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Local governments around Europe paid €7.6 billion to light public streets in 2015, but their bills could be cut down by up to 70% if local governments are willing to shell out extra funds to install new lighting.

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The EU is preparing for the '5G' era of wide and high-speed connectivity. This will bring networks with gigabit per second speeds and create millions of jobs.

Cities are adapting to the needs of driverless cars. Here's how.

La métropole urbaine de Dijon (Côte d'Or) serait-elle en passe de devenir la première vraie Smart City française ? C'est la question que pose le mouvement « LetsgoFrance », lequel valorise l...

The CRTC will soon have to decide whether all Canadians have the right to access the Internet at home, regardless of income. And if so, who will pay for it?

A Deloitte study found that massive investment in fiber infrastructure will be required for the United States to reach its 5G potential.

Residents are concerned that the plan to roll out high speed Internet is coming at the cost of the city’s aesthetics.

The next generation of blazing-fast cellular data speeds hasn’t arrived yet, but the major wireless carriers are hard at work in Denver laying the groundwork. New 30-foot antenna poles have i…

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Canada's big telecom companies will be required to open their highest-speed internet cables to smaller competitors who want to offer broadband services to consumers, according to a CRTC ruling released today.

The Government will co-invest up to $600 million alongside local councils and private investors in network infrastructure for big new housing developments through a re-purposed ultra-fast broadband company, Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Local Government Minister Anne Tolley say.

In order to ensure the new council is up to speed on the state of the Town’s dark fibre network, representatives from the City of Calgary and the Town of Cochrane appeared before them on Dec. 11 to give some background on the vision for broadband connectivity and its possibilities.

Novel technology known as micro-trenching is being used by the City of Cape Town to install fibre-optic cable ducts in the Cape Town CBD.

What would city-provided internet look like? And how much would it cost?

Through the release of this document, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is hereby initiating a consultation on releasing millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum in the 28 GHz, 37-40 GHz and 64-71 GHz frequency bands to support the deployment of 5th generation (5G) wireless networks and systems.

The BBC examines the smart and connected cities of tomorrow.

Self-driving cars can perform better if they can talk to traffic signals. To prepare for the future, Stratford, Ont. is building a network today.

Sumará más de 600 kilómetros y permitirá desarrollar más servicios en las áreas de educación, salud y seguridad. La velocidad de conexión será 10 veces mayor a la actual

Propuesta de contenido de Planes de Despliegue e Instalación de redes de fibra óptica.

Around the United States, hundreds of communities have made substantial investments into telecommunications networks. These investments range from the nation's largest FTTH network in Chattanooga,

So we've long mentioned how incumbent ISPs like Comcast have spent millions of dollars quite literally buying shitty, protectionist...

The nation stands on the cusp of a massive mobile internet revolution. Far from hyperbole, the coming transition to fifth-generation (5G) wireless will bring mobile data speeds up to 100 times faster...

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Many cities seeking to offer cheap service to the community, despite telecom industry pushback

A senior City of Johannesburg employee has been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing into allegations of misconduct.

The City of Calgary has its eyes on the future. Its technology team employs over 400 people and manages $300 million of