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Las Vegas secures smart city infrastructure

The City of Las Vegas has deployed identity security technology from Palo Alto based Veza to secure access to sensitive data and critical infrastructure as it moves from a [...]

Tampere aims at becoming a metaverse city

Finnish city Tampere has set itself the goal of becoming a leading, human-centric metaverse. The city is collaborating with a number of companies including VTT, Microsoft and Nokia. It [...]

Denver Smart City Waste & Recycling Partnership

The City of Denver together with Denver County have rolled out a digital platform for managing waste and recycling across both administrations using the Rubicon Technologies platform. The new [...]

T-Mobile partners HOPE on smart urban water

Used plastic water bottles are a growing waste and environmental cost. Smart city water refill technology firm HOPE Hydration wants to cut the number of plastic water bottles in [...]

London looks to tech to fight climate effects

London is aiming to employ smart city technologies and AI to address climate change challenges. Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a major review into how technology can be harnessed [...]

Xiong’an transformation ‘miraculous’

China has hailed progress in its flagship Xiong’an ‘city of the future’ smart city development. Located in China’s Hebei Province, Xiong’an is intended to act as a non-administrative mirror [...]

Thailand’s Chiang Mai adopts NEC city platform

One of Thailand’s oldest cities, Chiang Mai, is partnering NEC to introduce smart city technologies. Formerly capital of a 12th Century Thai kingdom covering the north of the country, [...]

Siemens promotes urban renewal in Egypt

Siemens has opened a smart cities experience centre in Cairo. The new centre, located in the company’s headoffice building, provides visitors with an immersive experience combining real and digital [...]

Gogoro smart traffic signals for Taipei City

Gogoro and Far EasTone Telecom’s Smart Traffic Signal UPS are to be rolled out in Taipei City’s busiest intersections. Nearly 200 of Taipei City’s busiest traffic junctions will receive [...]

Belgium adopts Nokia 5G emergency drone grid

Belgian telecom operator Citymesh has adopted Nokia’s Drone-in-a-Box (DiaB) to provide Belgium with an emergency 5G automated drone grid. Nokia is supplying Citymesh with 70 DiaB drones, enough to [...]

Ukrainian public app finds worldwide take-up

A software app developed in Ukraine in 2019 is being adopted by countries around the world as a resilient, cyber-secure app for public services. Countries including Estonia, Colombia, Kosovo [...]

Israeli innovation tie-up for Peachtree Corners

Israel’s National Technological Innovation Authority is fostering collaboration between technology developers in Israel and US smart city development Peachtree Corners in the Metro Atlanta area. Israeli startups selected for [...]