DALLAS, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is
committed to helping cities become safer and more efficient.
Through collaborations with other industry leaders and our Internet
of Things (IoT) expertise, we're working closely with cities'
leadership to deliver solutions that address some of the key
challenges facing their communities.
And we have several new developments to announce.
"When a city's data is harnessed, analyzed and acted
upon—securely in near real-time—it opens up a world of
opportunities," said Mike Zeto,
general manager, AT&T Smart Cities. "With our strategic
alliance members, we're delivering solutions that will give city
leaders meaningful insights into the communities they serve. This
can mean improved quality of life for citizens."
AT&T and Cisco Collaboration
Our AT&T Smart
Cities Operations Center (SCOC) provides a near real-time view of
ongoing activity in a city. SCOC securely collects and analyzes the
enormous amount of data generated from multiple civic departments
and points around the city into a centralized, customizable
dashboard. This kind of visibility can lead city leaders to make
faster, more informed decisions, strategically deploy resources,
cut down crisis response times and save costs.
AT&T and Cisco are currently exploring opportunities to
integrate the Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform into select
AT&T Smart Cities solutions, including AT&T SCOC. Cisco
Kinetic for Cities is a cloud-based platform that helps cities
extract, compute, and move data from connected things to secure IoT
applications to deliver better outcomes and services.
"Cities today are looking to unlock the value of the data being
generated by connected machines, things and spaces," said Anil
Menon, Global President, Smart+Connected Communities, Cisco. "Cisco
Kinetic for Cities is purpose-built to harness the power of all
that data to drive smart city initiatives forward. Together with
AT&T we want to help bridge the disparities between connected
devices, people, and processes to simplify operations, enable new
revenue sources, and allow leaders to be more responsive to citizen
needs."
The open architecture of the Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform
makes it easy to add solutions to address a wide range of city
needs. The platform unlocks citywide data, enabling it to be used
by previously siloed devices, applications, and services. Data that
was once used by a single party to power a single application can
now be utilized by many parties across many applications,
multiplying the value of that data and enabling a seemingly endless
amount of new services that help increase the quality of life in
today's cities.
For example, the data provided by connected parking meters can
be used to help drivers find an open parking space, third-party
parking app providers can monetize that data, and city planners can
utilize the data to better understand traffic patterns and peak
usage times. One data point – parking meter availability – can be
utilized by multiple parties to deliver many different services.
The same possibilities apply to smart lighting, urban mobility,
water metering, safety & security, and many other city
services.
Smart Cities Pilot in Portland,
Oregon
As part of our smart cities spotlight cities
initiative, the city of Portland
will soon be piloting 2 of our solutions: AT&T Smart Cities
Digital Infrastructure and AT&T Smart Cities Structure
Monitoring.
We'll use AT&T Digital Infrastructure with Current, powered
by GE's CityIQTM, to transform some existing lighting
infrastructure into a sensor-enabled data network. The sensors will
help Portland address issues like
traffic flow and parking. Intel IoT technologies power each
sensors' computer vision analytics.
Portland will deploy about 200
Digital Infrastructure sensors throughout its Central Eastside area.
The city will also deploy AT&T Structure Monitoring. Working
with IBM IoT Cloud, IBM Services
and Moniteye, the city will deploy devices on various
infrastructure in Portland with
LTE-enabled sensors to remotely monitor structural behavior.
The sensors, which measure things like temperature, tilt and
cracks, also feature alert triggers to capture significant
events.
"As we work to make Portland an
even smarter and more connected city we're excited to launch this
new collaboration with AT&T," said Portland Mayor Ted
Wheeler. "This is significant in helping us build our city's
infrastructure and create new opportunities for local
residents. With the integration of AT&T's Smart City
solutions, we will be better positioned to improve traffic and
increase public safety."
New Strategic Alliance Members
To transform our
cities, we need the help of the entire smart cities ecosystem. This
includes the public and private sector, and the developer
community. To do this, we formed the AT&T Smart Cities
Strategic Alliance. It's made up of leading industry organizations
and tech companies, including Cisco, IBM and Intel. We welcome
Synchronoss and Ubicquia as the newest members to the alliance.
Synchronoss offers cloud, messaging and digital products to
Technology Media Telecommunications companies. Synchronoss
uses its technologies and platforms to enhance the operations of
managing devices, digital nodes and data in complex IoT
environments, like smart cities. Through the orchestration of
digital touch points, to cloud storage and smart messaging,
Synchronoss helps smart cities save money, reduce consumption, earn
new revenue and stimulate new jobs.
Ubicquia offers municipalities, utilities, broadband service
providers and lighting manufacturers a cost-effective and
expandable platform for deploying simply connected, simply smart
broadband, small cell and smart city services. Their plug and
play network has the ability to turn any street light into a
multi-function router that supports a growing list of services that
include advanced lighting controls, public WiFi, and the connection
to 3rd party sensors including air quality monitors and
surveillance cameras.
Check out our booth at MWC (4D30) to see how AT&T is
bringing everything together edge-to-edge – from end points to
connectivity to the cloud – wrapped in security.
To learn more about AT&T Smart Cities, go to
att.com/smartcities.
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