Smart cities
China leads global connected living market with over 50 million M2M connections, finds new GSMA report
China accounts for 27 per cent of total global M2M connections; close co-operation between mobile operators and government driving China’s M2M leadership
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Frost & Sullivan: Opportunities for ICT providers in intelligent cities evolution
Smart transportation and energy sectors are attracting the most ICT investments
Get Smart: Commission brings “open planning” movement to Europe to speed spread of smart cities
The European Commission is calling on those involved in creating smart cities to publish their efforts in order to help build an open planning movement from the ground up
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Citizens support smart cities with driverless cars, public service drones and surroundings that sense activities
Almost half of Americans aspire to live in a driverless city; more than one-third believe it will happen this decade. Nearly half say cities should collect anonymized data from citizens if it makes life better
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European Capital of Innovation finalists announced: Barcelona, Grenoble and Groningen
Barcelona (Spain), Grenoble (France) and Groningen (Netherlands) are the three finalists for the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital
European partners join forces to boost business innovation and internationalization for smart energy-efficient cities
ICT clusters from Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Basque Country are part of CLINES, a 36-month European project funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme
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