Category: Smart Cities
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Smart Cities World Congress Opens its Biggest Event
Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the leading international event for cities, opened today under the theme Cities To Live In to emphasize the ultimate and common goal of smart cities: to become more habitable places. Organized by Fira de Barcelona at its Gran Via venue, the event is the largest to date, with over […]
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Self-Driving Truck Platooning Saves Fuel and Time
The European Union wants to save fuel, reduce accidents and make road transport more sustainable by using convoys that link two to five trucks, using connectivity technology and automated driving support systems to make this a reality. Over 75% of inland cargo transport within the EU — about 1,750 billion tonne-kilometers (tkm) — travel by road, according to Eurostat. In […]
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Lisbon will keep the Web Summit for another 10 years
The city of Lisbon will host the popular Web Summit for the next 10 years, the organization has announced, in a € 110 million deal, with a buyout clause of € 3 billion. Ponte 25 de Abril — Lisbon Paddy Cosgrave, CEO of Web Summit, and Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal revealed today that Lisbon will remain […]
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Mayor of London Launches Solar Action Plan
London will need to be supplied by a range of efficient and clean energy sources. Energy generated from solar technologies will be part of this mix and London is aiming for two gigawatts of installed solar energy capacity by 2050. Courtesy of Solar Trade Org In the past decade, the UK has seen a dramatic increase in […]
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IoT Times: Consumers want everything they have on their phone in their car
AT&T sees connected cars as the operator’s most important IoT market. America’s biggest cellular carrier is currently adding 1.5 million new cars per quarter to its network. Chris Penrose, President of IoT solutions at AT&T, shared the company’s vision about IoT and the future of connected devices during a keynote at the Mobile World Congress […]
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6G Will Drive a Revolution on Smart Cities and IoT
We’ll have to wait at least 10 years before seeing the first specifications of 6G approved. When that time comes, things such as autonomous cars and drone delivery will likely be an everyday reality in our cities. Also, while in 2030, the world’s population is projected to reach 8.5 billion people, the number of IoT […]
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Barcelona is NOT joining cities taking EU Commission to Court over “License to Pollute” Diesel…
Mayors of Paris, Brussels, and Madrid fight for cleaner air for their citizens. Barcelona has not yet joined the plaintiffs. The European Court of Justice (ECJ)will hear arguments this week to determine whether three European cities can challenge vehicle emissions regulations set by the European Commission and agreed by national governments. The cities of Paris, […]
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IoT Times: Software Cannot Effectively Secure Hardware
Most experts agree that in order to secure a hardware product and certify its origin and trustworthiness, a hardware secure element is necessary. Software cannot effectively secure hardware. The authentication market is now expanding to include the Internet of Things; this, after being widely used in brand protection, IT security and Trusted Platform Module […]
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Technology, and autonomous vehicles will disrupt mobility the next decade
Technology, and the change of demographics in the twenty-first century, will make connected cars and automated mobility services the next big business for electronics manufacturers, more than computers and smartphones. Cities need a new mobility ecosystem In 30 years the majority of the world’s population will live in cities, creating a huge mobility challenge. […]
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Network Slicing Allows Carriers to Charge More for Connected Cars
When 5G networks are operational and new autonomous driving features become available, carriers will have the opportunity to slice the services at will to offer customized speeds, latency and critical connectivity to different users. It will be like having several tiers of cellular data, with the premium users not only getting the best speeds, but […]