Urbana World magazine Nov-Dec 2016 Edition

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Nov-Dec 2016

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Sustainable environment Potable water Sanitation 24x7 clean energy Mobility: EVs/HEVs Connected / Autonomous vehicles Urban mobility Traffic control rooms Smart parking Digital India

e-Governance Green/ Smart buildings Urban planning Safety, security and surveillance Disaster management Smart health Smart education Make in India Smart aerotropolis Geographical information systems (GIS)

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SMART IT & COMMUNICATION TOP BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) TRENDS FOR 2017

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SMART IT & COMMUNICATION How Telecom Industry Will Experience Disruption Threats And Opportunities

SMART CiTiES New-Age Technology Initiatives For A Citizen Centric Smart City

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19 SMART IT & COMMUNICATION PCVUE 11.2 Integrates Smart Buildings & Distributed Energy Resources

SMART INFRASTRUCTURE

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Public Bicycle Sharing Is a Game Changer

Delta Electronics Subsidiary Loytec Wins The Lux Awards 2016 With Intelligent Lighting System

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POLICY

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SMART TRANSPORTATION Smart Traffic Management

By Smart People

CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY SIGNS A MOU WITH AUSTRALIAN CONSORTIUM FOR SMART CITIES

GERMANY OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIA FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL, SMART CITIES

SMART CITY CONSULTANCY SELECTION HANGING FIRE

SAIGON’S ‘SMART CITY’ DREAM STARTS WITH SMART TRANSPORT

SMART CITIES A.P. CABINET CLEARS PROPOSALS FOR FIVE SMART CITIES SMART CITY: GHAZIABAD TO FOCUS ON SANITATION PASIGHAT DESERVES TO BE A SMART CITY MAKING SRINAGAR A ‘SMART- CITY’

INTERNATIONAL ARUP, HSBC JOIN CHINESE SMART CITY HUB TO STOKE MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS

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Fostering Competitiveness In The New Urban Revolution

SMART TRANSPORTATION

OKOWA SIGNS MOU FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CITIES METROLAB NETWORK ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GUIDE SMART-CITY PARTNERSHIPS INGENU, PTC AND LIBELIUM TO SIMULATE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SOLUTION AT SMART CITIES SUMMIT IN BOSTON

FINANCE COMMONWEALTH LAYS DOWN GUIDELINES FOR FIRST ROUND OF AU$50M SMART-CITY FUNDING GOVT GETS READY TO DOLE OUT $50M IN SMART CITIES GRANTS OPTUS IN A$20M TOWNSVILLE CITY ‘SMART CITIES’ PROJECT MADHYA PRADESH GOVT APPROVES RS 1,800 CRORE TO 397 SMART CITIES INFRA DEVELOPMENT

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DOT SMART CITY CHALLENGE WINNER

SMART INFRASTRUCTURE SMART CITY TEAM VISITS PORT PANASONIC TIES WITH UK STREETLAMP DESIGNERS FOR SMART CITIES SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SMART CITIES

SMART ENERGY & WATER AMERESCO AND SILVER SPRING NETWORKS COLLABORATE TO ACCELERATE SMART CITIES TOTEM POWER IMAGINES HOW TO BUILD ZERO EMISSIONS SMART CITIES BUILDING SMART CITIES: ONLINE SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY SAVINGS IN HYDERABAD

SMART IT & COMMUNICATION VERIZON EXPANDS IN SMART CITY, BUYING WIFI KIOSK START-UP LQD JIYO LAUNCHES “SMART CITIES – INTERNET OF WELLBEING” PLATFORM TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT CISCO HAS DEPLOYED A NEW CLOUD FOR SMART CITIES

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SMART IT & Communication TOP BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI)

TRENDS FOR 2017 -By Surya Pandey, VP & Sr. ICT Consultant Technology (Iot/M2m) Smart Business Solution, Digital Transformation & Service Fulfilment

In 2016, a wave of self-service analytics swept across the enterprise.

Organisations began embracing the modern approach to business analytics, with IT and the business partnering to derive maximum value from their data. IT began leveraging technologies to scale and grow, as business users shared and collaborated with their data.

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xperts, too, acknowledged this transformation. An IDC Asia Pacific study, during the year, revealed that more than half of the organisations analysed considered big data and analytics as crucial for business. Where are things headed next? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gathered the opinions and observations of our experts who serve hundreds of thousands of customers around the world. Here are predictions.

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SMART IT & Communication 1. Modern BI becomes the new normal

4. The transition to the cloud accelerates

In 2016, organisations began the shift to modern BI, moving analytics from the hands of the few to many. We’ve moved “past the tipping point of a more than 10- to 11year transition away from IT-centric reporting platforms to modern BI and analytics platforms,” according to Gartner’s 2016 Business Intelligence Magic Quadrant. Gartner also noted that today “every business is an analytics business, every business process is an analytics process and every person is an analytics user.” With trusted and scalable platforms, organisations are empowering even non-analysts to explore governed data and collaborate with their findings. In 2017, the shift to modern BI will near its end as it becomes the norm for global enterprises, early-stage startups, and everything in between.

With organisations moving their data to the cloud (as cloud solutions become more secure, reliable and easier to use), analytics’ move to the cloud has reached a tipping point. In 2017, the concept of data gravity will take hold as more businesses realise the value of deploying their analytics where their data lives. Cloud data warehouses like Amazon Redshift will continue to pull data, and cloud analytics will become more prevalent as a result.

While many organisations will continue to deploy a hybrid architecture of cloud and on-premise solutions, cloud analytics will increasingly represent a faster and more scalable solution.

2. Collaboration (with data) is king Like many things in life, many heads are better than one when it comes to business analytics. According to another recent study by IDC Asia Pacific, organisations in the region who achieved success with their big data and analytics initiatives had collaboration processes in place among staff to share relevant data, metrics, and best practices.

In 2017, collaborative analytics will take center stage as governed data becomes more accessible and cloud technology enables easy sharing. This signals the end of an era in which information flowed in one direction. Gone are the days of sharing data via static PDFs or PowerPoint decks. In 2017, people will share their workbooks and data sources. They’ll build on each other’s work and iterate to answer their own questions. They’ll leverage the cloud and other sharing functionalities like email alerts and subscriptions to stay in touch. And they’ll embed their dashboards within other enterprise applications to reach people where they are.

3. IT becomes the data hero IT spent years stuck in the endless churn of the report factory. Now, it’s finally IT’s time to shine. IT is at the helm of the transformation to self-service analytics at scale.

IT will provide the flexibility and agility the business needs to innovate, all while balancing governance and data security. And by empowering the organisation to make data-driven decisions at the speed of business, IT will emerge as the data hero who helps shape the future of the business.

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5. Business analytics gets advanced Business users have grown more data-savvy. Advanced analytics has grown more approachable. In 2016, a partner at McKinsey & Company commented that “we have to stop thinking of advanced analytics as some form of magic,” and that not just data scientists, but business users themselves need to be able to extract value from data to make better business decisions. In 2017, these two will converge as advanced analytics becomes the standard for the business user. Advanced analytics will no longer be reserved for data scientists and experts. Business users are already leveraging powerful analytics functions like k-means clustering and forecasting. And in 2017, they’ll continue to expand their analytics skill set.

6. Data literacy becomes a fundamental skill of the future In 2016, LinkedIn listed business intelligence as one of the hottest skills to get you hired. Earlier this year, IDC Asia Pacific noted that the lack of big data-related talent would remain as one of the biggest obstacles for many Asia Pacific organisations, while professional services in that area will have a 29% CAGR in the region by 2020. In 2017, data analytics will become a mandatory core competency for professionals of all types. Much like proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, basic proficiency in analytics will become a staple in the workplace. To meet this need, we’ll see analytics and data programmes permeate higher education. In the workforce, people will leverage intuitive BI platforms, and data will play a role in every major decision.

Top tier educational institutions in the region are doing what they can to keep up. For example, the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently announced a new degree programme in Data Science and Analytics for the new academic year (of 2017), and many other schools have already done or are expected to do the same.

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How Telecom Industry will experience disruption -

THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES

-By Surya Pandey, VP & Sr. ICT Consultant Technology (Iot/M2m) Smart Business Solution, Digital Transformation & Service Fulfilment

Disruption is a both a creative and destructive competitive force. Even though we have experienced convergence for decades, policymakers are reluctant to adapt regulation to the new reality. Rather than embrace a modernized competition framework across markets, regulators double-down on oldfashioned sector specific telecom regulation.

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olicies such as roam like home, net neutrality, set top box regulation, and aggressive access mandates, hobble telecom providers while giving over the top (OTT) players and resellers an undue advantage. These policies, propagated under the guise of â&#x20AC;&#x153;enhancing competitionâ&#x20AC;?, actually distort it.

To be sure, telecom regulators might not have the statutory authority to regulate international/foreign OTT providers, but that is not an excuse not to do the right thing. When telecom markets are competitive, ex ante regulation is supposed to be removed and general competition regulation put in its place.

Truth be told, there are market

power issues across the digital ecosystem, and a modern robust approach to multisided markets would require that competition authorities step up their enforcement (and certainly update their knowledge). Telecom regulators, if they transition their expertise into competition authorities, could be valuable employees, albeit in new roles. With the EUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poor performance in digital markets and its slow economy for the last decade, it is untenable that regulators continue to trade off the growth that the telecom sector in favor of their entrenched policies, which have not worked to increase investment.

Disruption enables new marketplaces. Consider how Uber and AirB-

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SMART IT & Communication NB disrupt the taxi and hotel industry just as Skype and WhatsApp disrupted telecommunications. It is estimated that Skype accounts for about one-third of the world’s long distance calling, and WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger deliver about three times as many messages as traditional SMS by operators. Don’t forget that when these services came on the scene, they obliterated the revenue for the services they replaced. The Dutch KPN lost about 100 million euros in a single quarter when WhatsApp was introduced; WhatsApp is a free messaging service.

And yet, OTT services would not exist if it were not for ubiquitous mobile networks. Consider Uber. Its users submit a trip request via mobile phone. Using the phone’s geolocation abilities, the driver and user are informed of each other’s location. The app is integrated with a payment system so that when the ride is complete, the payment is automatically added to the user’s account. Both user and driver can rate the experience which is then displayed within the app’s interface. Having a mobile app offers the user flexibility of requesting a ride regardless of location and does not require that the use sit a computer with a fixed line network connection, the earlier paradigm of the Internet.

Consumers suffered for decades under the regulated taxi industry with overpriced fares, unfriendly drivers, and poor service. No taxi regulator proposed a transparent rating of drivers and passengers, but Uber improved the riding experience almost overnight, dragging the outdated taxi industry and its regulators into the future. Mobile networks have enabled business models not conceivable before. And it was certainly not the case that taxi regulation protected consumers and supported competition.

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Not only does the telecom industry have to content with general economic disruption, it faces the added burden of regulators who make the opposite and wrong response to disruption. Regulators double down on telecom regulation rather than free up the market forces that could allow telecom providers to compete. Things are bad enough for operators, but regulators take it even further with roaming regulation, net neutrality, and customer premises equipment requirements.

This falls on top of the challenges that incumbents face with wholesale and access regulation. We see that MVNOs can attract and retain customers faster and cheaper than the operator whose network they use. Examples include Simyo in Germany; Chess in Norway, Telmore, Onfone, and CBB in Denmark, and Tesco and Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom, just to name a few examples.

The telecom industry could also disrupt itself, and there is nothing to prevent it from doing so. In the old days, operators sold large and expensive “private branch exchange systems” or PBXs that required a receptionist. Now the same functionality can be downloaded in a solution such as Skype for business.

The impact of smartphones is negligible. The value in devices is not in the hardware or even in the data subscriptions. Instead the value accrues to just a few app makers and to the two app stores that Apple and Google runs. Consumers will also create disruption by buying cheaper products.

But disruption doesn’t necessarily mean that there will be cash flow in the future. Indeed, cash flow is generally diminished as better, cheaper solutions take hold. Strand Consult does not expect that disruption will bring significant new growth to telecom operators, even with the Internet of Things. The cake is not getting bigger for operators, as there is little to no margin in selling traffic. IoT business models are predicated in micro amounts of data, and it remains to be seen whether they can be scalable for traditional operators. The value of the IOT market will likely is go

to specialized devices and software, but not to operators.

Let us put it very simply - many consider disruption as something new, but it is not. When a disruptive player such as Uber comes on the market, policymakers can regulate it, or deregulate the market in which it operates. Introducing special regulation for new players is both difficult and damaging. It is easier to deregulate the market in question rather than introduce special regulation.

One of the biggest challenges in the telecom industry is the disruptive regulation imposed by governments around the world. This is also experienced when governments attempt to make technology decisions in the name of competition. Telecom operators compete using different technologies (copper, coax, fiber and wireless etc), and the facilities-based competition helps to drive technological developments that provide customers with better and cheaper products.

But when governments invest public money in a particular technology, this unfairly puts a thumb on the scale of competition and the efficient markets in which regulators purport to want to create. We see this particularly in the EU where understanding of telecom markets is practically non-existent among politicians. EU telecom policy has caused investment in the region to dry up over the last decade and unwittingly strengthen the foreign OTT providers, with whom regulators purport they want more competition. Let us hope that 2017 will be the year of political disruption, when politicians will experience a shake up and will have to get a better understanding of what is needed to stimulate the telecom industry and the investments that are the foundation of modern society.

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NEW-AGE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FOR A

CITIZEN CENTRIC SMART CITY AuthorAnveshi Gutta Smarter Cities Consultant, IBM (* Views expressed in this article are strictly personal and do not necessarily reflect IBM’s point of view)

With competitive challenges like the Smart Cities Mission, today’s Cities are making diligent attempts to enhance the lives of their residents.

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ignificantly enough, we are also aware that these cities do not have an unlimited monetary supply for them to be wishful in their approach to exceptional service delivery; on the contrary, most cities today are struggling with funds available at their disposal. This calls for due diligence and deep thinking from a customer perspective â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what does a good city service mean for your citizens/ residents?. A city resident anywhere in the world has minimal expectations that must be delivered against and once this is achieved, the city execu-

From the perspective of the City Administrators, these statements represent the voice of their customer. So, this provides direction for them to shape their service delivery in alignment with citizen expecta-

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tives can drive further initiatives to deliver a signature city experience that sets their city apart from the rest. The focus of this article will be on the former â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what does a citizen/resident expect from a Smart city service like public transport, utility payment, land registration, public safety and security, traffic management, waste managementetc?

The following graphic represents the 3 key attributes of a Smart City Service and the citizen/ residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expectations against each of them:

tions. While each city is different in the way its city agencies/departments are structured, the leaders within a city administration needs to put their thinking hats on and figure out what do they need to

deliver against these citizen expectations. The following extension to the graphic represents this at a broad level. The city administration should delve deeper and evolve their master plans against them.

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o achieve these capabilities, there are multiple measures that could be taken â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Operational optimization, Organization restructuring, Performance monitoring, Peer-Benchmarking, Citizen Engagement etc. The one initiative that will have the highest impact (in cohesion with the above measures) is adoption of relevant technology.

City administrations are not new to technology and most of them have

already adopted technology in some form or the other. However, these technologies are predominantly inward-focused (easing operations, publishing reports, regulatory obligations etc). Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world demands city administrators to look at technologythrough an entirely different lens that has a strong emphasis on customer expectations. This requires some thought on howtechnologies can be leveraged to deliver a posi-

tive city experience to its citizens/ residents. It is in this regard that the relevance of new-age tech initiatives comes to the fore. The graphic below extends the story further and detailsmy point of view on the technology initiatives that could be embraced. It needs to be noted that these are not a replacement for existing systems but need to be used as a complement to leverage their true potential.

Reliability is established on one simple premise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; having access to the right information at the right time. The mapping of IoT (Internet of Things) as the technology of choice for this service parameter is based on the same principle.

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or example - Mr. A wants to travel from his home to a Convention Centre to speak at a conference being held there. Considering the importance of him being there on time, he wants to know the best way to get there – drive down vs hire an Uber vs take the public transport. Considering that he has travelled extensively on this route, he is concerned based on his past experiences. Most often than not, he has experienced heavy traffic on this route. Recently, he struggled to find parking for his car and had to eventually park far from the conference center and walk back all the way. During another instance, on his way back from the Conference Centre, there were unexpected rains that lashed and his favorite car bore the brunt.

So, his expectations of a reliable travel from home to the conference center is dependent on him receiving the right information about the real-time traffic situation, parking availability in and around the convention center and weather forecast for the day. This can reliably be achieved through deployment of sensors across the city and then feeding the data generated by these sensors into an IoTplatform operated by the city administration.

Further, the IoT platform can draw correlations and run prediction algorithms (needs analytical capability) that will eventually provide contextual information to Mr.A to plan his travel. City administrations also

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need to establish a level of transparency that builds trust and has the citizen appreciate the efforts being put in by their city to make lives easier. Today, every city agency has an IT system(s)that is used to record all the operational activities (meter reading, bill payments, maintenance schedules etc.) that the respective agency is responsible for. In a few cases, such information could be recorded on paper or a rudimentary spreadsheet. However, these records are not available beyond the boundary of the owner city agency and this results in lack of visibility to generate a city-wide operational view – a Common Operating Picture. This is where an initial version of an Open Data Platform needs to established to drive exchange of Government Data between agencies. This needs to be supplemented with reliable recording of cross-domain operational activities on a common ledger that can be trusted and accessed by every party based on their access permissions. This is where Blockchain comes to the fore. Considering the case of Mr. A who travels regularly between his home and the convention center, he wants to know of the work that the city is doing to make his travel easier. So, if city agencies could extend the open data platform to its citizens (sanitized to ensure that sensitive information is not being shared) so that Mr. Acan also gather a true and transparent view of the relevant work being done by his city administrators. Further –

Considering that the city is a huge ecosystem, we do not expect that there will be absolutely no failures during operations. What irks most citizens is that it is a huge challenge to identify where the fault lies and they are left running from pillar to post to identify the root cause and plug it. This is when the call for accountability needs to catch the attention of city administrations.

Blockchain’s common ledger lends beautifully to this requirement. For example –Mr. A has come across a huge pothole on the roads following 2 weeks of cable laying works. As a responsible citizen, he reports this to the city’s single-window operator. This warrants a deeper investigation and thanks to an existing Blockchain ledger, it is observed that the Contractors responsible for cable laying work have captured the proof of their completed maintenance activities where they mention that the Roads Agency has been informed to complete the road repair as per the contractual clauses in the Smart Contract. This helps narrow down the deviation in service to the right agency and fix this accordingly. There is no longer a problem of each agency having a different view of the truth about what might have happened. Combine this with the transparency that was established through the Open Data platform and the reliability of the data coming from the instrumentation across the city, and your citizen is bound to have a happy city experience.

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SMART SOLUTIONS: OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE - By Nimish Gupta

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We are obsessed with the idea that Government or some private or public entity would handle the Traffic management issues smartly. While government and other entities would play their role, the center of the issue is about people or smart people. This article is about how people could contribute and play a more active/ participative role in providing smart solutions.

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e need to think innovatively and people participation is very important.

The Traffic Management issue can be divided in to three parts: • Reducing the vehicle density on the road • Reducing Parking issues – Optimal utilization of existing places Public or Private • Managing the traffic congestion While we have solutions or applications about carpooling or parking ortraffic congestion but we need to look these parts as one umbrella issue – Traffic Management in order to provide holistic solution by people of the people and for the people.

Another important aspect is - Any amount of infrastructure development will fall short and create traffic management issues if migrant populationfactor is not built into the ecosystem.

It is estimated that in some large towns this population (migrant) can be 40% of the population and should therefore be factored in.

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ar Pooling Points We could define car Pooling Points across the city and these carpooling points could also be defined for different destinations People could car pool based on the common interest and we can call POOL Friends or Car Friends or CP Friends (Car Pool Friends). There could be paid car pools also. The app could cull out the interest and other details of the Pooler (one who gives lifts) and Poole(one who takes lifts) from social media using Big data or Hadoop. There could be various formats for car Pooling and app could provide such options.

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he clogging also happens due to parking woes.

With the ever increasing cars on the road the parking is going to be a serious issue. We can only create as much parking lots. It is suggested that the existing parking space can be used once vacated by its owner. Through an App owner can advertise these spaces for specific time duration during the day and parkers can choose depending upon proximity to their requirement. The vehicles could be verified through registration number and owner credentials could also be ratified. There could be a variety of associated services like car cleaning, repair etc. in situ. The commercial and public parking availability lots could also be integrated with this app. These facilities could be for a fee or free depending on the preference of the owner.

ost often than not when stuck in traffic jam we leave the issue to be resolved by some unknown God or completely leave it to traffic personnel who may not be even present on such situations. So do you want to be part of the solution?

Well the app could cater for such situations like• Call a cop – in case of an accident or traffic light malfunctioning • Call a mechanic – there could be car blocking the traffic as it has developed some fault.

• Call a recovery in case your own car needs to be recovered.

• There could also the requirement of host of other emergency services like Medical help, food (if suck for a long time), need a driver as one needs to leave car to find an alternative way to reach destination say “catch a flight” etc.

All these can be done by the people participation and can ease a lot of problems.

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eople who participate in such activities could be given Traffic Points say for carpooling – 1 point / day similarly for car parking, for helping traffic congestion driven by app again and winners could be given Green Stars which could be proudly be displayed by the car owners on their cars or these could be redeemed for some penalty or some other innovative reward scheme. We need to adopt a positive reinforcement approach rather than punitive approach. Let Good be known.

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n short people need to co-own problems created by them for them and be coopted

by Government / private or public bodies, in finding innovative solutions. We can only be called smart by doing things smartly and smart people will do things which will create smart cities.

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PCVUE 11.2

INTEGRATES SMART BUILDINGS & DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES Consolidation Of Building Automation, Energy Management And Industrial Equipment With Enhanced Cybersecurity Features

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PcVue 11.2 has been released, a premier platform for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Building Management Systems (BMS) and HumanMachine Interface (HMI) solutions.

ACnet Testing Laboratories awarded PcVue 11.2 its highest level listing, BACnet Advanced Work Station (B-AWS). It offers full integration to BACnet equipment with enhancements for developer efficiency and ease of use. Advancements in building equipment communications also include native KNX and COMMEND SA ICX driver (for Intercom monitoring and control) along with the established LonWorks and Modbus drivers. New BMS libraries include GEZE objects for door, window and safety technology.

PcVue 11.2 offers the consolidation and integration to support convergence of SMART Buildings, Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Infrastructure, Transportation, and Industrial Automation. The release includes built-in drivers for Energy Management and SMART Grid interoperability including IEC 61850, 61400-25, 60870-5-104 & DNP3.

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ybersecurity is a primary design goal with additional protection of server components including PcVue as a service with clients deployed as desktop applications. There are comprehensive tools for configuration and diagnostics applicable to both local and remote sessions. PcVue is securely delivered with installation signature and binary file signature. It is fully integrated with Microsoft Windows® Active Directory and supports secure HTTP (HTTPS).

PcVue mobility solutions are expanded with HTML5 scalable clients augmenting WebVue and TouchVue, a mobile app for alarm and event notification with trending and browsing of variables that requires no mobile device configuration.

PcVue continues its strategic policy of maintaining backward compatibility while enhancing and expanding features. PcVue technology is proven “future proof” ensuring the sustainability of customers’ investments for more than 30 years.

PcVue 11.2 is qualified for Microsoft Windows® Server 2008-2014 and Microsoft Windows® 7 - 10 operating systems with continued support for virtualization with Hyper-V and VM-Ware.

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RC Informatique, headquartered in Paris, France, is an independent global leader in HMI / SCADA software. Founded in 1981 and certified ISO 9001 and 14000, the company is establishing an international presence through direct technical and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Thousands of licensed copies of its SCADA PcVue are installed all around the world.

PcVue Solutions provides a flexible solution for supervising industrial processes, utilities and infrastructure. It meets industrial standards of reliability, security and performance while maintaining the user-friendliness of an office application. It spans requirements from single-user standalone applications to complex client-server systems with redundancy.

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PUBLIC BICYCLE SHARING IS A

- By Amarjit Singh Bindra

CHANGING THE WORLD ONE CITY AT A TIME Ecological, efficient and fun, bike sharing is quickly spreading around the world.

What is Bike sharing ?

The idea is to provide better last mile connectivity.A person can hire a bicycle & drop it off at another convenient location.

What will be the benefits ?

It will be a first step towards any city to become smart & sustainable.

It will help reduce pollution & save a lot of fuel.

How should we do it in Gurgaon ?

We need at least about 1000 bicycles at all the vantage points like Huda Metro stn, Iffco, MG road, Galleria, Cyber Hub & specially Udhyog Vihar.

MCG or HUDA needs to fund the capital expenditure. We need to have dedicated Cycle stands in office areas & Metro stns.

Social Benefits This will pave a way for a Smart society which will work towards Sustainability.

This will make Citizens involved in taking the City to the next level of engagement.

We can always replicate best practices of Smart cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona & Paris.

Stakeholders which need to work together on this are 1.

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MCG Huda Gurgaon Police Traffic Police

5. NASSCOM 6. Delhi Metro 7. Citizens of Gurgaon.

Similarly it should be done in other Indian cities.Bhopal, Karnal & other few are already working at it.

Commander Who Cares !

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DELTA ELECTRONICS SUBSIDIARY LOYTEC WINS THE LUX AWARDS 2016 WITH INTELLIGENT LIGHTING SYSTEM

LOYTEC CEO, Mr. Hans-Jörg Schweinzer (third from the right), accepts the LUX Award 2016 on behalf of LOYTEC.

LOYTEC’s lighting control system is fully integrated with the systems at Manchester Airport, achieving 89% in energy savings.

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Delta Electronics’ subsidiary LOYTEC Electronics has won the LUX Awards 2016 in the category “Industrial and Transport Lighting Project of the Year” from over 200 nominations with its DALI Lighting System(L-DALI) at Manchester Airport in the UK. he international jury awarded LOYTEC’s Manchester Airport project, which implements a modern DALI lighting system with constant light control, presence detection and monitoring of energy consumption. Combining the replacement of existing luminaires to a full LED solution, with energy reduction of up to 89%, LOYTEC demonstrated what intelligent building management systems can achieve in terms of energy efficiency.

Mr. Mark Ko, vice chairman of Delta Electronics, stated, “In recent years, Delta has spared no effort to promote building energy efficiency and actively develop the global building automation market.

Our milestone projects not only include those in the European and American regions, such as the installations at the Manchester Airport, but also large-scaled integration cases in China, like the Ningbo Hontai Plaza, Zhaoqing Intercity Railway Station, and others. This award confirms the technical strength of Delta’s energy conservation in buildings, and also encourages us to move towards a smarter and more energy-efficient future.”

The project included the installation of DALI occupancy/daylight sensors in all areas, coupled with field intelligent processors that shed lighting loads when areas were unoccupied. By introducing this level of automation further energy reductions are achieved by utilizing natural daylight. LOYTEC’s lighting control solution provides not only a fully dynamic lighting control solution, but also a full system monitoring of energy consumption.

The web-based system is designed with open protocol solutions BACnet and DALI, and

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also incorporates complete flexibility for any future expansion. The results are impressive.

After replacing the existing luminaires with a full LED solution &L-DALI control system, Manchester Airport reduced energy use by up to 89%, the equivalent of 7GWh of electricity a year.

Since 2013, the LOYTEC Competence Center Calon in cooperation with the company Building Environment Controls has integrated a modern DALI lighting system with constant light control and occupancy detection at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2. The lighting control solution in subsequent project stages has been extended to the public areas of the airport terminals T1 and T3. In 2014 following successful trials, the BMS system was linked to Manchester Airport’s CHROMA flight information system, which provides further energy savings with the use of dynamic scheduling. Lighting setpoint levels are now adjusted based on real time flight movements, which further maximize lighting savings.

The LUX Awards is hosted by Lux magazine, which recognizes the best lighting products, projects and companies leading innovation and change. With over 10,000 readers in Europe, Lux magazine, the official publication of the Lighting Industry Association, is authoritative and accessible, keeping the lighting industry up to date and helping lighting users get the best results.

LOYTEC was founded in Austria in 1999.

In April of 2016, LOYTEC became a subsidiary of Delta Electronics, a leading power and thermal management provider. LOYTEC currently ranks among the leading European providers of highly innovative building management and control solutions integrating HVAC control, room automation, lighting control, sunblind control and energy monitoring. Recent large-scale integration cases include the Ningbo Hontai Plaza and Zhaoqing Intercity Railway Station in China, and commercial buildings in Europe such as the ParkLake Shopping Center and OBI Market in Nuremberg, Germany.

From February 23rd to February 25th, the ACREX 2017 opens its doors to a large audience. Delta, as a building automation partner,will demonstrate the highest level of integrated building automation during the event.

The ACREX2017 Floor Plan tells you where to find Delta (Hall 12, Booth l1a) exactly.

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FOSTERING COMPETITIVENESS IN THE

NEW URBAN REVOLUTION Author: Renato de Castro, Research Associate, EU-Asia Global Business Research Center

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This article is a compilation of the paper, with the same name, part of the joint-publication monograph - “Wise Cities. A New Paradigm for Urban Resilience, Sustainability and Well-being” , published on 11th October 2016

by CIDOB - Barcelona Centre for International Affairs and presented in UN-HABITAT III (October 2016). hroughout the history of humankind the whole context of competitiveness in society has been developed as a consequence of a dynamic set of variables. Natural resource management, environmental conditions, industrial policies and economic power have shaped cities and directly influenced modern urban lifestyles.

The 20th century has seen the explosion of megalopolises around the globe. Cities have attracted and concentrated a massive number of people, generating new problems of management and creating huge challenges not

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only for the public sector – in managing limited resources – but also for the private sector by pushing companies to promote continuous adaptation in business to answer the new consumption demands. By 2030 over 70% of the world’s population is likely to be concentrated in cities, having a dramatic impact in our lifestyle. Some countries that are still in the process of urbanisation will face mass migration of their population in the coming years. How to promote inclusive and sustainable competitiveness is one of our greatest challenges.

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SMARTCiTiES The disruption of the fourth industrial revolution

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hese outstanding transformations in our society are happening in parallel to another rising megatrend: the fourth industrial revolution. In the first industrial revolution, water and steam energy were used to re-

place manpower and mechanise production. The second revolution brought the concept of mass production through the use of electricity. The third revolution was evidenced by the use of information technology and elec-

tronic means to automatise the production. The fourth industrial revolution, probably one of the most disruptive, is bringing a new perspective of time and space by combining physical, digital and biological domains.

The emergence of new economies Against this backdrop, our society is evolving at the pace of rapid technological change in a context shaped by high levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, a concept also known as VUCA . This is transforming the economy into a new, unique format with four main dimensions: www.UrbanaWorld.com

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SMARTCiTiES The creative economy

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he creative economy redefines the economic system based on the use of creativity as added value for the local economy. It also suggests that the promotion and full support of a creative class, as proposed by Richard Florida , may be a factor behind the blooming of prosperous hightech clusters such as Silicon Valley

in California, Austin Technology Cluster in Texas and East London Tech City or Silicon Roundabout, the new paradise for world-class Fintech start-ups. The concept became fashionable in 2001, when John Howkins applied it to 15 different industry sectors from the arts to technology. Nowadays the approach of the creative economy

is even wider, including services, cultural goods, toys, games and is one of the main areas for research and development departments. For some researchers, creativity nowadays has the same impact on our lives and in the development of the fourth industrial revolution as steam power and electricity had in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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s a consequence of the creative economy and the rapid evolution of information and communication technologies, society is evolving new collective behaviour.

Another important milestone to understand the phenomena behind the shift in consumption behaviour was the 2008 global crisis. Not only did a real need to save, reuse and divide resources emerge, it also brought about the questioning of a capitalist system based on the values of consumerism and materialism and an economic system driven by consumer spending. Against this background, the concept of the sharing economy is related to solutions based on peer-to-peer interaction.

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“The sharing economy is an emerging economic-technological phenomenon that is fuelled by developments in information and communications technology (ICT), growing consumer awareness,proliferation of collaborative web communities as well as social commerce/ sharing”.

Recently, revolutionary services such as Airbnb and Uber are deeply disrupting our traditional urban services marketplace and bringing a new dimension to the provision and delivery of services. This sharing behaviour that is emerging in our modern society is definitely shaping a new idea of “access over ownership”. This new scheme will affect the whole global production and distribution chain and will promote the rise of new business and innovation models.

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he idea behind the circular economy is to take a new approach to production cycles, creating a conscious and sustainable reuse of the resources. The circular economy is characterised by three main principles:1) The preservation and enhancement of natural capital by managing finite stocks and harmonising renewable resources flow; 2) The optimisation of the resources by circulating products, components and materials; And, 3) the fostering of system effectiveness by minimising systematic leakage and negative externalities. In the circular economy approach there is no waste.

It largely differs from the traditional concept of the linear economy where the cycle flows from raw materials to

transformation to use and finally waste.

The application of this concept requires a deep mindset change not only for consumers, but also for manufacturing as it entails the implementation of a new system of production and a new product design process. The same concept can be applied to cities and public management and services, implying a different relationship between citizens and local government. We can already see the influence of the circular economy in some products: BMW – seating made from recycled fibres in the electric BMW i3; Ford – a hybrid fibre for seating partly using recycled plastic; Jaguar Land Rover – aluminium that is up to 50% recycled for car body parts; Renault – reconditioning old engines to prevent

contamination of the local environment when engines are disposed of in landfill. Denmark hosts many businesses piloting circular economy solutions.

In Copenhagen a local bike company called Baisikerli uses no raw materials to produce “new products”: it only uses old abandoned bikes. They are shipped to east Africa to be repaired and sold on the market, helping to foster the local economy. Waste management is another successful case from Denmark where one third of all urban waste produced in the cities is recycled to produce heat and power generation. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has dedicated a whole website just to promoting and disseminating successful circular economy cases from around the world.

develop this concept even further by having citizens co-create alongside public management, not only suggesting changes or reporting problems, but also by using public open data to develop and deliver new urban services.

Following the same footsteps, cities can also boost public projects through modern tools such as crowdfunding, the collective raising of money to promote ventures or projects from a wide number of ordinary people. Far beyond a mode of subsidising, the idea brings in citizens as active stakeholders by fostering entrepreneurship, with a double return of investment: potential dividends as shareholders and a better quality of life for them and their livelihoods.

With all these new paradigms, the whole concept of urban planning and development needs to be adjusted. Previously, the success of a city development project was a matter of “fighting” for budgets, non-repayable loans or grants from national government or financial support from international organisations. This approach is now almost obsolete. Projects were designed to suit the requirements related to these funds rather than to be economically sustainable or to promote the city’s real competitive advantages. Solutions were ICT-oriented instead of citizen-centred.

Problems are rising due to migration and population concentration, and new wise solutions are being deployed to improve people’s well-being. Hence, citizens should be at the core of the new policies, followed by the economic sustainability of any new initiative implemented at the local level.

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nother important idea the creative economy is seeding in our modern society is the sense of co-creation. This is one of the main features of the millennial generation.4with co-creation already in their DNA, welcoming open and actively external collaboration from employees, suppliers, customers and even competitors. Open data and open application programming interfaces (APIs) are becoming the standard, not only in the private sector, but also in the public spheres. Some cities are now trying to promote sustainable growth by engaging their citizens in a deeper, more responsible and long-term oriented process of co-creation. From the perspective of a Wise City, we can

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SMARTINFRASTRUCTURE SMART AIRPORT PROJECT

MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE AIRPORT - By Libelium World

Santiago de Chile

Worlwide airports have become indoor cities where passengers spend so many time before and after taking their flights. In modern airports can be found hotels, restaurants, luxury shops or leisure centres, but what makes passengers experience truly comfortable is reducing waiting times, enhancing conditions and also improving processes in the terminals. Internet of Things solutions are helping airports to solve some issues that are happening in a similar way in Smart Cities. Ikusi is a technology company specialised in applications to provide greater intelligence and efficiency in infrastructure security, road and rail mobility, airports and cities; with Libelium Waspmote Sensor Platform, the Spanish company has developed a wireless sensor network to ensure quality in management and operation under the concession model in Santiago de Chile airport.

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mart Airports are a mix between Smart Cities and Smart Buildings. For this reason, possibilities to deploy IoT solutions in the terminals are endless: controlling quality of shipment conditions, parking and traffic monitoring, passengers and luggage tracking, controlling environmental conditions (temperature, air, humidity, noise or light) indoor and outdoor, developing applications for users or monitoring structural health.

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or this project, Ikusi has chosen Libelium Waspmote Plug & Sense! Sensor Platform. Alfonso Sardón, product manager of the company, affirms that the devices feature “a great technological quality and the best adequacy of data that we need to measure. We can get information each five minutes from each node”.

The sensor platform, that have been developed in 20 different areas of the terminal, has been Waspmote Plug & Sense! Ambient Control to measure humidity, temperature and luminosity. Due to this deployment, airport managers can know in real-time if the environmental conditions of the whole terminal are the most suitable or not.

Santiago de Chile airport environmental monitoring deployment

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aspmote Plug & Sense! Sensor Platforms communicate with Meshlium Gateway through ZigBee protocol while data is sent to the Cloud via LAN communication. The information is visualized in the platform Spider which is an integration software tool to control and optimize processes in airports.

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Ensuring quality in management and operation “We have made available for the airport managers valuable information to guarantee the comfort level of the facilities and increase passengers satisfaction in their passing through the airport”, has argumented Alfonso Sardón.

Santiago de Chile airport

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he project has been designed to ensure quality in the management and operation of airport infrastructures, where the relationship between the public owner and the private company is supported by a concession business model. The public

owner needs to establish monitoring and audit measures allowing it to make sure that the concessionaire company is carrying out its activity in accordance with the quality parameters agreed. Through the integration of existing data and systems, Spider

platform monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) and compares them with the quality standards specified in the concession contract, such as waiting times, temperatures, baggage arrival times, terminal occupancy, environment conditions,etc.

A recent study published by Technavio, states that the global smart airports market will reach $13 billion by 2019 with an annual growth rate of 6%.

UK with Heathrow airport is a perfect example of applying the latest technology to improve any kind of process. It represents the idea of aerotropolis that integrates airports’ features with metropolis funcionalities.

Spider platform for airports

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS MADHYA PRADESH GOVT APPROVES RS 1,800 CRORE TO 397 SMART CITIES INFRA DEVELOPMENT

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Facing a severe financial crunch in developing smart cities across the state, the Madhya Pradesh government still has approved an investment to the tune of Rs 1,800 crore for providing basic infrastructure in 397 cities under Chief Minister Urban Infrastructure Development Plan (CMUIDP). The funds will be utilised for improving water supply, sewerage networks, developing roads, provision of open and green spaces, community centres and public utilities in urban areas.

nitially, the government had sanctioned Rs 1,107 crore to develop small cities and towns on the lines of Smart City Project envisaged by the Ministry of Urban Development, said officials in the directorate of urban administration & development, Madhya Pradesh. “In the first phase, which aimed at infrastructure development in 288 cities, the government had sanctioned Rs1,428 crore for basic infrastructure works. So far the results have been found satisfactory despite financial crisis but, we hope to fulfil the task,” said a senior officer in the directorate. In the second phase, the government has sanctioned funds for 397 cities and towns and also approved subsidy on investments. Besides, the government will also provide loans through the urban administration department which

could be repaid in two instalments, they said. During the first phase, the government has roped in Housing Development Corporation (HUDCO) for funding at an interest rate of 11%. Now, efforts were underway to get loans from nationalised or private banks. State government would bear 75% cost of the loan with interest, the civic body will have to bear 25% funding with interest for the development.

“Most of the municipal corporations and municipalities had initiated basic development works after the approval of first instalment. However, some of the municipal councils were not included in the first phase.

They will be sanctioned Rs 3 crore each this time for basic development works,” said the officials.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS ​ OMMONWEALTH LAYS DOWN GUIDELINES FOR FIRST C ROUND OF AU$50M SMART-CITY FUNDING Australia’s Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor has released draft guidelines on how the federal government will dish out its AU$50 million Smart Cities and Suburbs Program.

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“We’re really only starting to realise the full potential of technology in our cities.We’re witnessing the rise of autonomous vehicles, the Internet of Things (IoT), the sharing economy, and so on, [we need] to leverage these smart technologies. We know that technology is transforming lives and our economies and cities around the world in a short space of time, we’ve grown use to having technology all around us, in our homes, in our cars, workplaces, and importantly for today, in our cities.”

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Australia’s Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation (He said this while speaking at the Smart Cities Expo in Sydney)

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ccording to the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program — Round 1 guidelines, in launching the first round of funding, the government will be handing out at least AU$10 million of its AU$50 million kitty. Funding recipients will receive a minimum of AU$100,000, capped at AU$1 million, with the grant amount to form up to 50 percent of the total project cost — which is to be matched.

The proposed model will also see only those with an Australian business number eligible for funding, as well as those that have a local, state, or federal government entity forming part of its solution. The government wants to see the program fund “collaborative projects that fast track innovative smart technology solutions”, that target urban challenges. If unchanged after consultation, projects eligible for funding would need to develop, apply, or implement a solution that is new to the local government area, new to a city or defined region, or new to Australia. If it does not, it would need to deploy existing smart technologies in an innovative way.

“There’s enormous potential, I’m convinced, to make our cities work better, to … alleviate the great problems that we face, and to capture the great opportunities in our cities,” Taylor said.

“This program is designed to do exactly that and I’m confident these guidelines will form the foundation for a very successful program.” It is expected the program will support projects that are citizen-centric, link closely with strategic plans for the area, and address local needs. Projects eligible for funding under the program are expected to be the likes of app-based infrastructure wear and tear detection platforms, automatic dispatch of maintenance crews, as well as computer generated programs that support or enhance city services.

As a result of the smart city program, the government believes the targeted cities will become more “liveable” by applying smart technology solutions to urban issues, engaging citizens, and opening access to public data. Although pointing to how other jurisdictions have already embarked on their smart city journeys, Taylor told ZDNet he was not concerned with the speed Australia has jumped in to regulate such a movement. “We’re great innovators in this country and we have no shortage of people that are interested in this space.

There is a lot happening already that doesn’t require government. Most entrepreneurs get on with their work without government; what this is about is accelerating it,” he said. “Engagement from local council and the federal government enables a couple of things: One is that it enables these things to be applied, and that’s incredibly important, the process of commercialising technology is difficult, fraught, but incredibly important. Secondly, so many of these technologies require some role

from government, often regulatory, and it enables us to see, have transparency with what changes we need to make for these technologies to roll out.” The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science will be responsible for administering the program that was officially announced in April.

At the time, Taylor said the goal was to encourage local government to partner with tech experts to make cities and suburbs more liveable, sustainable, and productive. In August, Taylor announced he would be hosting public-private roundtable sessions focused on encouraging local councils to improve its suburbs and cities through the use of technology. “The Smart Cities and Suburbs Program is to support clever technology ideas to fix difficult or long-standing community issues. The most valuable projects will be transformative collaborations between multiple councils and technology industry partners that link closely with future plans for the area,” the minister said previously.

“The Commonwealth expects local governments to bring forward a variety of cutting-edge projects such as collaborative design solutions or pilots of emerging technologies.” Initially announced as an election promise, the government said previously it wanted to see local councils be involved in planning, infrastructure, or service initiatives that demonstrate open data, partnerships, and the use of technology, and make measurable improvements to people’s quality of life. “The collaborative approach we’ve now taken across three levels of government is in our cities policy, which I think is unique. Only really the UK is doing the same as what we’re doing and that I think provides us with an opportunity to lead rather than to follow,” Taylor added on Tuesday.

In September, the federal government launched Hypercat Australia, the local arm of a United Kingdom-developed alliance and standard that enables free communication from any connected IoT sensor or device being used to monitor an environment. Hypercat Australia is being established as an independent, not-for-profit organisation that will be administered by the Knowledge Economy Institute led by Dr Mike Briers, Australia’s first industry professor of IoT at the University of Technology Sydney.

“Hypercat Australia is one such partnership which will allow a platform to facilitate cutting-edge technology solutions to be applied to urban problems,” Taylor said previously. Submissions on the draft program guidelines close on December 13, 2016. “We’re looking forward to getting the views of service providers, councils, NGOs, and others on those guidelines and how we can get maximum bang for our buck with the AU$50 million we’re talking about here,” Taylor said.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS STATE SEEKS 90:10 FUNDING FOR D’SALA SMART CITY PROJECT Himachal has urged the Central Government to enhance the funding pattern for the Rs 2,106 crore Dharamsala Smart City project from the present 50:50 ratio to 90:10 and it had been conveyed by the Union Finance Ministry.

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Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh t is reliably learnt that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has written to the Prime Minister that the fund sharing ratio for the Smart City project should be 90:10.

Himachal has already given its share of Rs 18.60 crore against the first installment of Rs 186 crore received from the Union Urban Development Ministry.

Dharamshala is the lone city from Himachal which has made it to the list of cities chosen to be developed as Smart Cities by the Union Urban Development Ministry. It was on October 28, 2016

that Himachal Government had received a letter from Union Finance Ministry where it was conveyed that the funding to be received under both Smart City and Amrut projects would be on a 90:10 fund sharing. However, now Union Urban Development Ministry has categorically said that the fund sharing pattern between the Centre and State would be 50:50. As such Himachal will have to bear 50 per cent of the Rs 1,000 crore out of the total Rs 2,106 crore project. The remaining Rs 750 crore will be raised under public-private partnership (PPP) mode and Rs 256 crore would come under convergence from various Central schemes.

“Following this confusion based on the communication from the two Central ministries of Finance and Urban Development, the issue has been taken up afresh with the Chief Minister writing to the Centre,” - said a senior official on condition of anonymity.

Prior to the Chief Minister writing on the issue, the State Finance and Urban development departments had tried to convince the Union Urban Development Ministry about 90:10 fund sharing.

The selection of Dharamsala as a Smart City was embroiled in controversy as Shimla Municipal Corporation had moved High Court accusing the Himachal Government of fudging facts to get the project for Dharamsala. The town happens to be the Assembly constituency of Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Sudhir Sharma.The state government has constituted a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the implementation of the Smart City projects.The task of having LED street lighting has been undertaken and tenders for having underground dustbins too have been given.

Several other projects for creating civic facilities like ample parking, 24X7 water and electricity supply, toilets and walking trails along the roads within the town form part of the smart city project.

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TAMPERE, FINLAND TO INVEST UP TO 10 BILLION EURO IN SMART CITY BY 2030 In a new announcement out of Finland, the country’s second-biggest city region, Tampere, has said it is launching a new period of heavy IoT development and investment, to the tune of 6 to 10 billion Euros by 2030, with the goal of establishing a fully-integrated and internationally attractive Smart City.

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he announcement goes on to say that this process is also designed to increase quality of life for citizens and give the companies taking part in the new development ecosystem an advantage when building better products for international markets.

Tampere has several projects in motion to target innovation, new business models and enhancing communities.

They include better digital solutions for companies, city organizations and daily lives of the citizens. Meanwhile the city is supporting open data for anyone to use, including traffic data, location data, tourism information, city budget and procurement information. The city plans to act as a testing ground and partnership broker for companies while using procurement to enable new solutions through city planning. At the same time, the release said it will develop more community driven, experimental and sustainable strategies using Smart City tech.

“All this will make Tampere even more attractive to international companies than it is now,” said Teppo Rantanen, Executive Director of economic policy, competitiveness and innovation, City of Tampere. “Tampere has a strong history in cooperation between different organizations and companies and now we have a dynamic process that enhances active cooperation even more.”

Some examples of future Tampere city development are on display at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week. They include: Central Deck and Arena is an urban scale development on top of existing railway tracks in the heart of the city.

The space will hold a multi-purpose arena with capacity of 11,000 people,

office blocks topped by residential towers, a hotel and a casino. Construction starts in spring 2017. Hiedanranta is an old pulp factory area that is being built into what the Finnish media called “Dubai of Finland.” The area will offer housing for up to 25,000 residents and jobs for between 12,000 and 14,000 people. Zoning will begin 2017. As a new form of public transportation in Tampere, a light rail will offer a testing ground for smart mobility solutions, smart building and smart infrastructure solutions. The planners are one final decision away from starting the constructions by the end of 2016.

“Our plan is to open the big challenges of the city and develop innovative solutions to them together with companies,” said Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Mayor, City of Tampere

SMART SMART CiTY NEWS BOND HURDLE FOR BMC TO DEVELOP SMART CITY BHUBANESWAR: The civic authority of the State Capital, which has been rated the top Smart City in the country and enlisted among top 10 in the world, faces a major hurdle of investment for infrastructure. Saddled with its limited sources of revenue, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will not be able to mobilise public money through municipal bonds for the fund to develop the Smart City for at least five more years.

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urrently, BMC earns around Rs 42 crore revenue through holding tax, advertisement tax and trade licenses. While the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has qualified Bhubaneswar (among 60 out of 100 smart cities in the first phase) to raise Municipal Bonds, the proposal cannot be feasible till the earnings of BMC cross Rs 250 crore mark.

The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) had engaged Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) to evaluate BMC’s performance. While the Centre has set a benchmark rating of ‘BBB’ for a Smart City special purpose vehicle (SPV) to be eligible to raise bonds, the scores of BMC were not satisfactory, sources said.” Who will be interested in purchasing municipal bonds of a ULB which manages its daily work with much difficulty due to restricted earnings. With the current pace at which the Housing and Urban Development Department is working on an implementation of tax reforms, it will take another five years to make the BMC eligible for Municipal Bonds,” a senior BMC functionary said

requesting anonymity.

Contacted, BSCL CEO Vineel Krishna said the company is focusing on optimum utilisation of the Central grants of Rs 500 crore and an equal share of the State Government towards Smart City project. This apart, a majority of the funds will be generated from public-private partnerships, he said.

As per the proposal of the Ministry, investment from these bonds would complement infrastructure projects which will be executed by Smart City SPVs of the respective cities. The Centre expects 25 to 30 cities to get good credit rating with ‘BBB’ as the general cut-off.

As many as 85 cities are expected to get credit rating by March next year.

The funds generated through the bonds will be invested in projects like development of smart roads, water supply and power supply. Institutional investors, as well as the public, can buy these bonds. Revenue from the projects will be used to pay the interest and principal on these bonds.

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UK-BASED FIRM TO INVEST RS 5000 CRORE IN 3 YEARS TO AID WIRELESS BACKBONE FOR KOCHI SMART CITY UK-based Company Kloudpad is set to invest Rs 5,000 crore in three years to set up an electronics hub in Kochi, which will manufacture products for intelligent integrated transport and offer the wireless backbone for the ambitious Smart City project in Kochi.

I met the chief minister in Sept and then the chief secretary last week to discuss on about UKbased companies who are willing to offer innovative solutions for the Smart City project in terms of intelligent transport, infrastructure and sanitation. Kloudpad is one among the 21 key companies willing to offer support for the Smart City project, he said. The UK based firms will associate with the SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) board of Kerala Metro Rail Project and have held discussions with the officials on offering their expertise for the project, he said.

Mr. Bharat Joshi British Deputy High Commissioner, he told TOI

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“When Kerala has envisioned the largest automated urban transport system integrated with a mix of water ways, ecotrain and road ways as part of the Smart City project in Kochi, it requires intelligent customised system and we are at it. We plan to offer the wireless backbone for the Smart City project and plan to set up an electronic hub for manufacturing wireless assembly boards with unique high range low power Micro-controller chips with radio transmission. Initially, we plan to invest Rs 500 crore and that will be scaled up to Rs 5000 crore in about three years for the electronics wireless assembly in about 5000 sq.ft area at Kochi to assist the Smart city project,” Mr. Aromal Jayaraj Shikky Kloudpad, Managing Director, he told TOI

UK based government agency ‘Innovate UK’s Innovation Lead for Urban Living Neeraj Saraf told TOI that they have held discussions with Kerala industry officials on offering their partnership to accelerate the innovation activity and in enabling the challenge of urban living in developing cities through project such as Smart City.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS PANASONIC TIES WITH UK STREETLAMP DESIGNERS FOR SMART CITIES

Schréder is a multi-national, with a Brussels HQ and a design centre in the UK. According to a company spokesman, the UK design centre was responsible for Shuffle (pictured), an interactive street column, launched in 2015, that combines lighting with connected services including cameras, speakers, wireless internet and device chargers.

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chréder ShuffleThe new partnership agreement means that Schréder will be integrating Panasonic sensors, cameras and software applications into its luminaires. And the companies will share expertise and knowledge to turn existing lighting infrastructure into “an integrated smart city platform”, said Schréder.

“Smart Cities are looking for infrastructure that will support the move towards a more sustainable model of urban society while meeting environmental targets and improving the quality of life for their residents,” said Nicolas Keutgen, chief innovation officer at Schréder. “This partnership brings two international technology brands together to deliver connected lighting systems that will enable towns and cities to not only save energy, but to provide a secure environment with a range of services that will make life better for their citizens.”

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SMART CITY TEAM VISITS PORT high-level team on smart city project comprising John Bachmann, Ryan Bouma, Raj Shelat of USA and Vivek Nanda of UK visited Visakhapatnam Port Trust on Monday. VPT Deputy Chairman P.L. Haranadh explained to the team the importance of Visakhapatnam port due to availability of infrastructural facilities and efforts being made to make it a world-class port. The team was very much keen and interested on the road connectivity, cruise terminal, Sagarmala issue. It was also given a presentation on

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the issues studied by them for the development of Visakhapatnam as a smart city. The team members said their main task was to find out business opportunities for US companies in Visakhapatnam and evacuation of cargo and the efficiency parameters followed by the port in the city. They also made an attempt to study the feasibility on waste management, rain water harvesting and efficient drainage system. Mr. Haranadh informed that once the Raipur-Titlagarh railway line was doubled and electrification completed the constraints would be eased.

The team members expressed their interest on investment by US companies in the near future.

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PARSONS GROUP PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SMART CITIES

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arsons announced that Michael Johnson, Parsons Group president, will speak at the Bloomberg Next summit on Monday, November 14, 2016, at Bloomberg’s office in Washington, D.C. Johnson will speak about the United States’ emerging needs and priorities in infrastructure — the areas of focus for the next Congress and Administration on this important issue — and industry’s role in continuing to advance American infrastructure.

Johnson will provide industry perspectives on the afternoon panel: “Smart. Safe. Sustainable.

The Future of Infrastructure.” Other panelists include Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, and U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Dowd.

“Parsons has been developing the world’s infrastructure for more than 70 years,” said Johnson.

At Parsons, we are taking our knowledge of infrastructure to the next level by leading on the implementation of Smart Cities. From merging the Internet of Things with mobility on demand and understanding how to use big data analytics, dramatic change is coming—for the better—on everything from smart parking and active traffic management to garbage cans on street corners that relay information on when they are full and need servicing. I appreciate the opportunity to participate in Bloomberg Next and to share my ideas on how implementation of new connective technologies can help improve infrastructure.”

Johnson has tremendous experience in the infrastructure industry. He currently serves as the president of Parsons’ Infrastructure business unit, providing full-service engineering, management, and technical services in the North American transportation, infrastructure, oil and gas, water, and wastewater markets. He has more than 25 years of experience with Parsons and has held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities in each of the corporation’s market lines.

Bloomberg Next is a week of briefings and events produced by Bloomberg’s global family of editorial channels, professional services, and executive networks to inform, inspire, and be a catalyst for innovation around their core topic areas: government, technology, sustainability, law, and work.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS NOKIA, UAE TEAM TO INTEGRATE DRONES INTO SMART CITIES A traffic management system for network-connected drones may soon become a reality, with another new collaboration between major players aimed at integrating drones into smart cities. Nokia just teamed up with the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to design a full ecosystem for network-connected drones in Dubai, part of which includes a traffic management system.

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he collaboration, which is part of the GCAA’s initiative to transform Dubai into a world-leading smart city within the next year, aims to both develop the system for managing connected devices in the sky and build the infrastructure for future testing of drone capabilities and use cases, according to Nokia.

“The UAE is committed to making Dubai the smartest city in the world, and UAVs are expected to play a critical role in this process by supporting a wide variety of smart city services,” Bernard Najm, head of the Middle East market unit at Nokia, said in a statement. “This collaboration, the first of its kind in the world, gives us a unique and extensive test bed where we can trial and refine our UAV Traffic Management system, and shape the future of UAV management overall.”

The idea of the traffic management system is to not only manage the integration of large numbers of drones safely with their surroundings in city areas, but also design how they operate in relation to humans, other manned aircraft and various other connected devices within the Internet of Things. Nokia plans to focus on a few areas to accomplish this infrastructure-level integration, including the automation of flight permissions, beyond-line-of-site operation and controlling no-fly zones. Nokia isn’t the only player working toward a UAV traffic management system, however.

AT&T and NASA also recently signed an agreement to develop a traffic management system for UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and the general goals and objectives appear to be similar, although the specific approaches may vary. The areas of focus for AT&T and NASA include flight planning, navigation, surveillance and safe tracking, as well as researching the cybersecurity aspects of network-connected drones. AT&T and NASA are not working directly with the FAA in the U.S., which currently restricts certain aspects of drone operation necessary for network-connected and autonomous drone flight, such piloting an aerial vehicle beyondline-of-sight. However, the organizations have been involved in ongoing research, testing, and exploration with the FAA to further develop drone regulations in the U.S. The dynamic in Dubai appears to be different, given that Nokia is working directly with the regulatory agency and the GCAA is actively pursuing the development and implementation of these types of drone systems.

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SAIGON’S ‘SMART CITY’ DREAM STARTS WITH SMART TRANSPORT Ho Chi Minh City is one step ahead of the country in terms of developing smart transport projects aimed at facilitating a smoother on-road experience for residents. Pointing at his smartphone, the head of the public transport authority of Ho Chi Minh City said bus users could now look up information on any route at the touch of their finger using the BusMap application.

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usMap is a mobile application that offers users comprehensive information on buses in Ho Chi Minh City, from routes, stops and stations, real-time tracking, to a navigation system that helps users choose which bus to take to get from one location to another.

The application also allows bus passengers to report unsatisfactory experiences, which can be submitted directly to the public transport operation center for review. Developed by a local undergraduate student using data provided by the city’s Department of Transport, BusMap now boasts around 26,000 daily users after just over a year since it was launched in 2015. The application is available on all three common operating systems: Android, iOS and Windows Phone. BusMap is one of many smart transport projects under way in Ho Chi Minh City, part of an ambitious plan to turn the southern metropolis into a smart city. According to Le Minh Triet, acting head of the Management Center of the Saigon River Tunnel, which is also in charge of monitoring the city’s entire traffic network, 53 LED message display boards have been installed across the city, with 100 more set for future installation. The digital boards inform commuters of traffic congestion and accidents on the roads while also suggesting alternative routes to redirect traffic away from the affected streets. Information provided by the boards is updated in real time using footage from a network of over 300 close-circuit traffic cameras installed across the city, Triet said.

The city is also developing a smart ‘traffic information system,’ set to be launched in 2017, that will allow residents to track the level of congestion and flooding on each of the city’s roads via their smartphones. In the future, the system will be connected to traffic cameras, allowing users to view live footage of city streets, Triet said. In addition, the city is planning to invest VND250 billion (US$11 million) in installing smart traffic lights at over 300 busy intersections between 2016 and 2017, which will be controlled remotely by a central traffic control center.

In the second phase of the project, which will be completed after 2020, the control center will be able to monitor all traffic activities in the city, according to officials at the municipal Department of Transport. Ho Chi Minh City is also looking to modernize its bus fleet by requiring over 2,700 of its buses to have security cameras installed in 2017, with electronic tickets to be introduced early the same year.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS INFRASTRUCTURE: FROM RS 100 SMART CITIES TO REAL ESTATE SECTOR, DEMONETISATION SET TO BITE HARD

nuclear pact with Japan is very significant in that it is the first that Japan has signed with a country that is not party to NPT.

Japan-India sign a landmark nuclear deal

The landmark deal, signed after six years of negotiations, will make it possible for India to commission nuclear reactors by global entities. It will also give a boost to India’s efforts for gaining membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group. April-Oct 2016 ~ 3591 kms of highways have been constructed which gives a rate of 17.1 kms/day. In same period project awards = 4433 kms.

Road project awards slow down

Roads and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari admitted to delays in awards of road contracts while pointing out that highway construction pace has increased. The government is unlikely to meet its declared target of awarding 25,000 km of projects in this financial year.

Fastest new PSU. Nat Highway & Infra Devpt Corpn (founded in July 2014 under MoRTH) has R1 lac cr worth of road projects under devlpmnt.

Speeding up road projects

NHIDCL is executing 134 highway projects totalling a length of 8,000 km, mainly in the north-eastern states, where it routinely grapples with law and order and land acquisition issues. Its mandate is not to compete with the private sector, but to expedite pace of construction. Public policy conundrum.

Delhi Metro needs to raise fares by 66% for sustainability. But urban transpt is an Aam Admi public good. So..?

Metro fare hike: A balancing act Coming to terms with Realty

Combination of the Real Estate Regulatory Act and Demonetisation has radically altered the business model of the Real Estate sector.

Hitting the reset button on real estate sector

The government’s demonetisation move combined with the Real Estate Regulatory Act is expected to make real estate sector operations more transparent and sustainable in the long run. The impact will be felt not just in metro cities but also in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, and the 100 Smart Cities that are now attracting organised players. Toll plaza operations will be affected in the here & now by demonetisation; but in the medium term will hasten moves towards e-tolling.

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Cashless tolling to get a boost

Toll plazas on national highways have suspended fee collection till November 24 midnight, as people continue to grapple with poor cash flows. The transition to e-tolling is expected to get a boost. Key macro question on Demonetisation—World average of ‘cash to GDP ratio’ is about 4%. India is at 12%. What will be the trajectory now?

Cash to GDP: Time for recalibration?

India’s cash-to-GDP ratio is four times that of Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. According to experts, the demonetisation move will force many businesses to come out of the shadows and show up in GDP numbers for the first time. India’s

The fare fixation committee has recommended that the Delhi Metro fares be increased from R8 to R10 and maximum fare be raised to R50 from the current R30. The recommendations were made to balance affordability for commuters and DMRC’s sustainability.

Nat GreenTribunal directs that helicopters be used to sprinkle water in Delhi-NCR region when pollution hugely exceeds prescribed limits.

Dust refuses to settle on pollution issue

The NGT has rapped the Delhi government for using hose pipes to sprinkle water instead of helicopters to bring down pollution levels. It also admonished Haryana and Punjab governments for not taking adequate steps to stop agriculture stubble burning and construction dust.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SMART CITIES The objective of creating a smart city through proper planning of utilities and infrastructure can’t be achieved unless a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is established, says Saleem Bin Abdullah Al Hashmi, Director of Geospatial Information, National Survey Authority, Ministry of Defence, Oman.

Which are your major national projects and what is the progress so far?

Could you elaborate on the mission of the National Survey Authority?

What is your involvement in defence-related projects?

The National Survey Authority’s (NSD) mission is to establish and enforce standards for topographic surveys and to manage and maintain the national archive of geographic materials; and further, to revise and provide maps, air charts and other geographic information for the Sultanates Ministries to enable them to carry out their function of government, and other users within the Sultanate.

The Directorate of Geospatial Information (DGI) is responsible for ― ensuring agreed priorities and standards are achieved; maintaining and updating the national mapping programs and the national geospatial database infrastructure; producing maps and digital geospatial products to meet the diverse needs of government and private sector customers; maintaining the national geodetic datum, national geoid model, and national CORS network.

Oman SDI will enable data sharing and exchange via a robust, secure, scalable and state-of-the-art environment between different registered parties Oman SDI will enable data sharing and exchange via a robust, secure, scalable and state-of-the-art environment between different registered parties.

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The Oman National Geodetic Datum 2014 (ONGD14) was established in 2014 with the objective of enhancing national geodetic control was to create a homogenous horizontal survey control for the country.

Year 2016 has been important for us — from January onwards, Esri-based vector data and printed maps are available for use and purchase within the Sultanate; this topographic mapping is at 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scale. We have also published the Oman Road Atlas 2016; it represents an official and comprehensive guide to the Sultanate. Our Oman Geospatial Manual (OGM) presents policy and guidelines for surveying and the creation of geospatial data, as well as defining the national standards and specification for surveying and geospatial data creation. The Oman National Geoid Model (ONGM) — enables to establish a modern height system, so that the ellipsoidal heights measured from GNSS can be converted into orthometric heights through a geoid model, which is a close representation of earth’s surface.

We are also working on Oman National CORS Network (ONCN); it is the network of continuous operating reference stations (CORS) that continuously records GPS signals and provide organizations, within the country, real time as well as post-processing positioning capabilities using single GPS receivers (Rover). Both projects are in the last stage of execution process.

What is the status of Oman SDI and how will it benefit the country?

Oman SDI is being governed by the Directorate General of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in strategic partnership with NSA. As of now, the logical and conceptual data model has been finalized, metadata profile is approved, and data ownership report has been published and agreed by all the stakeholders. Once established, Oman SDI will enable data sharing and exchange via a robust, secure, scalable and state-of-the-art environment between different registered parties.

Also the users in government entities can access, download and upload the spatial data via developed and published GeoPlatform.

Smart city is a buzz word these days. What initiatives have been taken in Oman in this field?

It is still a new concept in Oman. The need of smart city is being discussed on various national and international platforms and in various forums and exhibitions. It has been identified that the objective of creating a smart city through proper planning of utilities and infrastructure can’t be achieved unless a Spatial Data

Infrastructure (SDI) is established. NSA is fully committed to offering its expertise and service in creation of the nation SDI. It has worked out a strategic partnership with the custodian of Oman SDI and playing a pivotal role in its periodic evaluation.

What priority areas do you think need attention first for building smart cities? And what is the role of land administration in this?

Smart city concept requires an operational SDI which is directly linked to the availability of geospatial data. There should be a common basemap for data creation; all data created must use same standard and specification, otherwise we may end up producing redundant and spaghetti data.In the present scenario, a non-spatial oracle database is used by the Land Registry Secretariat and Land Department. The survey department uses a spatial SQL server database to produce the title site plan for the newly planned areas. The integration of these two databases is in Esri environment, so as to encourage an effective land administration in Oman.

What role do you foresee for geospatial and ICT tools in achieving faster and more efficient results for building smart cities?

Location is a common language of smart cities and hence a location platform i.e. a GIS-based technology platform has to form its backbone from the very beginning including for ICT planning and deployment. A centralized information system based on GIS provides an IT framework which integrates every aspect of a smart city — starting from conceptualization, planning and development to maintenance. Smart planning, transparency in governance, smart energy, smart infrastructure, smart buildings, smart devices disposal and smart web based applications and e-services are some of the key components of any smart city.

What are your views about open data? Is your data open for other government departments and public to use freely?

NSA has reviewed some of the open data available on Internet like the Global Map Data and the OpenStreetData. These data are available at very small scale and can only help in understanding a rough topography of a country. We have created our own data which is available to all educational and research institutes, ministries and government organizations as well to the public companies. However, it is not hosted online for everyone to download and use. We have sought active participation in international programs such as Global Map Data and we also supply national level data as required.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS SANTHANA KRISHNAN JOINS INTERNET OF THINGS SMART CITY COMPANY AS PRESIDENT CIMCON Lighting, Inc., a provider of software powered LED controllers and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled Smart City lighting management solution, announced the appointment of Santhana Krishnan as President effective immediately. Krishnan will be responsible for the company’s sales and marketing, including managed IoT services, Lightingas-a-Service and expanding its Smart City solution portfolio.

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GERMANY OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIA FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL, SMART CITIES

“Today, cities spend unto 40% of energy costs on street lighting.

With CIMCON’s IoT enabled Smart City lighting management application cities can reduce up to 30% of energy costs and up to 70% of maintenance costs,” said Krishnan, who brings with him over 20 years’ experience in IT infrastructure management software, managed services and Software-as-a-Service, most recently at CA Technologies where he managed strategy, business development and M&A for a $300 million business unit. ith urbanization in developing economies 60 percent of the worlds population – about 4.7 billion people – will live in cities by 2025, according to market reports.

Through “smart city” initiatives, cities are adopting IoT applications to improve services, conserve energy and water, relieve traffic congestion and improve quality of life. McKinsey Global Institute estimates impact of the IoT in cities could be $930 billion to $1.7 trillion globally in 2025.

The estimates are based on value of improved health and safety, the value of time saved through IoT applications, and more efficient use of resources. reviously, Krishnan was Founder and CEO of InteQ, a pioneer in managed services which remotely managed mission-critical IT infrastructure for xSPs and enterprise organizations located in over 90 countries. Prior to InteQ, he worked at HP and IBM.

“Rapid urbanization is forcing cities to consider IoT and Smart City technologies, and CIMCON is well positioned to be the foundation for connected cities,” said Anil Agrawal, Founder and CEO of CIMCON Lighting. “We are delighted to have Santhana join the CIMCON team. His experience coupled with industry insight and vision will be a tremendous asset in accelerating the company’s growth by further developing and commercializing compelling smart city applications.

“I am very happy to be joining CIMCON at such an exciting time for the company as it continues to expand its global presence,” said Krishnan. “There is a tremendous opportunity to deliver IoT enabled applications that empower cities and utility providers to capitalize on the Smart City movement.”

There are over 315 million street lights worldwide and 42% of the street lights will be networked to make them “smart” over the course of the next decade, according to a new study published by Northeast Group, LLC.

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CIMCON Lighting provides Internet of Things (IoT) enabled solutions that help cities run smarter while reducing costs. The company uses LED lighting to create a wireless sensor network and platform allowing cities to implement a variety of Smart City applications to manage outdoor lighting, meter electric vehicle chargers, monitor air quality, improve public safety and security, optimize parking, traffic and waste management to improve the quality of life for city residents.

CIMCON’s software powered street light controllers and lighting management solution have been implemented in over 50 cities in 16 countries.

Germany wants to support India in developing highspeed railway, smart cities and renewable energy, a senior official said.

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ermany’s economy and exports are on a good path. We need to strengthen our business abroad, said Uwe Backmeyer, Germany’s Parliamentary state secretary unveiling a new strategy paper detailing a fresh stimulus for tenders for major international projects. However, the extent and form of support will depend on the project, the minister said and added that development of port facilities is also an area of interest for the European country. There are almost 1,700 German companies present in India.

“THE TERMS OF PROJECT FINANCING WILL DEPEND ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECT,” HE ADDED. On ease of doing business in India, Backmeyer mentioned red tape, multiple taxes and lack of coordination between centre and states as hurdles in doing so.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS BBSR SMART CITY LTD INKS MOU WITH UNFPA ON NEW URBAN AGENDA The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited signed an MoU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to take forward in Odisha the ‘New Urban Agenda’ adopted a month ago by the UN member states at Quito, Ecuador.

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he Quito Declaration stresses upon re-addressing the way cities and human settlements are planned, designed, financed, developed, governed and managed, in order to reduce inequalities; promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth; and achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, said a press release. At a special function organised for signing the MoU, Odisha’s Tourism and Culture minister Ashok Chandra Panda said having won the coveted Smart City Challenge, Bhubaneswar now needs to live up to the expectations of the people.

When Bhubaneswar was formed in 1948, it covered a mere 26 sq km with a population of 40,000. Today, the city spans over 135 sq km and has more than a million people.More than two-third of this population rise has been due to migration from the hinterlands, which has also given rise to slums. As per the estimates of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, 35 per cent of the city’s population lives in over 300 slums.

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“In order to be future-compliant, every city needs to place its people at the centre of development.” Speaking on the concept of a ‘socially smart city’, Diego Palacios, UNFPA Country Representative-India and Bhutan, said.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation-UNFPA collaboration envisions a smart city with special focus on the n eeds of young people, girls and women, it said. To promote safety and security of girls and women, specially in urban slums, safety audits and community engagement programmes are on the anvil, the release said.UNFPA’s expertise in analysing population data will help plan and deliver services that are equitable and sustainable.

A range of innovative interventions will help look beyond a brick and mortar blueprint to factor in people-centric interventions and to name a few, are The Citizen Connect programme, Support My City volunteer programme and Neighbourhood Watch programme, it said.

The BMC-UNFPA collaboration will help pool expertise to assess and address the present and future requirements of vulnerable groups, such as the urban poor, women, specially adolescent girls, youth, migrants and older people, Palacios said.

Young people have enormous potential to shape social development processes and contribute to change in norms and values. The Smart City initiative in Bhubaneswar is a unique opportunity to empower and engage young people as active partners in achieving the Smart City goals,” Mr. Palacios said.

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To tap the demographic dividend, a youth-centric and youth -led integrated social intervention will be implemented in educational institutions of Bhubaneswar, with several earmarked for the slums of Bhubaneswar Town Centre District Area.The MoU also looks at addressing issues and needs of women and adolescent girls, including safety, gender-based violence and barriers to access health services, the release said.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS HUAWEI OGLES EMERGING IOT MARKETS INCLUDING CONNECTIVITY AND SMART CITIES The American people elected Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. Apart from the serious implications that decision will carry for the next four years, Chinese companies such as Huawei will have a much tougher time trying to grow their business in the United States.

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t is no secret that the two big Chinese networking giants, Huawei and ZTE, have been effectively banned from any infrastructure and wireless business in the U.S. since 2012 when a U.S. Congressional report accused them of spying for the Chinese government.However, Huawei and ZTE have been gaining market share recently in consumer electronics, such as smartphones and routers, and some home IoT home appliances.Huawei has been diversifying its product portfolio for several years, trying to get back into the American market through their consumer division. At the same time, it wants to enter the smart cities market with sensors, communications technology, and analytics. The company, however, has been concentrating efforts in emerging markets, where the lack of modern wired-communications infrastructure makes these markets more willing to jump directly into wireless technologies to solve connectivity problems. Huawei hopes to serve the needs of their growing populations and leverage the latest technology for their smart grids, advanced communications, and

smart city initiatives. Huawei has been developing a comprehensive IoT Smart City portfolio, Chou says, working in different projects, mostly in emerging markets.

Huawei is a major contributor to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) standards organization.

Narrowband, and 4.5G communications constitute the basis for the deployment of smart city solutions that can communicate without the need for expensive fixed line deployments. That is something, Chou argues, that is highly attractive to cities in the developing world, where communications infrastructure is much less developed. The same way that entire countries, especially in Africa, made the jump to 3G and 4G wireless networks before deploying fixed-line communications for their citizens, the new IoT cellular and narrowband connections are enabling cities to control different services wirelessly. Chou gave the example of Huawei’s Connected City Lighting Solution, which connects street lamps to the IoT and adopts a GIS-based management system, enabling cities to enhance the control and performance of every street lamp.

“Traditional street lamps are controlled collectively at a central point, and cannot be controlled individually.

A system failure in this scenario could result in massive energy wastage, such as street lamps being turned on during bright sunlight,” Chou said.

“Huawei Connected City Lighting Solution addresses this challenge by providing multi-level smart controls, which comprise network smart controls on the first level and local smart controls on a secondary level.”

He also mentioned that their street lampposts can be used to install several sensors, act as WiFi and Narrowband hubs, used for traffic and parking monitoring, etc. According to the company, this solution can result in savings of nearly 90% in operational costs.

Shanghai is the first city to install the lamps all over the municipality.

When asked about Huawei’s challenges in the U.S. market, the New Jersey-based Chou acknowledged that the wireless infrastructure market is still very difficult for them, but in the meantime they are collaborating with other players in 5G technologies, and consumers are recognizing the Huawei brand in smartphones and other devices. He insisted that the company is focusing its IoT efforts first in its home market, China, and then in developing markets in Asia and Africa.

NOKIA PARTNERS HP ENTERPRISE TO MAKE ENTERPRISE IOT, SMART CITY SOLUTIONS

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innish telecom gear maker Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) are collaborating on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for enterprise customers. Under the partnership, the companies will jointly market and sell solutions for two IoT vertical enterprise segments, including industrial/manufacturing and smart city applications. These companies will provide industrial/manufacturing customers with solutions for asset management, smart manufacturing, remote site automation and predictive maintenance, and enhanced networking choices for improved connectivity for smart city solutions, such as smart lighting and smart buildings. According to research firm Markets and Markets, the IoT market for smart cities and manufacturing will reach USD 161 billion

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by 2020. The markets will grow as manufacturing companies use IoT to improve productivity in the production process and the supply chain, and as cities with growing populations use IoT to improve operational efficiency, maintain and protect their infrastructure, and operate in a sustainable manner. The joint offerings combine connectivity, core networking, data aggregation and compute technologies from Nokia and HPE. The companies are currently working on a proof-of-concept for smart cities, combining Nokia’s routing capabilities with HPE’s Hybrid IT capabilities for joint project delivery models. The IoT partnership extends the existing collaboration between the two organizations, which to date includes end-to-end deals with 25 enterprise and service provider customers, and more than 30 proof-of-concepts.

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“We are pleased to extend our partnership with HPE into the IoT space. HPE’s market presence offers Nokia expedited and increased access to the enterprise market and target verticals along with a complimentary portfolio of products and services,” Kathrin Buvac, chief strategy officer at Nokia, said.

Antonio Neri, executive vice president, Head of Enterprise Group at HPE, said that the addition of Nokia to the HPE IoT partner ecosystem will bring broader choice and market-leading technologies to our joint customers.

HPE has joined Nokia’s IoT Community, an ecosystem of innovative companies collaborating on solution concepts, end-to-end prototypes, business models and market trials that will unleash the full potential of IoT. Nokia is joining part of HPE’s IoT initiative within HPE’s industry leading Partner Ready program. The joint solutions will be ready to market from early 2017 onwards.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY SIGNS A MOU WITH AUSTRALIAN CONSORTIUM FOR SMART CITIES The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Queensland, Australia Smart City Consortium (ASCC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help India build smart cities.

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“India’s mission of smart city is about sustainability,” added Soma Banerjee, Principal (Energy and Infrastructure) CII, adding that the motive of CII is to build the nation and smart city is one such step. This comes after Australian companies can help solve cyber Security challenges in the country with home-grown technologies and solutions, a senior official said.

he ASCC is a group of companies that will work on the government’s ‘smart city mission’ that aims to cover 100 cities in the next five years.

“It is a huge challenge as India faces huge urban explosion,” Chris Elstoft, Australian Deputy High Commissioner to India, told reporters here. John Madew, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) visited India with a six-member delegation from November 21-24 to expand linkages between technology and innovation and the Indian IT sector. This mission is an excellent opportunity for Indian IT companies to learn more about Australia’s advanced capabilities in“This mission is an excellent opportunity for Indian IT companies to learn more about Australia’s advanced capabilities in cybersecurity and how they can integrate novel Australian cybersecurity solutions into their supply chain and offer them for their global clients,” Madew told reporters here.

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LNDIVIDUA! CAPACITY BUILD ING- EMPANETMENT OF TRAINING ENTITIES ln order to strengthen capacities of Urban Local Bodies, States and other stakeholders for efficiently rolling out Urban Flagship Missions (AMRUT, Smart Cities, HRlDAy, SBM etc.), the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has empanelled Training Entities to execute the capacity building program.

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panelled Training Entities and the objectivities of the training will be independently sessed by National lnstitute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), which is a strategic partner of the MoUD in Capacity Building. The NIUA will be involved in disseminating of each training capsule.

• Earlier, the MoUD had shortlisted a panel of 9 Training Entities for rolling out individual capacity building for ULB functionaries vide this office’s OM of even number dated 2nd November 2015 and another panel of 14 Training Entities vide this office,s OM of even number dated 17th March 2016. ln continuation of the above, MoUD has shortlisted 04 additional Training Entities. The States/UTs may draw upon the panel of 27 Training Entities as per extant rules and start imparting training at the earliest. A copy of the Memorandum of Understanding to be executed between the State Government and empanelled Training Entity is also enclosed. The necessary funds for roll out of the individual capacity building plan will be made available from ongoing Development (CBUD) project of the MOUD, supported by the world Bank.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS OUT OF THE BOX, ORACLE’S SMART CITY SERVICES SOLUTION The ‘smart city in a box’ is an integrated platform, you say.

Can you illustrate this with an example? Say, what all it would do in a smart city programme?

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Director, Solution Consulting Oracle India

racle India recently signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government to help its smart city project. Niraj Prakash, Director, Solution Consulting, Oracle India, spoke to BusinessLine, highlighting features of their solution — ‘smart city in a box’ — and how it will make things simpler for both city authorities and the public. The ‘smart city in a box’ allows you to run all the smart city applications, for example, smart transportation, smart parking, smart waste and water management and the necessary digital technology services, for example, IoT, mobile services, cloud services, Big Data and analytics which allows convergence across multiple solutions for a smart city. Of course, it also has the potential to provide convergence for several smart cities across the State as well, if required. Besides, the entire aspect of revenue management in a typical PPP implementation of smart cities can be managed through this box allowing for metering, charge-back, billing etc. The revenue applications, which run on the ‘smart city in a box’, would also allow the city to augment its revenue from various sources like parks, hoardings and other assets, which otherwise are difficult to track and use.

The smart box makes implementation of the pillars of Digital India easy for officials, for citizens, how will it make a difference? Citizens would be able to benefit from all the services that will run on the smart city box. For example, they can use the various city apps on their mobile that will be connected with applications on the smart city box. For example, they can place service requests for garbage pick-up, access parking spaces and rates with geospatial maps, reserve city tours or banquet halls, use panic or poice assistance buttons and several more.

The solution platform will generate lot of data.

What kind of interpretations or usage, it can be put

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up to? One of the key value propositions of the smart box is its ability to handle different kinds of data – structured, unstructured or streams. Not only does the technology-on-the-box allow collection and ingestion of this data but also it has the capability to cleanse, prepare, organise and analyse data in various perspectives. For example, assisting citizens in emergency in real time based on safety requests or service requests that come in from various sources. Or, for example, make decisions and plans for augmenting transportation services, managing utility maintenance or adding parking spaces etc. Additionally, the data coming in real time allows city officials to plan, schedule and monitor all the city services in real time through a centralised command and control centre.

What is the amount of investment that will be required from the government for this solution? The investment on this box will depend on the specific solutions that will be used by the city under their specific smart city programme. It would, therefore, vary from city to city. The important thing here is to have flexibility of choices of services to deploy and run on this box based on funding available and project timelines for different services. This is where the box provides complete choice and scale for whatever minimum or maximum services that the city wants to run. There is a choice for temporal scaling up as well based on how the city and services grow.

Very importantly, the ‘smart city in a box’ takes away the capex and replaces it with operating expenses by allowing cities to pay for it based on “pay as per use” mechanism. This makes it much easier for the cities to deploy the solution and is also in line with the desired PPP models in which the smart cities are to be built and run.

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A.P. CABINET CLEARS PROPOSALS FOR FIVE SMART CITIES” The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet cleared the proposal to establish Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for implementing State-sponsored Smart Cities Scheme in Anantapur, Eluru, Kurnool, Ongole and Srikakulam as per the guidelines of the Central government’s Smart Cities Mission.

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he Cabinet also resolved to set up an SPV called ‘Guntur/Vijayawada Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited’ for the two cities. The Cabinet met at the Interim Government Complex at Velagapudi in Guntur district. Other important decisions were development of a multi-purpose recreation and commercial centre as part of the Vijayawada City Square project in the public-private partnership mode at Swaraj Maidan and its surroundings spanning 27.5 acres. The detailed project report would be prepared under the aegis of a Cabinet subcommittee. Construction of an international convention centre in Visakhapatnam under the supervision of the Industries and Infrastructure Departments. A 35 per cent hike in the wages of the workers of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty and an extra 10 per cent performance-linked incentive benefiting 5,038 Velugu workers. Another decision was to move a Bill in the Assembly for the establishment of a Tourism and Culture Board instead of forming it through an ordinance. Land allotments cleared were 62.18 acres at Mylavaram in Kadapa district to the Handlooms and Textiles Department for the setting up of a textile park, 21 acres at Serikolam village in Parigi Mandal of Anantapur district for the establishment of an industrial park and a multi-product SEZ at the rate of Rs.3 lakh per acre and 44.78 acres for a Mega Food Park at Settigunta village in Railway Koduru Mandal of Kadapa district at Rs.9.50 lakh per acre.

In addition, 75 acres had been allotted for expanding the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone at Pudimadaka (Rs.10 lakh per acre) and Duppituru villages in Atchutapuram Mandal (Rs.12 lakh per acre) and 61.56 acres in R.Anantapuram village in Madakasira Mandal of Anantapur district (Rs. 90,000 per acre) for establishing an Source:TH MSME Park.

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SMART CITY : GHAZIABAD TO FOCUS ON SANITATION” The municipal corporation is all set to formulate a new proposal to develop Ghaziabad as a smart city. The proposal, work on which will begin on January 1, will be sent to the Union urban development ministry for competition in the third round of Smart City Mission.

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n a letter on October 3, the Union ministry had asked the municipal corporation to send a proposal for participation in the third round of the mission by March 31. A total of 40 cities including Ghaziabad, which were left out in the earlier two rounds this year, will compete in the third round. So far, the ministry has short-listed 60 cities that will be developed as part of the mission.

“The focus will be on various aspects pertaining to sanitation. A detailed roadmap for preparing the plan will be worked out next week in consultation with the officials of various departments. The better aspects of the previous two plans will be retained. Efforts will be Mr.AshuVerma taken to ensure that there is Mayor greater public participation as far as recommendations and suggestions for the plan are concerned,” According to officials, a massive public outreach programme will be held through mobile vans, distribution of pamphlets, meetings with social organizations and RWAs and by organising street plays. The previous plan, which had been rejected by the ministry, will also be uploaded on the corporation’s website to invite public opinion. A final call on the consultant to be hired for preparing the Smart City Plan will be taken by the Lucknow-based Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES). The final plan will also be vetted by RCUES before it is sent to the urban development ministry.

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PASIGHAT DESERVES TO BE A SMART CITY Cities are considered the engines of growth. They not only provide wider employment opportunities but also absorb large migrant population, which has resulted into unplanned urbanisation.

Simply put, the sooner Pasighat is developed as a smart city, the better rays of development will be witnessed by the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Smart city would not only bring good life to the people but also provide them with affordable access to health, education, water, sanitation, electricity, etc. The fruits of development would also help mitigate extremism and negate migration, which are volatile issues along the state’s border regions.

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he present regime conceived the idea of developing 100 smart cities, which will act as zones of prosperity in a particular region and will help in minimising ill-effects of rapid urbanisation. Amidst debates around the possible regional imbalances due to creation of smart cities as isolated islands of development and issues like finance, capacity, etc., the mission was started in 2015 with 98 cities competing for the smart city status. Our city, Pasighat, which comes under the Arunachal East constituency, was selected among the top 97 cities (one city did not participate) eligible for the status. People were elated on the prospects of getting their city developed as a smart city, which would provide them employment opportunities and ensure development in an accelerated manner. But their happiness was short-lived, and till date the city has been left out of the smart city race.

In the beginning of this year, 20 cities were selected in round 1 for the financing during 2016-17 based on a competitive model designed by the ministry of urban development. Based on huge enthusiasm among people and hard work done by the proposal committee, the city of Pasighat was ranked 39 out of 97 cities. It was even at the sixth position out of 23 cities selected to be upgraded in fast-track mode with a score of 52.26 percent. But nothing was done. We, residents of Pasighat and people of Arunachal Pradesh, were hopeful of getting lucky in the next round. But the second round declared only 13 cities and the latest one 27.

None included Pasighat.

This has brought down the excitement level of the public and often makes us feel about the discriminatory approach adopted towards the northeastern regions of India. We have always stressed upon positive discrimination to provide equal level of opportunity. A small city like Pasighat can’t compete with a tourist city like Udaipur or the port city of Mangaluru. It was our opportunity to get developed via the smart city mission, but the continued delay in even providing a smart city tag keeps us backward and isolated. Training for

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strengthening proposals should be provided, if needed.

Selection of Pasighat for smart city would have been more impactful than selecting any other city. This step would have restructured the city and required infrastructure for tourism, education, business, etc., would have been created. It would have also created largescale employment opportunities not only for the locals but for the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh. Pasighat, widely known as the gateway to Arunachal Pradesh, has tremendous potential to expand and provide sustainable and inclusive growth in the region. Located strategically on the banks of the river Siang, the city if developed in a right way can become a focal point for the government’s Act East policy via the northeast.

The critical factors of infrastructure like roads, railways, waterways and airways are being developed and will soon become arteries of transportation and communication. The city of Pasighat can be created as a tourism hub and an educational centre of the state. With developed transportation, the new smart city can create many industrial hotspots and absorb more people generating employment opportunities.

Recently, a door-to-door garbage collection scheme was started to keep Pasighat clean. Efforts are being made to stop any kind of encroachment in the city and to live in peaceful harmony with mother nature. Also, in case of Arunachal Pradesh, which is a special category state, the state government would not have been able to match the central funding for the development of Pasighat as a smart city as mentioned in the smart city guidelines. Hence, the union government should make a provision for Pasighat smart city in which 90:10 funding mechanism should be established, as in special category status. Pasighat smart city seems like a lost dream now. People have started believing that it won’t be possible for a small city to gain the status.

Our smart cities project is lost midway. We urge the PM and the urban development minister to revive the idea of Pasighat smart city and help us in getting the status soon.

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“MAKING SRINAGAR A ‘SMART- CITY’ Srinagar which was once known as Surya Nagar meaning ‘Sun City’ is all set to go through a major developmental overhaul as the government has taken the initiative of making this historic city a ‘Smart City’.

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Drainage : The biggest problem of which every citizen is complaining about in Srinagar city is that of the drainage.

There has been no proper drainage system in Srinagar city for years now. The faulty drainage system of city was exposed by the 2014 floods that created havoc here. But it isn’t the floods alone as even rains make life pathetic with most of the streets getting inundated every single time. The drainage system of Srinagar has to be reviewed and there should be well equipped machinery to tackle drainage problem. In some parts of Srinagar, there are under constructed drains which create a risk for the locals. There should be a proper and planned drainage system for Srinagar city as it should become a model for other states also.

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Garbage and Wast management : This problem has already been in public debates but no action plan to this problem has yet seen the light of the day. As there are various areas, including thousands of homes producing huge amounts of garbage and wastage, there are only a few sewerage treatment plants while the bulk of the garbage finds its way into our water bodies. One can seen garbage accumulated on the roads, even in the heart of city- Lal Chowk, leave apart other areas. This garbage is a constant threat to the health of people and one is bewildered to see that if the government cannot handle this issue how come we think of converting Srinagar city into a smart city. While on one hand, the concerned department lacks infrastructure and perhaps man force to tackle the issue, the people- general masses- too seem equal partners in this crisis as despite dustbins, people throw waste materials on the roads. Garbage including polythene, paper, plastic, bottles and various other things are left in the open sky in the heart of Srinagar city. There are different locations where dustbins are being used but due to the mismanagement of SMC, the waste materials overflow in the dustbins and is further spilled over on the roads. There is no proper dumping site for the waste materials and garbage and SMC needs to locate one just one but several proper sites for dumping of waste.

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Traffic Jams : As always, people complain about the frequent traffic jams in Srinagar city, particularly at the entry and exit points apart from the central parts of the city. In in totality, the condition of roads is very poor and there has been no major redesigning of routes or even expanding of roads undertaken till now. Since the number of vehicles is increasing drastically by each passing year, the infrastructure however remains the same. Besides, the city has no big parking slots which also adds to the misery of masses here.

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Pollution : This is not the problem for Srinagar city alone as most parts of the world are affected by pollution at this point in time. But being close to nature.

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hile the ground is being prepared for the initiative, this effort of the state government, of course along with the central government, it is an effort that needs appreciation by one and all. J&K government and SMC have come together to strategize this move and chalk out the plan to move forward in this direction. Looking at the political upheavals here, Srinagar city has suffered since a long time and there have been only a few occasions when developmental initiatives were given precedence over issues of politics.But this time the state government seems to have made up its mind to give this historic city a real face lift and bring it into the catalog of smart cities in Indian.

This initiative might just be a thing of great appreciation as people will see a difference, if it is honestly and wholeheartedly worked upon. Srinagar Municipal Committee (SMC) has already started asking people for their valuable opinions regarding this initiative and righty so as when other cities across India are changing with time, why can’t we?

Srinagar city has historically been the commercial hub of the state and has enjoyed the status till very late when in 1990’s militancy erupted and many Jammu city became the prime focus of businessmen across the country. Apart from the usual business, we must also keep in mind the challenges that will come in the way of such a venture which will need proper attention.These include.

This city enjoyed being the fruit capital of the state and was also famous for its handicrafts and handloom industry apart from the tourism industry that for which this city was the main stop. Most of the tourists visiting Kashmir first find their residing place in the city. So, in whole perspective, Srinagar has a major role to play and by making Srinagar a smart city, the government is doing what is to be rightfully done and the city deserves it more than any other.

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SMART CITIES PUSH INCREASES EXPOSURE TO THREATS, REQUIRES REDOUBLING CYBER SECURITY This growing digitisation will make our safety more dependent on IT networks, sensors and other devices. As our reliance on technology increases, so do our vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks.

T A city is not truly smart until it is also safe, but this will require making cyber security a national priority.

he Indian government is expanding its Digital India initiative with a total of 100 cities in line to be converted to smart cities. The cities are expected to improve living conditions, provide facilities such as uninterrupted water and power supply, efficient urban mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity and e-governance. Yet the success of these smart cities hinges on the massive digitisation of utilities and critical infrastructure. For instance, when a new power plant goes online, this not only makes it easier to manage remotely, it also creates new threat vectors which cyber attackers can exploit to inflict harm. It’s critical that we prioritise security in these efforts.

The stakes are high. When a person experiences a cyber-attack, their personal information or money may be stolen. When a power plant experiences a cyber-attack, lives hang in the balance. This isn’t a distant problem.

India’s geopolitical conflicts make it a very attractive target to multiple advanced threat groups around the world. FireEye has documented well-resourced campaigns by sophisticated adversaries targeting numerous Another challenge is that many Indian organizations have dramatically underinvested in cyber security technologies and expertise.

Without the technologies which can spotlight attacks and skilled professionals, Indian organizations will continue to trail those in many other countries.The launch of governmental initiatives such as the Cyber Security Assurance Framework to assist national-level efforts to protect critical information infrastructure is a step in the right direction, but we need to do more.Today critical infrastructure asset owners and governments around the world struggle to keep up with vulnerability notifications, assessing associated risk, and implementing mitigation.

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These challenges will only become greater. To ensure effectiveness and efficiency in dealing with these vulnerabilities, precautions such as the following need to be taken: -Create and maintain an accurate inventory of industrial control systems Obtain structured vulnerability and patch feeds that cover a wide variety of sources and match inventories with disclosures Track vulnerable and unpatched products currently used in respective industrial environments Prioritize vulnerability remediation efforts by considering by considering factors such as ICS architecture location, simplicity of exploitation and possible impact on the controlled industrial process The rise of Smart Cities creates new avenues for organised actors with malicious intentions to undertake sabotage, espionage and do other harm.

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LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SWEDEN TO INVEST IN SMART CITY

IDECK TO PREPARE SMART CITY PLAN

Mr.Venkaiah Naidu Union Minister

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he state-level high-powered steering committee (HPSC) of Smart Cities Mission chose Infrastructure Development Corporation Karnataka Ltd (iDeCK) as the consultant for preparing the Smart City proposal (SCP) for the corporation. iDeCK is a joint venture between the government of Karnataka (GoK), Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC) and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd(HDFC) .

Eight firms had responded to corporation’s invite for RFP. Six firms came up for presentation and three firms; iDeCK, CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Ltd and ICRA Management Consulting Services were shortlisted for the final stage. The firms were judged based on team composition, work plan, urban experience in the state, approach and methodology. Approach and methodology carried the maximum weightage of 60 marks. ICRA was earlier chosen to prepare the SCP for Kochi. iDeCK submitted the lowest financial bid of Rs 24.67 lakh as consultancy fee. CRISIL and ICRA quoted Rs 44.85 and Rs 51.175 lakhs respectively. The consultancy fee was fixed at Rs 40 lakh in RFP. The state mission management unit had evaluated the documents of firms and checked if the documents complied with the conditions mandated in RFP. Source:TOI

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During a meeting with a Swedish Business delegation led by Enterprise and Innovation Minister Mikael Damberg, Naidu stressed that a joint working group had already been set up between the two countries and “it is time to move forward”. “There should be frequent bilateral meetings/ dialogue between the two countries which can explore the possibility of cooperation in urban development,” he said. Naidu highlighted the importance of PPP model, Special Purpose Vehicle, credit rating of cities and said that there are lot of opportunities available for Sweden to invest in Smart Cities.

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ndia and Sweden should have frequent bilateral meetings to explore possibility of cooperation in urban development, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu recently said as he underlined that lot of opportunities are available for investment in Smart City projects. Appreciating the reforms being undertaken by Indian Government, Damberg said that he expects the relation between the two countries to go to a “next level”. He said that Sweden can contribute in Smart Cities, in terms of connectivity, transport and solid waste management.

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INDIA’S SMART CITES MISSION WANTS TO TRANSFORM URBAN AREAS INTO HIGH-TECH HUBS India’s urban population is expected to grow by 250 million to 590 million people by 2030. Such formidable numbers call for drastic measures. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is going further than ever before to set the urban development agenda through its ambitious Smart Cities Mission.

C “The Government aims to develop cities into engines of growth, while improving the quality of life of its citizens,” comments Anshuman Magazine, chairman of India and South East Asia at CBRE. “It is therefore imperative to develop and promote these urban centres to support and sustain urbanisation in the long run.”

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rowded, dirty and chaotic, cities in India have traditionally suffered a bad press. Nobody would dispute that major conurbations such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are charismatic treasure troves of history and culture. But anyone who has choked on traffic fumes while trying to negotiate crumbling pavements teeming with people, will attest to their dysfunctional nature. Yet while India’s urban centres can be hard to love, they are key to the future economic health of the world’s second most populous nation.Urbanisation continues to occur at a breakneck pace. As people flood in from the countryside in search of better opportunities, The initiative aims to change the face of 98 of India’s fast-growing urban centres – turning the cities into tech-driven, sustainable entities where land is maximised through forward-thinking projects — and the central government has allocated an estimated USD7.5 billion to the Mission. Earlier this year the government announced a list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted.

These 20 cities, which include major hubs such as Chennai and Jaipur as well as less vaunted centres like Belagavi in the southern state of Karnataka and Ludhiana in Punjab, will be the first to receive funding under the scheme, thus kick-starting the process of developing them into “smart cities”.

The plan is to turn these sprawling, unwieldy and often poor cities into urban centres, which are highly advanced in terms of infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability.

Information technology will be the principle infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents.The development of these cities will take place through the adoption of a pan city initiative as part of one of three “area-based development” strategies: “retrofitting, redevelopment and greenfield”, as noted in a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report titled “Reforms to Accelerate the Development of India’s Smart Cities Shaping the Future of Urban Development & Services” Retrofitting will see an existing area developed by adopting smart solutions, redevelopment will see an existing derelict area redeveloped from a built environment perspective and greenfield will see a vacant area developed using innovative planning, plan financing and plan implementation.

Although the central government is putting significant monetary heft behind its plan, the idea is to turn the country’s “smart cities” into major engines of economic growth with private enterprises like property development companies and information technology firms expected to contribute, and thus prosper, significantly.

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NBCC TEAMS UP WITH RUSSIAN CO FOR SMART CITY, RAIL PROJECTS NBCC (India) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosinformexport LLC to jointly participate in the smart city projects in India.

Anoop Mittal,

Chairman NBCC

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, that the partnership with the Russian company will fetch some smart city and railway projects. There is synergy between NBCC and Rosinformexport as it is also a state-owned company, Mittal said. On NBCC’s project management consultancy (PMC) orders he said that the company usually gets 7-10 percent margins and some of the pending milestone payments were released for PMC business in the last quarter.

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elow is the verbatim transcript of Anoop Kumar Mittal’s interview to Prashant Nair and Ekta Batra on CNBC-TV18.

Prashant: Yesterday’s release mentioned partnering with ITI, VSNL, could you talk to us a little bit about the size of projects, the size of these works that we are talking about?

A: We have signed an agreement or memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Russian company Rostec when BRICS summit was there in Goa in presence of honourable Prime Minister and President of Russia. The purpose of signing this MoU is to redevelop some of the railway stations and smart cities as per the government policy. Since this company Rostec is also a Government of Russia company, there is synergy between NBCC and Rostec and I hope that this partnership will definitely fetch project in smart city as well as railway stations.

Regarding your question about ITI and VSNL and redevelopment, we have signed an agreement with ITI for developing their land in Bangalore and the size of the land is about 30 acre land, which is having IT land use at present and both of us will jointly redevelop or develop that project and the land will be equity of ITI and NBCC will develop on project management consultancy (PMC) basis and do marketing, charge their agency charges and

as far as VSNL land is concerned of course there was discussion at government level with NBCC but yet we have not received any firm communication from the government. Ekta: Your PMC margins in the previous quarter went up to historic highs of around 100 percent odd, much higher than what you generally do. Can you give us a sense because we do understand that there were some one offs which led to that and what might be a sustainable run rate? A: As you know that PMC segment we get fixed agency charges which does not vary but in last quarter there were some old payment which was linked to milestones those were released that is why you saw sudden increase in profit margin otherwise revenue growth was 25 percent, accordingly profit will also increase in same manner and the increase was because of release of some amount on account of release of milestone payments.

The point about 25 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) growth in PMC business that you will do does it factor in execution delays or do you believe that it could be higher than 25 percent given your order book is quite sizeable? A: Definitely in my opinion this is conservative figure, 25 percent considering the size of the order book. We have order of about Rs 71,000 crore and definitely it should be much more than that. It is today’s commitment, definitely it should be much more than this.

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AKHILESH YADAV’S DREAM PROJECT – UP 100 LAUNCHED WITH BARCO VIDEO WALL TO ENABLE LIGHTNING FAST EMERGENCY AID. The solution comprising of 180 Barco rear-projection LED cubes in multiple configurations at Lucknow Centre will enable local responders across the State of Uttar Pradesh to offer aid in the quickest manner.

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arco, a global leader in networked control room visualization solutions, has delivered an advanced video wall solution that empowers Uttar Pradesh Police to reduce crimes and reach to incidents within few minutes.

Following the UP Chief Minister’s dream of implementing one of the largest centralized emergency response system in India, UP Police is ready to provide the best emergency service to the people of Uttar Pradesh. ‘UP 100’ is the official name of the ‘Uttar Pradesh Police Emergency Management System’ also known as UP state wide Dial100 Project. The vision of this project is to provide prompt integrated emergency services for public safety and security to all citizens, including those with special needs, anytime, anywhere in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Minister is closely involved in the project since its inception and has been visiting the site regularly to oversee the construction and implementation process.

Bringing help where it is needed, in minutes.

This project envisions establishment of a central Contact Centre at Lucknow to facilitate receiving information of emergencies relating to public safety by phone, text, email, video call etc. by ensuring round-the-clock availability of operational 100 numbers from the entire State. Police field services shall be provided by 3200 4-wheeler and 1600 2-wheeler Police Response Vehicles (PRVs), deployed directly under its control.

“The Barco collaborative visualization solution provides access to real-time data about the activities in the rural and urban areas and allowing us to respond to emergencies relating to public safety quickly and reliably, thus strengthening our field services, and improving the safety of our residents and visitors” asserted Mr. Anil Agarwal, Additional Director General of the Uttar Pradesh police force. Barco India. The perfect blend of functionality, quality and ease-of-use Barco’s video walls will offer the UP 100 project an ideal combination of bright, seamless, detailed images, reliability, and ease-of-use. This will enable Operators to intuitively monitor incoming information and route it as quickly and accurately as possible, for lower response times and faster care in case of an emergency. Barco video walls are also equipped with Barco’s unique cooling system, which extends LED lifespan, reduces operating costs and lowers maintenance requirements – as maximizing uptime is very important in this application.

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Country Director Sales

Mr. Rajiv Bhala

We’re absolutely relying on it to perform these critical services.” “Our solutions will help prompt response time for police emergency services related to public safety and security.

Real-time situational awareness will be provided from the millions of data items collected within the system,

Citizen’s safety, security, and reduction in crime rate are the top priorities for the State Governments and we’re proud to be part of UP100.

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UK-PUNE WORKING TOGETHER ON SMART CITIES’ A high-powered Smart Cities trade delegation from the United Kingdom (UK) visited Pune on November 9 and 10, following the India-UK tech Summit held in New Delhi.

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he UK was ‘country partner’ at this year’s TECH Summit-India’s premier science and technology showcase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the partnership between the two countries during his visit to the UK in November 2015. Liam Fox, British Secretary of State for International Trade, led the trade delegation to Pune and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) made a presentation of its ongoing as well as planned projects under the smart city mission.

Pune believes the technology, expertise and knowledge shared by the UK will go a long way in further strengthening our ties. In Pune, we are clear that we want to engage with the best in the world and realise that archaic frameworks, policies and regulations inhibit the best from coming to Pune. We are thus collaborating with top partners globally as well as in India to put together processes that are contemporary and efficient and will benefit the city.

Mr.Kunal Kumar

Pune Municipal Comissioner,

Mr.Kumar Iyer

British Deputy High Commissioner, Mumbai

Over the past one year, both Pune and the UK have been working jointly on the smart cities mission. Fox said I’m delighted to be in Pune to lead the UK Smart Cities Delegation in a dialogue on the role UK companies can play in helping to deliver their Smart City programme.

The Secretary of State and the UK delegation’s visit to Pune could not have been at a better time, giving a further boost to Maharashtra-UK collaboration with workshops with Indian companies and government officials across the advanced engineering, manufacturing and Smart Cities initiatives.

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MAHARASHTRA, CANADA TO WORK ON URBAN INFRA, SMART CITIES

BHUBANESWAR IN RACE FOR WORLD SMART CITY AWARDS Bhubaneswar has become the first Indian city selected as one of the finalists to compete for the World Smart City Awards at Barcelona later this month.

The Canada-Maharashtra action plan seeks to introduce companies, solutions and financing from the North American country for urban development and implementation of state-led infrastructure projects.

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aharashtra government today signed an agreement with Canada to implement a joint action plan on urban infrastructure development in the state. The plan envisages supporting Indo-Canadian partnerships, including private sector companies, universities and colleges to speed up project implementation, promote economic development and contribute to rising standards of living in the state.

“We are implementing a joint action plan and target areas for collaboration include affordable housing, urban infrastructure including smart cities, project financing, training and skills development,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told reporters here. The action plan will allow world class, innovative Canadian companies to find new partners and projects, visiting Canadian Minister of Economic Development Navdeep Bains said. A working group comprising officials from the Consulate General of Canada and Maharashtras home, urban development, housing, labour, information and technology departments and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority will oversee implementation of the projects.

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he Odisha capital had topped among the first batch of 20 cities that were selected to be developed as smart city, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme. According to urban development ministry sources, Bhubaneswar had submitted its proposal to the evaluating committee of the World Smart City Awards organised by Smart City Expo World Congress.

(SCEWC).”Any Indian city being finalist is itself a big achievement since the smart city scheme was launched only a year ago. Developing 100 smart cities is a big task. Recognition of the efforts being made by Indian cities at global level will encourage other cities to do better,” a ministry official said. He added the Bhubaneswar team will have to make a presentation before the jury for getting an award.

World Smart City Awards were established in order to identify cities, projects and innovative ideas in line with nurturing sustainable urban development. The official portal of the SCEWC said hundreds of proposals are received from key smart city players from around the globe and the aim of these awards is “to recognize, promote and support innovative solutions or strategies that can potentially change citizen’s lives by increasing efficiency, generating business and improving quality of life.”

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CP, KHAN MARKET TO BE ‘NO-VEHICLE’ ZONES UNDER SMART CITY PLAN The road connecting the Delhi airport to Connaught Place could soon become the first ‘smart road’ Apart from making the

Capital if the suggestions made by the Urban Development Ministry is implemented. airport-Connaught Place road a ‘world-class experience’, has also asked the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to make Connaught Place and Khan Market ‘no-vehicle’ zones through necessary planning for traffic management, parking and last-mile connectivity.

He also suggested setting up of digital screens at all major locations in the New Delhi area to continuously display information on weather, traffic flow and pollution among others.

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ednesday asked the NDMC to implement these suggestions after reviewing the progress of the Smart City Plan being implemented by the municipal agency. He gave a set of directions for making a radical difference to the look and feel of the NDMC area so that it could act as an example for other smart cities in the making, a Ministry spokesperson .

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xpressing concern over the poor maintenance, look and feel of the route from airport to Connaught Place, Mr. Naidu directed the NDMC and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to undertake necessary interventions to make this section a smart road with all necessary eatures like pathways and landscaping all along the road. He stressed the need for provision of quality pedestrian pathways and non-motorised transport infrastructure. He also said that all roads in the NDMC areas should be made smart with smart poles, smart bus stops, smart parking, pedestrian crossings, pedestrian and cycle pathways, CCTV cameras, LED lighting, 3D Zebra crossings and steel furniture. He also suggested introduction of electric vehicles for the benefit of children, elderly and differently-abled persons, Information on traffic flow, including jams, suggested traffic diversions, weather, pollution and other public information needs to be disseminated on a continuous basis through FM and Community Radio, he said, adding that whole NDMC area should be provided with Wi-Fi support. The Minister also said that NDMC shall ensure a visible impact of smart city development by June next year and the whole smart city plan, approved with an estimated investment of Rs.1,900 crore, should be implemented by June 2018. NDMC Chairman Naresh Kumar said in the meeting that smart city projects worth Rs.650 crore are already under implementation and work on the remaining would start in the next few months, the spokesperson said. He further said that a few projects have already been completed and about 25 projects would be completed by June next year.

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CISCO COMMITTED TO HELP BSNL TO PARTICIPATE IN BUILD 100 SMART CITIES IN SMART CITIES PROJECT: REPORT INDIA: CHUCK ROBBINS Not just Nagpur in Maharashtra, Cisco is working closely with state governments and its partners to digitally transform 14 cities and plans

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We are engaged with state governments at various levels to digitally transform 14 cities with the help from our partners. I wish to take this number to 100 in the next five-seven years in line with the government’s ‘Digital India’ and ‘Make in India’ initiatives.”

o connect 100 cities as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s igital India initiative, its CEO, Chuck Robbins, has emphasised. Responding to an IANS question,“We are working closely with our partners in India as they have the skills and capabilities to make this happen. This is part of our broader India digital plans,” Robbins added during a media interaction at the annual Cisco Partner Summit 2016 here on Tuesday. The global networking giant which is now focused on making a big foray into Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber security, last month launched its manufacturing operations in Pune and announced it would build Nagpur as Smart City with its Next-Gen solutions. According to industry analysts, there are nearly 23 billion connected devices and the number is expected to double to over 50 billion by 2020 and Cisco is prepared to help governments and enterprises achieve this goal. To achieve this, providing a secured ecosystem — from hardware to software — to the customers is the key.

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Government-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd could be participating in the smart cities initiative as it has plans to submit proposals to build smart cities of Pune,

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ndore and Bhopal, according to a report by InfraCircle. The telco has plans to submit proposals in the first phase under the public-private-partnership route. “A smart city is based on efficient and seamless Internet connectivity as well as Wi-Fi solutions. BSNL is well-positioned to tap this segment. We can lay optical fibre and provide connectivity,” the report quoted a senior BSNL official involved in the project.

The official also added that BSNL will be bidding through a consortium of private system integrators and technology providers especially international players with big presence in India. The telco has already in talks with such providers.

“Starting this month (November), we will start bidding for smart city projects. Private players can come on board as we go ahead. We have already missed the chance of bidding in many request for proposals called by the states,” said another BSNL official.

So far, the government has finalized 60 cities which will receive an overall investment of Rs 1.45 trillion be developed as smart cities. Each city will be allocated a sum of Rs 200 crore in the first year as assistance and Rs 100 crore over the next three years.

A recent development stated that BSNL will reduce its workforce by nearly 7% in 2017-18, from the employee-base of 2,09,996 in 2016-17. BSNL posted a Rs 8,234 crore loss in 2014-15, highest among all public-sector companies for that year, followed by Air India’s Rs 5,860 crore loss. BSNL aims to expand its 3G and 4G footprint and has also been exploring tie-ups in order to grow and become relevant in the Source:ETT industry.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS BOSCH TO TAP INTO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SMART CITIES INITIATIVE IN INDIA Bosch will focus on 11 cities among the 100 cities that will be chosen by 2018. Bosch says that it is ready to tap the opportunities generated by the Smart Cities initiative.

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Bosch India, Smart City Head “We have not focused ourselves on all cities, but identified some cities. For example we are focusing on six cities in Karnataka.

We are also focusing on Pune, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Kochi. Right now, we are focusing on ten to eleven cities,”

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erman auto components major Bosch is all set to tap the opportunities to be generated by the government’s Smart Cities initiative, a top official said recently. “We expect the RFPs (request for proposals) to be released in next few months time and when they come, we would definitely participate in the tender process to tap the opportunities expected to be generated by the Smart Cities initiative launched by the union government, India plans to have 100 such cities by 2022. Sixty have been chosen, including 20 in January and 13 in May. The remaining will be picked by 2018. Meant to change the way urban India lives, smart cities will enjoy uninterrupted power and water supply, internet connectivity, e-governance along with quality infrastructure. Wali, however, said Bosch will not focus on all the 100 cities, but on 10 to 11 sites, including Chennai and Bengaluru.

The company, before the announcement of the actual tenders and contracts, has chalked out smart cities solutions, focusing on intelligent traffic management, transport system, parking management and citizen safety and security, Wali said. “For instance, the pilot project is ready and has been implemented in Bengaluru,” he said. Wali said the company is not a novice in building smart cities. “Bosch is not new in the smart city domain. We have been doing projects worldwide at various places.

We have done a pilot in Monaco, Singapore, a city in Austria, Stuttgart in Germany and few other places,” he said. However, these solutions may not work in India as the country has problems in variance with other countries round the globe, Wali said. Bosch has also been in touch with the government to identify problem areas, Wali said. A ‘smart city’ is an urban region that is highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability. It is a city where information technology is the principal infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents. There are many technological platforms involved, including but not limited to automated sensor networks and data centers.

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS AMERESCO AND SILVER SPRING NETWORKS COLLABORATE TO ACCELERATE SMART CITIES

OKOWA SIGNS MOU FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CITIES

Ameresco, Inc., (AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced recently that it has executed a non-exclusive master reseller agreement with Silver Spring Networks.

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eading networking platform and solutions provider for the Internet of Important ThingsTM, making Ameresco one of several highly respected channel partners for Silver Spring’s standards-based offerings. The collaboration affords an innovative approach to assist cities and other public lighting operators to deliver smart street lighting programs and to establish a foundation for future Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services such as smart water, traffic signals, and distributed energy resources.

“This is a natural evolution of Ameresco’s successful track record in implementing energy saving LED street lighting conversion projects,” said Louis Maltezos, Executive Vice President, Ameresco. “In addition, it enables us to extend our traditional project implementation role into an ongoing service/support role while more seamlessly offering a broader array of energy management and smart city value-added services and capabilities to our customers.”

This agreement allows Ameresco to offer Silver Networks’ IPv6 StarfishTM platform and SLV6 city management platform service models to Ameresco’s customers as part of its smart city and municipal street lighting solution offerings. Ameresco believes Silver Spring’s solution will be a valuable tool as Ameresco continues to enhance and execute its LED and Smart City strategy. “We look forward to working with Ameresco to help utilities and cities build smart lighting systems and to support their broader smart cities goals,” said Brandon Davito, Vice President, Smart Cities and Street Lighting, Silver Spring Networks.

“Ameresco offers outstanding value at a lower capital expenditure, reducing the capital and operational barriers that have constrained the market.” The innovative network-as-a-service model allows municipalities and utilities to cost-effectively deploy a multi-application network and data platform without having to build and manage the network themselves, helping to reduce their capital outlay and the need for IT expertise. The economics and benefits of the smart street light network approach helps cities and utilities manage their resources prudently, and achieve sustainability-driven initiatives and goals throughout their communities.

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on behalf of Delta state government, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kems Infrastructure Solution Limited and Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria for the development of smart cities in the state.

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igning the MoU at the Government House, Asaba, Governor Okowa stated that the MoU was in his bid to ensure speedy development of Delta State. He said that it would also bring about innovative ICT solutions that would position the state to tackle challenges as they arise.

“With this partnership which concerns our smart cities, we will have a better management of our security in the state and through the various infrastructural development, our economy and the knowledge of our people will improve,” the Governor said.

To the partners, he said: “This partnership will be a win-win situation for all of us as both your company, Delta State government and our people will benefit from it.” The Director, Huawei Technologies Company Limited, Mr Welion Yang, who spoke at the occasion, thanked Governor Okowa for providing the enabling environment for investments to thrive in the state. He gave the assurance that his company would deliver quality products and on time to the benefits of the government and people of Delta State.

While the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Hon. Festus Ovie-Agas signed the MoU on behalf of the government of Delta State, Mr Welion Yang signed for Huawei Technologies Company Limited while Lilian Ranganath signed on behalf of Kems Infrastructure Support Solutions Limited.

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METROLAB NETWORK ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GUIDE SMART-CITY PARTNERSHIPS The smart-city movement gains a new ally in leadership and organization amid one of government’s fastest growing endeavors.

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mart-city group MetroLab Network announced the creation Thursday of an advisory council that will help guide member cities in the pursuit of innovative technology projects. Martin O’Malley — the former Maryland governor, Baltimore mayor and Democratic presidential candidate will be chairman.

The council will provide strategic advice as city and university members pursue technology projects oriented around data, transportation, energy, civic engagement and emerging technologies. “Partnerships across sectors will drive urban innovation,” O’Malley said in a news release. “We are thrilled to have leaders from government, academia, industry, and non-profit helping guide our activity at MetroLab. Our city and university members will be wellserved by their experiences, activities and insights.”

O’Malley commented in June during the Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas, that citizens of cities today are exhibiting higher levels of trust thanks to initiatives around the nation that take on issues of transparency and connectivity.

A white paper published by the group called City-University Partnerships for Urban Innovation outlines what an ideal relationship between a university and city looks like. In the MetroLab Network model, partnership provides a direct channel between universities that research and develop emerging technologies to cities that need more technical expertise than what their budgets alone permit. As of publication, the network is comprised of 38 cities, 4 counties and 51 universities across 35 regional partnerships.

A partnership between Burlington, Vermont, and the University of Vermont, for instance, will identify metrics that can be used create a citywide urban planning initiative. The MetroLab Network project library contains dozens more case studies that showcase the work of its members.

INGENU, PTC AND LIBELIUM TO SIMULATE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SOLUTION AT SMART CITIES SUMMIT IN BOSTON The company that delivers purpose-built Iot connectivity, today announced it will be demonstrating the capabilities of an environmental monitoring solution

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he solution will be demonstrated in the Ingenu booth during the Smart Cities Summit event, taking place December 6-7, 2016 at the Courtyard Boston Downtown, in Boston, Mass.The demonstration will simulate an environmental monitoring solution measuring the air quality index of Boston as an example. The RPMA-enabled Libelium Plug&Sense! device will collect information on levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone and will provide evaluation and assessment of AQI and preventive alerts and insightful actions based on the data collected. In turn, the ThingWorx platform will provide automated predictive modeling and will deliver prescriptive and simulative intelligence to bring environmental data to end-users.

“As levels of air pollution continue to increase across the globe, environmental monitoring is of utmost concern to municipalities and a major facet of their smart city initiatives,” said Joshua Builta, vice president of product management at Ingenu.

“Governmental regulations are also driving adoption of environmental monitoring solutions for cities, so implementation of this type of solution is top-of-mind with city managers and city CIOs.” In a recent report by Transparency Market Research, the global market for air quality monitoring equipment stood at $4.2 billion in 2015, and is predicted to reach nearly $9 billion by 2024. Ingenu is currently building out its nationwide Machine Network across the United States, and is targeted to serve over 100 major metropolitan areas by the end of 2017. The Machine Network provides more than 100,000 square miles of wireless coverage for a host of IoT applications, and is ideal for smart city applications such as environmental monitoring.

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SMART CITIES DEVELOPMENT HUB LAUNCHED IN CHINA

Arup, HSBC and the China Centre for Urban Development have announced the creation of a UK-China smart cities development and investment hub.

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group chairman, HSBC. Development and investment hub, in conjunction with Arup and the China centre for urban development. This new initiative will enable municipal authorities and businesses in both the UK and China to work more closely together to develop smart cities which meet our economic, environmental and social objectives.”

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he partners said the initiative will provide a platform for the private sector to work with Chinese government to develop holistic and scalable solutions to address the “challenges faced by fast-growing cities” across the country. It is significant as smart cities have been highlighted in China’s 12th and 13th five year plans (FYP) as a “sector that should be strengthened and encouraged,” the partners added in a press statement.

According to a previous Arup study, the global market for smart cities could reach $408bn by 2020 and China has been recognised as a significant driver of this growth as some RMB500bn has been earmarked for smart cities in in the country during the 13th FYP period (2016-2020). The investment hub will allow key players from industry and the public sector to work together to offer

consultation, products and services on planning, financing and project management to support the development of smart cities in China. “Tireless collaboration between national and municipal governments, and between the public and private sectors, is needed to address the challenges arising from rapidly growing cities and society’s requirements for low-carbon infrastructure. That is one reason why HSBC is supporting the UK-China Smart City,” “The special relationship between the UK and China provides a unique opportunity to address, in a very proactive and collaborative way, some of the challenges around smart cities,” added Volker Buscher, global digital business leader, Arup. “The establishment of a ’hub’ to address issues around project scope and financing will help cities enormously in their efforts to address issues around traffic management, air quality, climate change, citizen engagement and economic development.”

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ABU DHABI JV PLANS TO BUILD SMART CITY IN CAIRO Capital Group Properties, an innovative community developer based in Egypt, UAE, is set to build a new smart village at its flagship Al Burouj development in east Cairo.

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apital Group Properties, an innovative community developer based in Egypt, UAE, is set to build a new smart village at its flagship Al Burouj development in east Cairo. Dubbed as Smart Village East, the project is being implemented by CGP, a joint venture between UAE firms Abu Dhabi Capital Group and Al Ain Properties, with an initial investment of E£1 billion ($56.7 million), reported Amwal Alghad.

The company has signed an agreement with Smart Villages Company, a high-technology business district in the city of 6th of October, Egypt in this regard. CGP pointed out that the establishment of such smart cities and technology parks would give a major boost to Egypt’s economy, said the report. Smart cities act as a stimulant to the creation of great job opportunities and new investments; the current Smart Village in West Cairo is a live proof, it added.

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CHINESE COMPANIES LEAD THE WAY AT BARCELONA SMART CITY EXPO Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE on Wednesday showcased their innovations and technological solutions used to build interconnected Smart Cities at the aptly-named Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC).

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he theme of the 2016 SCEWC, running from Nov 15 to 18, is “cities for citizens”, focusing on how to empower citizens in their towns through the use of mobile technology in order to save valuable resources and improve the quality of life. In this context Huawei and Vodafone on Wednesday showcased a system which will be running water management systems in the Spanish cities of Seville and Malaga in early 2017. Edwin Diender, the vice president of Huawei’s Government and Public Utility Sector, told Xinhua that Smart Cities were “a platform that allows government and industry bodies to drive initiatives and these initiatives can follow up on different programs.” These programs could include, smart education, smart healthcare, safe city for public safety, government services, as well as mobile broadband and banking. Diender said that Huawei compares “smart city” to a living organism with an “intelligent operation center, which is like the nerve center of smart cities, which controls and connects all kinds of information.” Meanwhile, China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has used the SCEWC to organize a China Forum, an event that gathers leading players and companies to examine the strategies carried out by China in order to implement smart solutions in Chinese cities.

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CROSS RIVER, HUAWEI SIGN MOU TO MAKE CALABAR SMART CITY The Cross River State Government and Huawei Technology of China, have both signed a Memorandum of Understanding to completely digitalise the state with a 3G and 4G network, thereby making Calabar Nigeria’s first smart city.

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sides providing 3G and 4G network connectivity, the contractor is also expected to provide fibre to homes, which will afford residents in the state the opportunity to download music, news, movies as well as research materials directly from their homes. Signing the contract at the government house in Calabar, the State Governor, Ben Ayade, expressed excitement over the development, knowing that, the execution of the contract would herald the full digitalisation of Calabar and the entire state. Ayade maintained that, the smart city project would ensure availability of cheap Wi-Fi services everywhere in Calabar.

“This will be the first time that data would be provided from the cloud. With this digital cloud, it will offer opportunity to get information with ease and comfort, including boosting research and academic works. “The project is in partnership with Huawei of China, the equipment Cross River, Huawei, smart citymanufacturer, and Sino Infrastructure Development company Limited, as the technical partner in Nigeria for the project,” said Ayade. He stated that “this partnership will provide cheap access to connectivity- Cross Riverians will know that Huawei is bringing the best technology to us. They are a known name in the world and a pace setter in the industry. “Cross River deserves only the best which they have to offer,” he stated. The whole state is going digital as the Cross River super highway will have super-connectivity, where all the best internet and technology services will be offered to users of the super highway.Furthermore. A country with about 1.7 billion people, and how Huawei has turned China into a huge smart city and we have come back with a detailed report.“Today is a very unique day for the ministry, as before the carnival, the pilot scheme will be ready where there will be free Wi-Fi services.

“This will make Calabar the first smart city in Nigeria, it will benefit Cross Riverians and Nigerians as it will make communication faster and easier,” Chief Aya stated. In his response, the Managing Director of Sino Infrastructure Development Company, Mr Li Yamping, added that “Huawei and the Cross River Government will work as technical partners on the project and will both maintain the required standard and deliver as at when due”.

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“This will be the first fully smart city in Nigeria. Cross River will be the model for Africa and we are proud to be associated with this”.

Commissioner for ICT, Chief Offu Aya, said the importance of ICT development to any growing society, underscores the essence for the epoch making event which was witnessed by representatives from both countries.

“You have taken us to China to appreciate what Huawei has done in that country,

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SMART SMART CiTY NEWS CLEAN TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS ARE MOVING INTO SMART CITIES

Urbanization will force cities around the world to cope with growing populations, traffic congestion, and pollution in the coming years. Faced with these mounting pressures, city governments are turning to IoT technologies to deliver services more efficiently and improve their citizens’ quality of life.

Many cities are already connecting their infrastructure to IoT devices like sensors and smart meters. But few cities are as far along in that effort as Barcelona. BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on smart cities that examines how other municipalities can learn from Barcelona’s development into a smart city, how cities’ investments in IoT technologies will grow over time, and how those investments will impact urban economies worldwide.

Here are some of the key findings from the report:

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Many clean technology (cleantech) start-ups are pivoting into the smart city market, reports Bloomberg.

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ompanies are both rebranding themselves as smart city companies and targeting their existing products for smart city applications; they’re doing this to attract investments from venture capital firms that see a large potential for growth in the smart city market. The rapidly expanding smart city market provides a prime opportunity for cleantech companies to showcase their value to potential investors. They can do this through gathering data that measures energy use, air quality, and infrastructure maintenance.

Jenny Fielding, the managing director at the incubator Techstars, noted that- Investors are aiming significant amounts of capital in the direction of smart city companies.

According to Bloomberg, citing data from PitchBook, around $968 million was invested in cleantech start-ups across 65 deals in Q3 2016, which was the most in a single quarter since 2014. Cleantech companies will continue to find success in this market as the smart city solutions grow more popular in the coming years. Cities are increasingly connecting city infrastructure to make themselves more environmentally friendly. For example, the EU’s smart city initiative is attempting to increase energy efficiency 20% by 2020 through smart energy grids and streetlights.

As BI Intelligence expects these initiatives to grow worldwide in the coming years, cleantech start-ups would be wise to continue to jump into the smart city market.

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IoT deployments will create $550 billion in economic value for cities worldwide in 2019. That economic value will be derived from revenues from IoT device installations and sales and savings from efficiency gains in city services. Globally, cities’ investments in IoT technologies will increase by $126.76 billion between 2015-2019. This will make up the bulk of government investment in IoT technologies, dwarfing the amount of money spent on other government IoT use cases like military drones and robots.

The number of IoT devices installed in cities will will increase by more than 5 billion in the next four years, creating a massive opportunity for IoT hardware manufacturers and software vendors.

IoT technologies will deliver a broad range of benefits for cities including reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, improving public safety, and providing new ways for governments to interact with their citizens.

In this report we will also: Define the difference between connected vs smart cities.

Identify key challenges for municipalities in developing smart cities and illustrate how some cities are already solving those obstacles.

Provide key takeaways from Barcelona’s IoT strategy, which has earned it recognition as the world’s smartest city.

Illustrate how the benefits of connecting legacy infrastructure can be magnified through data aggregation and analysis.

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SMART CITY CONSULTANCY SELECTION HANGING FIRE It was a stroke of luck that ensured that the City Corporation did not fall way behind schedule in the selection of the consultancy for the preparation of its Smart City proposal to be submitted to the Central government.

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Eight consultancies from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Haryana, and Hyderabad have now responded to the Corporation’s invite.

he original deadline for submission of the proposal, which was fixed in December this year, was shifted to next year, as the Central government added more names to the Smart City list. As per the rules, the consultancy has to be selected at least 100 days before the proposal submission date, to allow it enough time for the preparation. With the new dates, the civic body is well within the schedule, but the Corporation has already had a few missteps in the consultancy selection process.

Empanelled consultancies The State-level high-power steering committee had recently asked the Corporation to re-select the consultancies following an error in its selection. The Central government had put out a list of 48 empanelled consultancies and also another list of 11 consultancies specifically for the region.

The local body sent invites to these 11 consultancies, but the high-power committee wanted invites to be sent to all the 48 consultancies. The bids of the eight

consultancies were supposed to be opened after scrutiny at the Chief Secretary’s office on Wednesday. But, the programme was not part of the office’s schedule and the Corporation officials also were in the dark till evening as to whether it would happen. The consultancy that is finally selected will prepare, over the next three months, the proposal to be submitted to the Central government. The proposal will be evaluated out of 100 marks, out of which 30 marks will be for the reach of the Corporation’s campaign among the people, the awareness levels among the population and the effectiveness of the promotional events.

The activities on the social media pages of the local body’s Smart City proposal will also be considered. On the events part, the Corporation will score high, having organised consultations and awareness programmes across the city and with a large section of people. A similar focus on the consultancy selection process also would have done it a world of good.

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TOTEM POWER IMAGINES HOW TO BUILD ZERO EMISSIONS SMART CITIES Totem, Power, a New York start-up company, calls itself “The Future Of Smart Power.” Totem proposes to build a network of devices that will bring zero emissions power, internet access, street lighting, energy storage, and EV charging stations to the smart cities of the future.

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Looking like a cross between a large concrete lily pad and the Martian armada that invaded earth in The War Of The Worlds, the structures Totem imagines would have solar panels on top, energy storage batteries in the center supporting stalk, and integrated 4G wifi, street lights, and EV charging stations on the outside.The central focus of the Totem system is reducing carbon emissions in the smart cities of the future.

Now that the Trump pseudo-administration has declared war on environmental regulations and embraced fossil fuels as the pathway to making America great again, cities, which account for over 70% of all emissions, may have to look inward for ways to combat climate change. As millions more people flock to urban areas each year, cities could unite to fight the insanity raining down from Washington, where Sarah “I can see Putin from my front porch” Palin will soon be Interior Secretary.

“ Totem believes design can fundamentally change the world,” says Brian Lakamp, CEO and founder of Totem Power. “We’re on a mission to realize the full potential of energy’s transformation by providing communities and corporations with intelligent, experiential and engaging structures – something that delivers powerful functionality and tells an easily understood story about clean energy and the next generation of critical services.

We are building technology for the cities of tomorrow.”

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“Energy, communications and transportation need to undergo radical transformations to support the emerging needs of truly smart, clean cities,” the company says in a recent press relesae.

“Totem provides the foundation for reshaping smart utility in an integrated, visually-stunning product designed for the living spaces of communities, instead of relegating it to only rooftops and garages.”

Totem believes that its creation will be able to “shatter the limits for solar and wind that the current network imposes,” and create a product that can be used in locations as varied as city streets, schools, corporate campuses, and retail locations.Two advantages of the Totem idea for smat cities are that its network will continue to provide power and internet access in times of emergency and/or when the electrical grid is disabled. It could also play an important role in the smart grids that will be needed in the future to help balance the electrical distribution system. A smart grid can defer vehicle charging, reduce power slightly to IoT connected devices like air conditioners, water heaters, or refrigerators. Small variations in voltage do not affect the operation of those devices significantly, but when applied over a broad range of devices even for a few seconds or a few minutes can greatly reduce the need to power up auxiliary facilities when the demand for electricity spikes.Is Totem Power a realistic idea or just a chance for engineering students to show off their art and design skills? One has to be a little concerned about how well these structures would survive a Category 4 or higher hurricane. Totem Power is one of many possible solutions to urban sustainability. Whether is is practical or not remains to be seen. If you were looking to invest in clean tech companies, would you put your money into Totem Power?

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BUILDING SMART CITIES: ONLINE SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY SAVINGS IN HYDERABAD As the cost and demand for power dramatically rise in south India, Hyderabad and the state of Telangana are turning to energy efficiency as a solution. The cost to purchase power doubled in Telangana from September to this month, raising alarms about energy prices and demands.

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ising energy demand also increases pressure for more power sources, including thermal power plants amidst concerns on the environment, air pollution and climate change. To reduce energy demand, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation along with major real estate developers and stakeholders discussed the online system for constructing buildings the first of its kind in India.

Recognizing that the power grid is already strained by an energy deficit that includes the huge growth of energy-intensive buildings, officials in leading states are seeking ways to save energy. Since over 70 percent of the buildings that will exist in India by 2030 yet to be built, energy efficiency is a critical solution that can lock in energy savings for years to come. Taking the lead on energy savings, the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh adopted mandatory energy con-

servation building codes for commercial buildings in 2014, applicable to both states after bifurcation. The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) worked with state and city officials as knowledge partners to develop and adopt the code.

This month, Mr. Srinivas Rao the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Director Town Planning, as well as, Mr. G. S. V. Prasad the Director (Projects) Telangana New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TNREDCL), a State Designated Agency for renewable energy and energy conservation, convened key real estate developers, building design consultants, architects and energy auditors to discuss the implementation of online system for energy-saving buildings that was launched in beta form in May 2016.

Online Compliance System Guidelines In efforts to streamline the energy efficiency code for local conditions, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation along with the Telangana stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Administration & Urban Development developed a preliminary Draft Guidelines for Simplified Version of Telangana State Energy Conservation and Building Code (TSECBC) for Online Compliance. The draft guidelines were developed after six months of discussions with experts, including engineers and architects with key developers, the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), among others. The draft guidelines are available for a further comment by developers and stakeholders to improve the system.

To streamline the online compliance system, the Hyderabad government and partners released series of resources: Draft Guidelines for Simplified Version of Telangana State Energy Conservation and Building Code (TSECBC) for Online Compliance.

Frequently Asked Questions Factsheet Explaining the Hyderabad Model for Energy Efficient Buildings. The strategy for code compliance was designed and built with extensive input from stakeholders, including real estate developers and architects from Hyderabad and elsewhere.

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A Strategy for Code Implementation Led by MAUD’s Technical Committee on the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), Telangana state and Hyderabad have developed a three-pronged strategy for effective implementation of the code, including awareness and capacity building; integration with the building approval process, and technical and expert support, as discussed in detail here. Overall the stakeholder discussions and responses were positive. The key take ways are GHMC’s Srinivas Rao assured, “The GHMC is creating an ECBC cell as well as resources, such as the FAQs guidelines and list of third party assessors, for developers for a smooth transition to adopt the code into practice.” Real Estate Developer, G. S. V. Prasad assured TNREDCL’s cooperation to support ASCI and NRDC on implementation of the compliance system. In the coming months, an ECBC cell will be set up in the TNREDCL to provide technical support and consultation on building design components for the next year.

UK AND INDIA TO STRENGTHEN CLEAN ENERGY AND SMART CITIES PARTNERSHIP

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he statement highlighted renewables, nuclear and smart cities as key points of discussion. A joint statement from the two PMs said: “We are taking a shared stake in each other’s prosperity, generating jobs, developing skills, and enhancing the competitiveness of our two economies and opening up new markets for both of us.

“UK finance and expertise from its world-leading services sectors will help deliver key Indian priorities like infrastructure development, future smart cities, sustainable energy, research and skills.”

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Architects, consultants and real-estate developers welcomed the work on online ECBC compliance system. Going forward, stakeholders suggested that this building code could be expanded to cover residential building sector (at least new high-rise buildings) on a mandatory basis, and also integrating elements such s power consumption limits to tap full potential from this sector. Stakeholders welcomed the consultation workshop since it provided the necessary information and resources on new steps required to incorporate ECBC measures right from the design stage.With the empanelment of third party assessors and the draft guidelines simplified TSECBC, developers can mainstream online compliance. The code is applicable to commercial buildings and other non-residential buildings that have a plot area of more than 1,000 Square meters or built up area of 2,000 square meters and certain categories of buildings such as multiplexes, hospitals, hotels and convention centers irrespective of their built up area. Accelerating energy efficiency while India experiences skyrocketing growth in its buildings market provides a tremendous opportunity to reduce peak demand and generate energy savings that translate directly to financial savings. The reduced demand for energy also has public health benefits, combats climate change, and closes the widening gap between India’s energy production and demand. Armed with these tools, India can transform its cities to become leaders in efficient resource use and become true smart cities.

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The collaboration on secure, affordable and sustainable energy will result in an “enhanced” energy for growth partnership and the first India-UK energy summit, Signalled the UK’s intention to join the International Solar Alliance, which harnesses solar energy to meet energy demands and tackle climate change. Plans were discussed to call upon other member countries to signal support for the Alliance at the COP 22 conference . The pair agreed to a more strategic and ambitious urban partnership to “bring together governments, business, investors and urban experts” to continue developing smart cities, driving shared prosperity, jobs and national growth.

Indian summer

The statement comes off the back of both PMs making significant commitments to bold climate pledges through the Paris Agreement, with India being the 62nd country to ratify the agreement and the UK expecting to ratify by the end of the year. Both countries pledged to work together towards fully implementing the deal.

Last November, previous PM David Cameron and Narendra Modi met in London to agree on a new climate deal. India’s climate and renewable energy commitments were overhauled last year with ambitious new targets. Modi’s Government is expected to more than double its domestic coal production phasing out reliance on imports – and aiming to install 175GW of renewable energy by 2022.

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CISCO HAS DEPLOYED A NEW CLOUD FOR SMART CITIES This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Cisco recently announced that it’s launching a cloud service for smart city solutions, according to VentureBeat.

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he service will be used in Kansas City, Missouri; Copenhagen, Denmark; Adelaide, Australia; and Jaipur, India, and is designed to help city officials take more effective actions based on data gathered from connected devices around the cities. The cloud service collects and analyzes data from third-party sensors, street cameras, and other devices. The conclusions from the data gathered and brought into Cisco’s cloud will help city leaders make stronger decisions that will bring down costs, enhance revenues, and increase operational efficiency. The data are securely shared, breaking down government silos that had previously been a major barrier to helping city leaders make accurate decisions based on data from smart city solutions. Further, this means that workers accessing data can make faster and more efficient decisions. For example, a traffic agency can now use third-party applications and an open API to view the data it collected as well as data other agencies collected.

Cisco may look to market this cloud service to US cities to take advantage of a number of initiatives in the country where this service could be used. The White House’s initiative on smart cities, announced last year, allocated around $160 million for municipalities to research and deploy smart city solutions, much of which is only being utilized now. With the US currently lagging Europe and much of Latin America in terms of smart city adoption, Cisco could market this cloud to cities looking to take advantage of the White House’s program and catch up with their competitors around the world. Smart cities are cities that leverage IoT devices like sensors, smart lights, and smart meters to gather data that can be analyzed to gain new insights regarding their infrastructure, population, and public services. Few cities around the world have actually grown into truly “smart” cities — most are still in the early phases of implementing some of these IoT devices, and have yet to data processing and analysis tools that can turn vast troves of data from millions of devices into a real-time view of a city’s activity and operations.

The smart cities segment has enormous potential as a market for IoT solutions, but it is also an inherently slow-moving market. Smart cities development faces many barriers around the world including tight municipal budgets, sluggish technology procurement guidelines for public agencies, privacy and cybersecurity concerns, and a pressing need for more IT staff at municipal agencies. Taking the time to deploy new, futuristic technologies can also be a luxury that many municipal agencies charged with the day-to-day running of a metropolis can’t afford. However, many cities are starting to address these challenges, and smart city development around the world is accelerating. BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on smart cities that contrasts the development of smart cities in different regions of the world. It examines the unique factors that are driving the growth of smart cities in different parts of the world. It also identifies

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important barriers that still need to be overcome in different markets.

Furthermore, the report details some of the most common types of smart city projects in different regions, such as smart parking and transportation, smart energy and sustainability projects, and smart public safety initiatives. Finally, it delves into some examples of these projects.

Here are some key points from the report Smart cities projects around the world are being shaped by local and regional socio-economic needs. This has led cities in different parts of the world to use similar IoT technologies for a wide array of different use cases. In the EU, environmental sustainability goals are driving cities to rapidly implement IoT technologies in an effort to reduce fossil fuel emissions. Cities in Central and South America are using sensors and other smart cities solutions to reduce road congestion and make their infrastructure more reliable in the face of extreme weather events like hurricanes and tropical storms. North American cities lag behind their EU counterparts in implementing smart cities solutions because of resource constraints, but are also finding ways to use IoT technologies to do more with less. Although smart city development in Africa is extremely nascent, new networking technologies like Low Power Wide Area Networks and the next-generation 5G networks will help provide the connectivity to get more smart cities projects off the ground on the continent. Asian countries are set to become the market leaders in smart city adoption, but still face challenges in training the IT talent to help municipal authorities manage smart cities projects.

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JIYO LAUNCHES “SMART CITIES – INTERNET OF WELLBEING” PLATFORM TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT Jiyo, a comprehensive digital platform recently launched by Dr. Deepak Chopra to address health and wellbeing holistically, today launches its “Smart Cities Internet of Wellbeing” platform in an inaugural partnership with Aspen City of Wellbeing.

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nonprofit organization devoted to measuring, prioritizing, and improving the wellbeing of Aspen residents.

Jiyo’s localized “Smart Cities” platform will take an integrated approach to the use of digital technologies to connect city residents to information and events that improve health and wellbeing, as well as provide enhanced insights, analytics and support to cities to help them promote a higher quality of life among their citizens.

Jiyo’s “Smart Cities” platform will provide cities such as Aspen with the following: Dynamic citizen engagement via contextual health and wellbeing behaviors Secure portal and community with personalized content and integration with existing city infrastructure including community events and a local wellness calendar Jiyo Wellbeing Index to track citizen wellbeing and engagement Integration with industry standard assessment tools and questionnaires with the platform, as well as with Jiyo’s own health and wellbeing risk assessment tool Real-time dashboard to provide the city with citizen engagement insights and analytics Jiyo is a wellbeing platform intended to be a companion to enable personal transformation, focusing on five pillars of wellness including personal growth, exercise, nutrition, sleep, and relationships and offering insights from leading global experts. Since its launch in the summer of 2016, Jiyo’s platform has created a curated global ecosystem of leading global content and service providers to provide users with contextual services, health and wellbeing insights and analytics.

“It is our heartfelt intention to improve wellbeing in Aspen, the Roaring Fork Valley, beyond. We know what gets measured gets managed, and we have to prove to some extent what we already know. Exercise, meditation, breathing, healthy eating and emotions, community and purposeful work all contribute to wellbeing. Partnering with Jiyo helps us connect and engage and truly be the change we wish to see, SOURCE:BUSINESSWIRE

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“Our goal is to create a critical mass of global wellbeing so we can move towards a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthy, and joyful world.

Jiyo’s partnership with Aspen City of Wellbeing gives us the opportunity to create metrics that will impact how we develop wellbeing communities worldwide,” said Dr. Chopra.

Gina Murdock, Founder of Aspen City of Wellbeing said“I’ve never found a platform with more high-quality, accessible information that can change people’s lives. We created our own Aspen specific dashboard to connect to our community, to measure where we’re at and to collectively focus on what matters most.”

Jiyo plans to expand its new “Smart Cities” platform to additional markets down the line. “Jiyo’s contextual platform will provide curated wellbeing content, services and products to the Aspen community. The city big data analytics via the Jiyo platform have significant opportunities to provide insights to increase community engagement and also provide personalized wellbeing in sights,” Mr. Poonacha Machaiah

Co-Founder & CEO, Jiyo

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SENSOR INDUSTRY TO GROW TO $162 BILLION THANKS TO IOT, SMART CITIES AND EHEALTH The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has helped consumers and technology professionals see the value of sensors for a variety of applications. By 2019, a new Frost & Sullivan report projects that the global sensors market will generate more than $162 billion.

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Leading the revenue stream will likely be industrial control, smart cities, and eHealth, the report stated. And professionals in the industrial, institutional, and commercial sectors will likely see the benefit of adding new sensors to existing platforms for increasing data collection and utility via embedded analytics, the report said. “These trends impact everyone in the value chain and demand a shift in strategies to survive and succeed in the dynamic marketplace,” said Frost & Sullivan sensors and instrumentation industry analyst Rajender Thusu in a press release. “For instance, monitoring and control using the IoT platform is driving wearable sensors that provide various physiological data and enable quantified self-movement. They provide mobility, connectivity, and context awareness with each other and the rest of the world.”

In the near-term, sensor investments will largely focus on remote connectivity through IoT, 3D printing, and improving 3D vision sensing, the report stated. Sensors have the potential to transform healthcare through preventative care, Thusu said in the press release. He said he expects to see sensor use grow in areas as varied as sports, security, and the military.

Companies are currently using sensors for several different products across industry sectors, the report stated. They have various applications in which they are standalone, integrated, combined, embedded, wearable, and even ingestible.

Many now have analytical and decision-making capabilities, the report stated.

“Smart sensors are now evolving to be prognostic/predictive,” the press release stated. “Sensors are at the forefront of digital transformation across diverse industrial markets.”

The report lists some of the most important innovations in the sensor industry • • • • • • •

Increasing adoption of 3D sensors and their integration into monitoring systems Silicon photonics: Silicon chips with integrated optics and electronics Biosensors: Rapid detection devices to address gaps in healthcare and food safety Energy harvesters: Micro-energy harvesting systems that generate electrical energy from solar, vibration and thermal energy Intelligent vehicles that are fully automated Bulk acoustic wave and surface acoustic wave, which will enable highly economical industrial and consumer applications Infrastructure and sensor towers: Completely automate building monitoring through new integrated sensor systems

As BYOD remains a thriving trend in the enterprise, wearable devices and IoT are also growing in workplace use, according to a Tech Pro Research report, which could have further implications for growth in the sensors industry.

The 3 big takeaways for TechRepublic readers 1. By 2019, the global sensors market will generate more than $162 billion, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan.

2. Leading the sensors revenue stream will likely be industrial control, smart cities, and eHealth. In the short term, IoT, 3D printing, and 3D vision sensing will likely get the most investments.

3. Sensor use will likely grow in areas as varied as health, sports, security, and the military.

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“Wireless sensor networks are the future of connectivity,” Thusu in the press release. “Sensor technology will continue to advance in terms of natural user interface, ubiquitous computing, and sensory tracking. By 2025, sensors will not only be intelligent and prognostic, but also autonomous, self-healing and failsafe, paving the way for Industrial IoT (IIoT).”

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