Cincinnati Bell will be donating the upfront charges to deploy a smart city offering in a historic Dayton, Ohio neighborhood known as Oregon District. The Cincinnati Bell smart city deployment involves installing fiber to provide free public Wi-Fi in the…
The Peninsula Light Company in Washington, also known as PenLight, will use the Verizon Grid Wide Utility Services Intelligent Energy platform in a smart grid deployment. The carrier will provide PenLight with electric meters with cellular connectivity to 33,000 members…
Chicago-based rental, commercial property and condominium association management company Jass Management Services has deployed the Xfinity Communities’ Smart Communities platform at two Kass-operated, multifamily rental properties in the city, the platform’s first launch. A total of 50 units were outfitted…
Facebook’s Terragraph millimeter-wave technology will be incorporated in Siklu’s third generation 5G mmWave network equipment, according to the vendor. Terragraph technology uses V-band spectrum at 60GHz. The Siklu Terragraph 5G deal targets fiber extension through cities, including hard to access areas….
Verizon said today that it has launched its NB-IoT network nationwide, which it says now covers more than 92% of the U.S. population. The network complements Verizon’s ThinkSpace management platform, APIs, tools and partner ecosystem to provide NB-IoT-based solutions to…
AT&T said yesterday that it has completed upgrades to its 4G LTE network to support NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) connectivity. AT&T NB-IoT service is now available nationwide, the carrier said. AT&T already is serving IoT with a LTE-M network,…
New Orleans, La., (April 29, 2019) –This morning during the opening general session of its Marketing + Sales Conference in New Orleans, La., NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association announced the launch of its newly redesigned Smart Rural Communities® national recognition and award program….
US Ignite and ATIS said today that they have completed phase one of the Smart Cities Data Exchange framework. The project working group has defined its area of focus and created an implementation plan aimed at improving methods for exchanging…
Open access networks in the U.S. often are built with public funds, at least in part. But a new open access network planned for Fullerton, California will be privately funded. SiFi Networks, an international network developer, will build and operate…
US Ignite and Charter’s broadband unit Spectrum have selected St. Petersburg, FL, as a Smart Gigabit Community. The St. Petersburg Innovation District, under a three-year grant from Spectrum, will act as the convening partner. The US Ignite, Spectrum announcement marks…
ARLINGTON, VA. (FEBRUARY 13, 2019)—At its annual Rural Telecom Industry Meeting and EXPO (RTIME) in New Orleans, La., last week, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association announced four Smart Rural CommunitySM Collaboration Challenge grant recipients as part of the association’s initiative to highlight and support efforts…
Cable companies are “uniquely well suited” to partner with municipalities on smart city projects, according to a new report from NCTA – The Internet & Television Association. Initially, this might seem a stretch, considering that smart cities will rely heavily…
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