Smart City Technology Enablers

Cities experience enormous challenges. As the world’s population continue to migrate to cities it raises questions about sustainability, liveability and the environmental impact. Enter smart cities, driven by technology, activated by the Internet of Things (IoT).

At the most basic level, a smart city is a city that makes the most of the technology and the data available to it in order to address its challenges and to boost the wellbeing of its residents. Smart cities make better use of limited resources and operate more efficiently at every level.

Yes, technology is what makes cities smarter. But more precisely, cities involve billions of data points and large data sets and it is, therefore, the ubiquitous nature of technology that enables smart cities.

The proliferation of sensors and embedded devices means that there is no region of a city and no aspect of a city that cannot be monitored to some degree. As a result, the information dark spots around cities are rapidly getting reduced: data can be collected anywhere, about anything.

Telecoms and connectivity: It is not only the proliferation of devices the enables smart cities. IoT devices will be of no use without connectivity and smart cities cannot be realised without pervasive wireless networks. The wide availability of 4G, easy-to-access Wi-Fi networks, and the upcoming 5G standard are all huge contributors.

The presence of technology is not the defining characteristics of a smart city, but the optimal application of technology is essential to smart city operations. Yet city halls rarely function as centres of technological excellence. The solution lies in a partnership with a technology provider that understands how to get the best out of the latest technological advancements.

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