North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) has announced plans for a pilot project to boost 4G and 5G connectivity in the North East through the Future Connectivity Partnership.
The partnership, led by NTCA, has received almost £500,000 from the Government’s £4 million Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) fund as one of eight trial areas.
Read more: GB: North East England: North of Tyne aims to boost 5G roll out
An “internet of things” specialist is to provide thousands of sensors for waste containers throughout Edinburgh as part of a smart cities initiative.
North has been appointed by IT and business consulting firm CGI under a five-year contract to support the city council’s plans to transform the capital into one of the world’s leading smart cities.
Despite a lack of central government direction, disparate smart city projects are delivering rich successes and finding ways to stay connected
There’s no official definition of a smart city, according to research by the Houses of Parliament published in late 2021, with projects falling under this umbrella term implemented by a variety of organisations, with varying motives. These include local authorities, utility companies, transport operators and universities, all of which can deploy smart city projects of varying scope in towns and cities across the nation.
Read more: Patching together the UK’s fragmented smart city landscape
Getting EPR systems rolled out across NHS organisations will help boost digital transformation efforts, and are key to fulfilling government healthcare plans
Rolling out electronic patient record (EPR) systems to replace paper-based workflows is key to achieving the government’s plan of “joined-up” healthcare in the UK, but the current state of digital maturity across the health service is “patchy” at best, say senior NHS officials.
Read more: GB: Electronic patient records key to NHS digital transformation
Residents in the London Borough of Westminster are to be offered a digital card to access a range of local services, marking one of the first multiservice digital cards to be rolled out by a local authority, it was announced today.
The card, which is used in conjunction with the new MyWestminster portal, can be downloaded to both Apple Wallet and Google Pay. It will enable residents to seamlessly access services run by Westminster City Council without needing to remember a physical card or repeatedly prove eligibility.