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Free Wi-Fi for the europeans

EU member states backed a €120 million plan to provide free Wi-Fi in public spaces across Europe. The fund, which will provide high-grade connectivity to over 6,000 communities, including many in areas with under-developed telecoms infrastructure, received the backing of the EU Telecoms Council meeting on Friday. The WiFi4EU initiative was initially announced by EC…

ICT, Internet, WiFi Networks

2016: 29 technology brands in the Top 100 worldwide

Interbrand Releases 2016 Best Global Brands Report: Apple and Google Hold the Top Two Spots, Tesla and Dior Join the List Leading brand consultancy, Interbrand, named Apple, Google and Coca-Cola the three most valuable brands in its 2016 Best Global Brands report, with automotive and technology brands dominating the ranking and Tesla and Dior entering…

ICT, Internet, Smart Systems

Nokia manages to transmit one terabit per second!

The terabit speed achieved will present a major leap forward over current internet-backbone network limits Researchers revealed a newly-refined data-transmission technique that can deliver one terabit per second (Tbps) over optical fiber. Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs, and the Technical University of Munich will be showing off how a technique called Probabilistic Constellation Shaping, or…

ICT, Internet, New Technologies, Technological Solutions

City ScaleUp: from “Wow!” to “Now!”

Member of the global a Leading Cities, Boston, and International Advisor for The World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WEGO), Seoul. Founder, board member and Senior consultant at Baumann Consultancy Network for Smart Cities projects and internationalization strategies, Italy. [email protected] In my last article City SmartUp I have explored four preeminent trends, described…

Big Data, Citizenship, Featured Article, Future Cities, ICT

DES 2016: The first show devoted to digital transformation

DES 2016 is the first edition of this DT event, and it shares a certain parallelism with another event born only a few years ago: Smart City World Expo. This event took place when the trends around Smart Cities become a reality. The event was the response to a quite urgent need: shape the Smart…

Digital Cities, ICT, Innovation

Digitalizing cities with geographic technology

The democratization of smart technology in cities has created a new business model of growth and new relations with citizenship. From developing just pilot models, we have now achieved real digital transformations within the Public Administration, which now assist more directly and efficiently the new needs of the citizens. We now have at our disposal…

Future Cities, ICT, New Technologies

EC lays out 5G goal, promises less regulation

By 2025, all cities and transport links in the EU should have uninterrupted 5G coverage, according to EC president Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union speech for 2016. Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled the European Electronic Communications Code, including “forward-looking and simplified” rules intended to make it more attractive for firms to invest in infrastructure, both locally…

Big Data, Data Gathering, ICT

Indra will implement Spain’s system for space surveillance

The company has been awarded the deployment in Spain of the complete S3T space surveillance system, which may be used to catalog uncontrolled orbiting objects. As part of the project, Indra will develop a radar with surveillance capabilities in orbits of between 200 and 2,000 km. The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra contracts…

ICT, New Technologies, Smart Systems

Europe’s mobile future

European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger hailed “new momentum” for 5G, as a group of Europe’s largest telecoms companies officially published a 5G Manifesto, committed to the timely roll-out of the next-generation of mobile technology.

5G, Cloud, Digital Cities, ICT, Mobile Technology

Cityzenith Wins Realcomm 2016 Digie Award

For the Best Tech Innovation in Commercial and Corporate Real Estate of 2016, at Realcomm. Cityzenith won the prestigious Digie Award for Best Technology Innovation in Commercial/Corporate Real Estate of 2016 at Realcomm, in San Jose (California), the past Wednesday, June 22nd. Previous winners include: Keyhole (Google Earth), the iPad, Tridium, (Google) Android, and Yardi,…