Aims to reduce crime rates and streamline services
Bitel, a major telecom in Peru, has invested $70,000 in a smart city project involving facial recognition in Trujillo, specifically in the District Municipality of Salaverry. This surveillance initiative aims to integrate biometric technology into the existing urban infrastructure, with the goal of improving residents’ quality of life, streamlining urban services, and reducing crime rates.
As part of the initiative, Bitel strategically plans to deploy smart devices and security cameras throughout the district, aiming to monitor public spaces in real-time. These devices’ ability to collect, analyze, and act upon data in real-time allows for immediate response to incidents, enhancing public safety and security.
Lima's Miraflores district is among the most modern urban centers in Latin America, whose management-related advances could well be replicated in the rest of the country and other cities across the continent, Miraflores Mayor Luis Molina has affirmed.
Miraflores has become the first smart jurisdiction in Peru, he said at the Valor sobre Ciudades Digitales forum held within the framework of the Peru-Korea Memorandum of Understanding and the National Strategy for Smart Cities, organized by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).
Read more: PE: Miraflores stands out as smart city in region at Peru-Korea international forum
Peru's recently-issued biometric passports will be also required for Peruvian citizens’ visa-free entry into the US, if a visa-waiver process consolidates, the Foreign Affairs Ministry affirmed.
"It’s a great advantage to rely on the biometric passport nowadays [...]. This document will be used in case the American visa becomes exempted; that [requirement] is comprised in the process engaging the US," Ambassador Carlos Polo indicated.
Read more: PE: Biometric passport required if US visa waiver succeeds
City to be recognized in April gala
A chronic complaint of the city’s commuters was the impetus of Lima receiving national recognition this week.
Mayor Sharetta Smith announced Wednesday the city had been named a recipient of the 2022 Smart 50 Awards for its Smart Train Avoidance project.
Read more: PE: Train avoidance project earns Lima a Smart Cities Award
What used to take twenty days and dozens of hours waiting in long lines at government buildings will now take 72 hours and can be done online.
Read more: Peru business can be established online in 72 hours