Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Investment, Smart Cities
Toyota Motor Corp and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp have agreed to work together on developing smart cities and will invest 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in each other to cement the relationship, the two companies said on Tuesday. The two companies will develop...
Mar 19, 2020 | Government, Smart Cities
Any future stimulus package to reboot the economy after the worst of the coronavirus is over would likely include major infrastructure funding. The authors of this Green New Deal — taking their lead from the Congressional plan that would invest heavily to fight...
Mar 12, 2020 | Smart Cities, Sustainability
In this day and age of increasing social isolation, there is a noticeable trend of people relocating to cities and towns that offer a higher quality of life. Certainly, drivers such as a lower cost of living, vast open space, and a top-notch school system come to mind...
Mar 5, 2020 | Cyber Security, Smart Cities
Municipalities today are dealing with an unanticipated number of cyberthreats, Merritt Maxim, an analyst at Forrester, said last week at the RSA Conference 2020. Local and state governments are increasingly being targeted by ransomware attacks, phishing emails and...
Feb 27, 2020 | Smart Cities
Transportation and energy upgrades are expected to be the big drivers of smart city spending over the next decade. Why it matters: Global spending on smart city projects will reach nearly $124 billion this year, an 18% increase over 2019, according...
Feb 5, 2020 | 5G, Featured, Smart Cities
5G has the potential to help cities improve citizen engagement and build an intelligent urban ecosystem around services, ambience, sustainability, inclusion, and equity. 5G has been a hot topic for years, but 2020 will be the year we begin to see 5G come to consumer...
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