United Cities, a global program in partnership with several United Nations agencies, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Caliber Cos. to develop its North American headquarters and innovation hub on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale.
United Cities North America, the branch that will be based in Arizona, is focused on bringing the UN’s sustainable development goal 11, which is centered around creating inclusive, safe, sustainable and resilient cities, to North America.
Weiterlesen: US: Arizona: Smart city organization to put North American HQ in Scottsdale
Ubiquity’s open-access model means the fibre is available to multiple tenants, including any local and national cable and internet service providers, as well as 5G wireless cell sites.
Ubiquity, a private infrastructure investment firm, will break ground on a $75m city-wide open-access fibre optic network in Georgetown, Texas, in early 2022.
The first customers are scheduled to come online in the summer of 2022, while the full build-out will be completed over a two-to-three-year period and cover most of the city.
Weiterlesen: US: Texas: Georgetown to build $75m citywide fibre optic network
Purpose-built smart cities are seen as the ultimate fruition of connected living — at least as they’re depicted in movies and TV shows. Not surprisingly, such grand visions face obstacles.
Fortunately for this idea, hope springs eternal. The latest proponent to lock onto smart cities, former President and CEO of Walmart U.S. eCommerce Marc Lore, believes he can have one up and running within about eight years — assuming that a lot of things go right.
Weiterlesen: US: Is Marc Lore’s City of Telosa a Blueprint For Smart City Success?
Farmers are set to gain more intelligent insights into the granular condition of their soil thanks to a new product from smart agriculture vendor Zyter.
The Maryland-based company’s Smart Agriculture solution gathers soil data and atmospheric analysis from IoT sensors beneath the ground.
Weiterlesen: US: Zyter’s Smart Agriculture Solution Offers Farmers Real-Time Insights
The mayor’s view is that broadband should be treated as “essential public infrastructure” that is managed and maintained for the benefit of all residents.
Baltimore is seeking to eliminate the city’s digital and broadband divide within the next decade by building open-access fibre infrastructure all across the city.
The City reports nearly 100,000 city households face barriers to internet access at home – exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Weiterlesen: US: Maryland: Baltimore builds smart city network to close digital divide