2015 temperatures hit record high globally
Below is a graphic from GHCN-M & ICOADS data sets provided by NOAA and published on Bloomberg. It shows how global temperatures have risen in the past century. The scary part is that temperatures...
View ArticleSmart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband
Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure. Source: Smart cities pointless without...
View ArticleSmart City India Council issues readiness guide
The Smart Cities Council India has issued a readiness guide for India cities looking to get smart. The 400-page Readiness Guide features 14 chapters and more than 80 case studies. The guide explores...
View ArticleHas Mozilla bitten off more than it can chew with IoT?
Interesting analysis on I Programmer of Mozilla’s transition into a platform for the internet of things. To sum up, Mozilla is now targeting four specific segments within the IoT ecosystems. One...
View ArticleZTE releases LoRa-based smart meters
ZTE has entered into the smart meter space by combining LoRA networking and smart meters at CeBit. These new meters meet smart meter reading systems’ requirements for long-distance transmission of...
View ArticleEricsson scores Hong Kong smart city project with Arup
Ericsson joins forces with Arup to transform a pilot district in Hong Kong into its first smart and sustainable neighborhood The feasibility study focuses on transforming Kowloon East into a Central...
View ArticleSmart cities revenue to reach US$88.7bn by 2025: Navigant
Revenue from smart cities will more than double from US$36.8 billion in 2016 to a whopping US$88.7 billion in 2025, according to a new report by Navigant Research. According to the Smart Cities report,...
View ArticleHuawei bets tomorrow’s smart cities are today’s safe cities
Telecommunications giant Huawei is betting that safe cities will be a gateway strategy towards large smart city deployments. Source: Huawei bets tomorrow’s smart cities are today’s safe cities
View ArticleZTE Unveils ‘Vertical Broadband’& Smart City Solutions
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced the unveiling of its vertical broadband...
View ArticleBig cloud names, White House launch climate impact planning tool
A new initiative launched by the White House, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and the World Resources Institute has unveiled the Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness to help corporations make...
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