Internet Archives - Page 3 of 3 - thesmartcityjournal.com

Disruptive Technologies. Towards cultural and social advancement

Internet is the Disruptive Technology in capital letters, so we should prevent it from being privatized or controlled. The Network is an entity in its own right. There is one problem only: who controls it? The solution is based on the creation of concepts based on added-value services brought about by multidisciplinary teams and public-private…

Information Society, Internet, New Technologies, Technological Solutions, WiFi Networks

Internet of Things behind the scenes

IoT has become “the now big thing” in the smart city ecosystem. The Internet of Things started from M2M, and it has been adopted in a widespread manner by companies involved in the deployment of infrastructure and services for connected cities. Companies like Vodafone and Telefónica have been working for years in the Machine to…

Big Data, Internet, IoT, M2M

Ericsson Mobility Report

Advanced mobile technology will be globally ubiquitous by 2020 with 70 percent of people using smartphones and 90 percent covered by mobile broadband networks • Smartphone subscriptions will more than double by 2020, reaching 6.1 billion. Almost 80% of these new subscriptions will come from Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. By 2020 80 percent…

Big Data, Information Society, Internet, Mobile Technology, New Technologies

How to Develop Connected, Profitable Smart Cities with WiFi

No city can be truly Smart, if it is not efficiently connected. Wireless networks and accessible high-speed Internet connections in a city usually result in a win-win scenario for its residents, companies and institutions. But what are the best ways to implement these strategies? The staff at Yadwire* share their thoughts on the matter.

Big Data, Internet, Smart Cities, Technological Solutions, WiFi Networks

Indra deploys its management and ticketing technology in the buses of Plovdid, Bugaria, for €8.3 m

Indra is implementing a new contactless ticketing solution, an operation assistance system and a passenger information system in the 285 buses, at the 354 bus stops and in the Public Transport Control Center of the Council in the country's second largest city

Internet, Mobility, New Technologies, Technological Solutions

Evolution of smart cities in Latin America | Brazil

The current article focuses on Rio de Janeiro because of its uniqueness: the future olympic city (2016) is the smart city in Latin America on which more information is available on-line. Brasil belongs to a group of countries known as BRICS , it is the largest economy in Latin America and the second one in…

Featured Article, ICT, Internet, Smart Cities

Cisco VNI Mobile Forecast Projects Nearly 10-fold Global Mobile Data Traffic Growth by 2019

Smart Connections Will Account for 97 Percent of Global Mobile Traffic by 2019 According to the latest annual update of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index™ (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2014 to 2019, the ongoing adoption of more powerful mobile devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) connections combined with broader access to faster cellular networks…