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Zensar helps San Diego meet smart city goals

Indian engineering and technology company Zensar Technologies has signed a four year, multi-million-dollar contract with the city of San Diego for workplace and enterprise compute manage IT services. The [...]

Camden plans world’s densest air-quality sensor network

What is claimed to be the world’s densest air quality sensor network will be installed in Camden, London, this summer, aiming to transform how air pollution is monitored and [...]

Luna and JumpWatts partner to improve e-scooter safety

Irish smart-scooter technology company Luna is working with California-based JumpWatts to combine teleoperation and computer vision technology to improve the safety of shared electric scooters. The companies are planning [...]

Digital twins will transform cities, says ABI

Digital-twin technology is expected to lead the way in transforming cities, savings billions in running costs and helping towards net-zero targets, according to ABI Research. Its report says the [...]

Microsoft pilots air quality sensors in Chicago

French outdoor advertising company JC Decaux has partnered Microsoft and the Array of Things team to launch an air quality sensor pilot on 100 bus shelters in Chicago. Microsoft [...]

AT&T 5G to turn National Landing into smart city

AT&T and real-estate company JBG Smith have signed a letter of intent to turn the National Landing region in Washington DC into the first 5G smart city at scale. [...]

Senet expands LoRaWan across Tampa Bay

New Hampshire-based Senet is expanding its public LoRaWan across the Tampa Bay metro region. With dense carrier-grade coverage already in place to support smart metering for water utilities, Senet [...]

Rideable bench wins Ford mobility challenge

A rideable bench has won Ford’s European smart mobility challenge to find new ways to navigate cities. In cities, people are increasingly walking, cycling and riding scooters to reach [...]

Canadian city deploys Telensa smart streetlights

The Canadian city of Vaughan near Toronto is to deploy a smart lighting system from UK firm Telensa, recently taken over by Signify, formerly Philips Lighting. Telensa’s Planet intelligent [...]

DeepRoute launches self-driving taxis in Shenzen

Chinese robotaxi firm DeepRoute is deploying 20 self-driving cars in the central business district of downtown Shenzhen; it is the first company to be granted a permit to operate [...]

Quanergy lidar boosts V2X in Korean smart city

California-based Quanergy Systems’ 3D lidar has been selected for a V2X smart city deployment in South Korea. Quanergy provides OPA-based solid-state lidar sensors and smart 3D offerings for automotive [...]

E-scooters provide smart-city data in Dublin

A fleet of e-scooters equipped with computer vision to provide smart-city data has been launched in the Irish capital Dublin. Ireland’s first e-scooter trial has gone live across the [...]