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Helsinki aims to use personal data on behalf of the citizens – on citizens’ terms

In MyData service the personal information is decentralised in order to minimize the risk of information breaches The City of Helsinki, Finland, aims to offer its citizens the possibility to better manage the personal information the city gathers from them. At the same time, the city is developing data-based city services that are timely and…
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Siemens Advanta Helps Bleutech Park Las Vegas Lay Framework for Smart City Vision

Brings Digital Transformation Expertise to One-of-a-Kind $7.5 bn. Las Vegas, Nevada Futuristic-Mixed-Use Development Siemens Advanta and Bleutech Park announced a partnership to co-create the futuristic smart city vision – bringing the impressive Las Vegas mixed-use development one step closer to fruition. Siemens Advanta, the IoT consultancy and solution delivery arm of the global technology powerhouse,…
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IEA and SICA to collaborate on clean energy transitions in Central America

The two organisations will expand their cooperation on energy data and statistics, energy efficiency, and climate resilience of electricity systems The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Central American Integration System (SICA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote clean energy transitions in Central America. Under the MoU, the two organisations will expand…
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Smart transformation in Iran (Part 1)

In several chapters we can see the impressive work done and the successes achieved The unprecedented rate of urban growth and the challenges that come with it, brought up the necessity for urban management to seek optimal solutions. Solutions that should be able to address all different aspects of urbanism, including sustainable development, education, energy,…
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Moscow improved its position in the global ranking of smart cities

According to the mos.ru portal, in 2020 Moscow received several awards in the field of digital development The Russian capital moved up three positions and was ranked 44th in the latest Smart Centres Index by Z / Yen. Sydney, Bangkok, Melbourne, Milan were placed next to Moscow in the rating, which assesses the approach of…
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Egypt launches EBRD-UNWTO tourism recovery assistance package

Ministries of International Cooperation, and Tourism and Antiquities have engaged with UNWTO and the EBRD to ensure their national priorities are addressed. The Covid-19 pandemic has placed an acute strain on global tourism. To boost the recovery of the sector, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization…
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HERE releases 3D city models for industries to build reality-based applications and simulations

Precise geospatial data utilized in transportation, logistics, urban planning and government operations, filmmaking, videogame development and AR/VR applications HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today unveiled high-fidelity, 3D models of 75 city centers around the world to give software developers the geospatial data needed to build real-world visualizations of cities. With HERE…
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Hydrogen buses coming to Birmingham next Spring

City Council has purchased 20 new hydrogen double decker buses as part of their Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot. The Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot looks to ‘kick-start’ the hydrogen market as a viable zero-emission fuel with the procurement and deployment of 20 hydrogen buses in Birmingham. The buses, which are made by Wrightbus and…
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The Japanese city’s Kanagawa Prefecture is working with Panasonic on the trial, which launched in November and will end on Christmas Eve

A robotic postman is set to deliver letters and parcels to residents of Fujisawa after a field test of an automated home delivery service was launched in the Japanese town. The Japanese city’s Kanagawa Prefecture is working with Panasonic on the trial, which launched in November and will end on Christmas Eve. The first phase…
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The Smart City Journal, the world leader in Smart publications

Audience in 128 countries, 810 cities and 50,000 specialized readers. The Smart City Journal (www.thesmartcityjournal.com) reaffirms its world leadership in the digital publications of the Smart world, both in terms of global expansion and qualitative visits. Thus, www.thesmartcityjournal.com closed the month of November with an audience in 128 countries (42 in Europe, 23 in America,…

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