Digital Cities

Curitiba

Curitiba – Smart People

For 2016, the city hall will be taking Education as the main area of investment. For the first time, the city will spend 30% of the global budget just for this sector. Considering the national average and the sharp financial crisis the country is facing, we can say that it is a hard decision and…

Smart People – Icities Curitiba

Curitiba has Smart City concept in its DNA. We can say that the first smart projects in Brazil were born there and the “father’ has a name: Mr Jaime Lerner, an outstanding Architect and former mayor. We visited the Icities, one of the most active organizations in Brazil oriented to Smart City development. They have…

Smart People – Icities Curitiba

Curitiba has Smart City concept in its DNA. We can say that the first smart projects in Brazil were born there and the “father’ has a name: Mr Jaime Lerner, an outstanding Architect and former mayor. We visited the Icities, one of the most active organizations in Brazil oriented to Smart City development. They have…
City view

PPP for cities

The international benchmark on Point-to-Point Protocol in smart and sustainable cities Cities, and especially those in emerging countries undergoing swift growth, are forced to constantly develop and improve their services.
William Xu

Huawei Helps Europe Speed up Digitization through Innovation

Huawei will work with European partners to develop an industry ecosystem that accelerates the pace of digitization, Chief Strategy Marketing Officer William Xu told participants at Huawei’s third Europe Innovation Day event in Munich, Germany, on June 15.
Marieta del Rivero

Interview with Marieta del Rivero

Marieta del Rivero, General Manager Deputy to CCDO / Telefónica, S.A “Telefónica stands up for an open, safe internet experience as the basis for the development of Digital Economy. We need cooperative, open models that foster the new economy. The Smart City platform should be open, standard, cloud-based and determined to break the silos of…
Cutured neurons

A Technology Top 10 to keep changing the world

As it does every year, the MIT Technology Review magazine (belonging to the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has chosen those emerging technologies with the potential for disruptive change in a few years.
Montevideo

Evolution of smart cities in Latin America: 5 Uruguay

Montevideo is the only city in Uruguay mentioned or ranked in international evaluations. The Proyecto Montevideo 2030 (“Montevideo 2030 Project”) may be a platform to help the city move towards a leadership position in the ICT area.
Santiago Martín Caravaca

Smart Cities Diplomacy: Smart Power

In 2018, no city mayor representing a city (with more than 1 million citizens) located in a developed country should ever answer “I don’t know” when asked the following question: “What is the Citizen Engagement Rate of the city you represent?”. That is to say: “What is the percentage (%) of citizens who are involved…
Toni Mascaró

Interview with Toni Mascaró

A 42-year-old businessman from Barcelona, Toni Mascaró has a mind that never stops racing. After a long career as a specialist businessman in new technologies and online marketing, he is currently the Chief Executive Officer at e.mascaró, one of the most successful and innovative companies in e-business applied to tourism.

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