bin of the future
Digital transformation firm Telefonica Tech and environmental organisation Ecoembes have teamed up to produce a series of 5G enabled ‘smart bins’ in Spain.
City of Austin jumps in bed with NTT Data for smart city project
While some of the buzz surrounding smart cities has quietened, NTT Data is boasting of a new initiative with the City of Austin to address traffic-related issues.
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.
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.
Telefonica and Seat get the MWC wheels turning
Telefonica is fuelling the hype as we motor towards MWC with connected car announcements alongside Spanish automotive giant Seat.
US bolsters AI ambitions with Open Government Data Act
President Trump has signed the Open Government Data Act into law, potentially unleashing a tsunami of data for AI applications to be trained with.
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.
IoT will mostly be boring, and that’s just fine
This year’s MWC saw talk of IoT become a lot more substantial than previously, but the smart money is going to be on unsexy B2B uses.
Ericsson lassoes Dallas smart city win
The City of Dallas has selected Ericsson to install and run an Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS).
Cisco offers to lend cities enough cash to buy its IoT gear
Cisco Capital has teamed up with a bunch of other sources of cash to launch the City Financing Acceleration Program.
Nokia weighs into the IoT measuring competition
Nokia has announced it will join the Bristol is Open smart city initiative, as it sends out a strong message to the industry; talk is cheap, let’s see what you’re packing.
Bristol puts the smart cart in front of the city horse
One of the biggest criticisms from technology commentators in recent years has been the idea of innovation for the sake of innovation, but according to Bristol is Open (BiO) that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Huawei’s Not-So-Smart City strategy
Huawei unveiled its Smart City strategy at a recent event in China, but several major omissions revealed it needs to get a lot smarter yet.
Huawei launches UK Smart Cities Index as it cements UK commitment
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has released some new data it’s calling the UK Smart Cities Index, which aims to rank UK cities according to how good at using digital technology they are.
Interdigital flies the flag for open IoT standards in smart cities
Mobile tech company InterDigital has published the results of a Machina Research report it sponsored into the benefits of IoT standardization, especially in the context of smart cities.
HyperCat launches IoT accelerator in London
IoT consortium HyperCat has opened a new accelerator programme in London to encourage the development of smart city technologies in the UK.
Deutsche Telekom pilots Smart City project in Pisa
Operator group Deutsche Telekom has announced a Smart City pilot project in the Italian city of Pisa. The project sees the operator integrating a number of parking spaces in Piazza Carrara, in the city centre, within a sensor-based parking management system.
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