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Ceragon signs multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for future-proof multi-technology, multi-service backhaul and routing solution. Robust modernization for telco infrastructure scale.
Procurement seeks Contactless Fare Collection Platform with validators for contactless EMV payments and fare calculation software. Clear signal for ITS digitalization in public transit.
TREVEL launches $1M fundraise to scale electric cab fleet across Delhi NCR, aiming for over 500 cars and 50,000+ passengers per month by FY2027—a bold step in APAC urban mobility investment.
International lenders attach DPI requirements—digital ID, payments, data sharing—to reconstruction loans, embedding control at individual level.
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New York City has signed a multi-vendor agreement with Redress Compliance for independent, vendor-neutral advisory services across its enterprise software portfolio – key for smart city digitalization strategy.
Key signals of accelerating commercialization:
Scranton has signed a contract for a cloud-based technology suite to enhance residential refuse and recycling services, signaling municipal push into utilities digitalization.
Key signals of Tesla's robotaxi rollout accelerating with AI integration:
Researchers have constructed a general framework to study VeMuS, proposing research questions across three key components: VeMuS design, VeMuS operations, and VeMuS evaluation.
Autonomous vehicles and delivery robots promise seamless mobility, but broken sidewalks cause the system to break down before trips even start. Urgent policy push for continuous, accessible infrastructure is key to enabling rollouts.
Telco-IoT convergence hits 1 billion NB-IoT/LTE-M connections by end-2025, after a decade of industry collaboration.
Columbia University's Center for Smart Streetscapes deploys AI and sensors for multi-modal urban traffic:
Aeva reveals CityOS, an AI-powered platform combining 4D LiDAR sensors and edge AI for real-time traffic oversight.
Key value for smart cities:
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Emerging edge AI demo shows how to make IoT data practical for urban ops:
