EU collaboration to improve urban air mobility
Three EU-funded projects have formed a coalition to boost the development of urban air mobility (UAM) programmes using passenger and cargo-carrying drones in European cities. Flying Forward 2020, Airmour [...]
Birmingham tests autonomous cars on public roads
The UK’s second largest city Birmingham has started testing autonomous vehicle on public roads as part of Project Endeavour, a government-backed mobility research project. Starting this month, the trials [...]
Toshiba lidar monitors transport infrastructure
Japanese firm Toshiba is expanding its solid-state lidar for transportation infrastructure monitoring. The updated lidar is said to achieve the world’s smallest volume, robust vibration and wind resistance while [...]
Cron AI and Innoviz deliver lidar for smart cities
Adaptive 3D edge perception platform company Cron AI is working with Israeli firm Innoviz to deliver lidar-based adaptive perception software for smart cities. The partnership between the 3D data-edge [...]
Smart cities drive eSIM growth, says Juniper
Smart cities are driving the growth in eSIM module shipments, according to market watcher Juniper Research, which predicts shipments to increase from 430 million in 2020 to 822 million [...]
Qualcomm deploys C-V2X in Peachtree Corners
Qualcomm is working with Texas-based civil engineering company Jacobs to deploy cellular vehicle-to-everything technology in the Georgia smart city of Peachtree Corners. The joint efforts aim to deploy end-to-end [...]
AT&T tests open wifi network in Texas
AT&T has completed a proof-of-concept trial of its wifi network with Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) OpenRoaming in areas of downtown Austin, Texas, along 6th street and outside of Stubbs [...]
Orange and SmartKey connect cities using blockchain
Access control, smart bikes, utilities and other elements of smart cities could soon be managed via blockchain technology, thanks to a partnership between telecoms giant Orange and Estonian company [...]
Google and Jaguar measure air quality in Dublin
Google worked with British car maker Jaguar Land Rover to develop an electric vehicle for measuring air quality street-by-street in Dublin. The all-electric Jaguar I-Pace has been fitted with [...]
Sony image sensors in Rome smart city trials
Sony AI-based image sensors are at the core of three smart city trials being run by Envision in Rome. The Japanese company’s IMX500 image sensors with AI processing functionality [...]
PPP develops smart city corridor in Atlanta
A public-private partnership (PPP) has completed the transformation of Atlanta Beltline’s smart city corridor and is paving the way for new development opportunities. Communications infrastructure company eX² Technology has [...]
Kerlink deploys LoRaWan in French départment
Kerlink has provided more than 400 Wirnet IoT gateways and its Wanesy management centre for what it says is the largest-known LoRaWan deployment serving a single county, in Finistère [...]
