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Newcastle NOW to Newcastle NEXT

Newcastle, NSW, Australia is a mid-sized, coastal city. We used to be a dirty-sky, steel-making and ship building city. We are still the biggest coal-exporting port in the world but we have re-imagined ourselves into a creative hub with high achieving researchers, small hi-tech industries and a reputation for working hard at sustainability.

Citizenship, Future Cities, Smart Cities, Sustainability

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

The first edition of Smart Cities India

The Smart Cities sector is about to experience a high volume of activity in India. The Government plans on investing several billions through many of its institutions to retrofit more than 400 cities, adapting them to the Smart ideal, as well as to create 20 new Smart cities from scratch. The city of Delhi became…

Future Cities, New Technologies, Smart Cities

Interview with Berrin Benli

Interview with BERRIN BENLI. Co-Founder of NOVUSENS Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, the 1st ‘think tank’ organization in Science, Technology, and Innovation field in Turkey which is independent and for-profit, service innovation oriented that was established in 2009, Ankara, Turkey.

Citizenship, ICT, Smart Cities

Valladolid is involved in the city’s intelligence

Last February, the flagship project Remourban was launched in Valladolid. This was an acknowledgement and a turning point in its sustainable growth pathway towards the goals established in Europe 2020.

Citizenship, Mobility, Smart Cities, Sustainability

Paving the road to a Smarter India

The Pragati Maidan in New Delhi will hold, from the 20th to the 22nd of May, the most relevant event for Smart Cities in India this year The success of a true Smart City often depends on the depth of the project and the compromise of all the forces and agents involved. Plans that contemplate…

Future Cities, Resilience, Smart Cities, Sustainability

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.

Citizenship, Digital Cities, ICT, Smart Cities

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…

Digital Cities, Featured Article, Future Cities, Smart Cities

Ericsson, Telefónica Germany and RWTH Aachen University demonstrate LTE optimization for smart meter

LTE Quality of Service features guarantee prioritized data transmission even in heavily loaded mobile network conditions

ICT, Smart Cities, Smart Systems

Barcelona, a Smart Port that is constantly innovating

The Port of Barcelona is a pioneer in the application of technological solutions in the commercial, public and logistics sectors. The aim is to generate efficient and transparent services that provided added value to the customer, while deepening its commitment to the environment and providing quality areas and services to the general public.