The utilities sector, an underlying facilitator for all industries, has witnessed a spike in the adoption of digital technology and it is expected to climb as power demand rises to drive economic development.
Placed in this context, the World Utilities Congress, with a dedicated strategic panel on Digital Transformation and Technological Innovations, will deeper into how digitalisation will transform the utilities sector.
Read more: AE: Abu Dhabi: Digitalisation is ‘transforming the utilities sector’
Accelerated by urgent demands for increased connectivity, reduced costs, and improved operational efficiency – there has been a rapid growth and development in digitalisation across the world’s key industrial sectors
With the impact of the pandemic and the increasing need of pursuing greener and sustainable alternatives, the utilities sector, an underlying facilitator for all industries, has witnessed an emergence in the adoption of digital technology in the sector, and is expected to climb as power demand rises to drive economic development.
141,839 CCTV cameras installed in 16,392 establishments across the emirate
Ras Al Khaimah Police, through their network of smart traffic cameras, have caught 7,772 vehicles with expired registrations in the first three months since the smart detection system went live on and from November 7, 2021.
The advanced cameras were installed on all roads of the emirate to enhance and control traffic safety and maintain the safety of road users, according to international best practises in the field of road safety and security.
Wyakom’s first phase will focus on community in Khalifa City suburb
The Department of Community Development (DCD) in Abu Dhabi has launched Wyakom, an online platform that will empower members of the community to address pressing social challenges.
The first phase of this pilot project, in partnership with Al Tawajud Al Baladi, a centre run by the Abu Dhabi City Municipality, will focus on the Khalifa City community. The platform will invite Khalifa City residents to identify solutions to specific social challenges according to set of criteria.
Read more: AE: Abu Dhabi launches online platform to address social challenges
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the GovTech Innovation Award 2021, thanks to a submission by the Enterprise Command and Control Centre (EC3) in the Smart City Initiative of the Year category of the awards.
These awards are granted by Gov Tech, a specialist in granting technical awards for government, semi-government entities and private companies, said an RTA press release on Tuesday.
Read more: AE: Dubai: RTA bags GovTech Innovation Award in Smart City category