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Deutsche Telekom sets up European smart solutions hub in Budapest
The goal of the ESC is to consolidate the smart city expertise and activities across Deutsche Telekom Group, support Go2Market activities, and to make its trusted smart city solutions available to municipalities in Europe, DT said in a statement on Monday.
“Deutsche Telekom’s aim is to be a leading smart city solutions provider in Europe and a trustworthy, reliable and long-term partner for any city’s move to digitization," commented Ralf Nejedl, Senior Vice President B2B at Deutsche Telekom Europe.
The ESC is to be implemented in Hungary under the professional management of T-Systems Hungary.
“With the power of IT and Internet of Things* we continue to deliver innovative solutions which help make cities future-proof, improve the quality of life for their citizens and enhance economic development," he added.
* The Internet of Things refers to networking objects with the Internet so that these can communicate independently over the Internet and carry out various tasks for the owner. The most important evolutionary step in implementing the vision of the Internet of Things took place in 2012 when the leading Internet groups switched to the Internet Protocol Version 6. This hugely increased the number of available IP addresses: whereas before 4.3 billion addresses had almost entirely been used up, there are now 340 sextillion free addresses available. Furthermore, web addresses could previously only be issued to computers, smartphones, and other devices - now every container, every pallet and, even every individual garment can get its own IP. Source: Deutsch Telekom.
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“With its many years of experience in the public sector, Deutsche Telekom supports cities to participate in this initiative and secure the relevant funding," DT said.
Together with Cisco, Deutsche Telekom has developed a package for cities to implement a tailor-made, secure and user-friendly WiFi4EU solution very easily. The application can be customized by each city and provides additional benefits for citizens and visitors, such as the use of existing city applications for free, or information about city events and e-services. In addition, city administrations can receive real-time and historic crowd monitoring information which will help to improve city services.The WiFi4EU scheme will be disbursed in a geographically balanced manner, so that high-speed connections can benefit both residents and visitors of thousands of local communities across the EU - at least 6,000 to 8,000 local communities by 2020. The first call for projects is expected to be launched towards the end of 2017 or early 2018.
“Deutsche Telekom’s aim is to be a leading smart city solutions provider in Europe and a trustworthy, reliable and long-term partner for any city’s move to digitization," commented Ralf Nejedl, Senior Vice President B2B at Deutsche Telekom Europe.
The ESC is to be implemented in Hungary under the professional management of T-Systems Hungary.
“With the power of IT and Internet of Things* we continue to deliver innovative solutions which help make cities future-proof, improve the quality of life for their citizens and enhance economic development," he added.
* The Internet of Things refers to networking objects with the Internet so that these can communicate independently over the Internet and carry out various tasks for the owner. The most important evolutionary step in implementing the vision of the Internet of Things took place in 2012 when the leading Internet groups switched to the Internet Protocol Version 6. This hugely increased the number of available IP addresses: whereas before 4.3 billion addresses had almost entirely been used up, there are now 340 sextillion free addresses available. Furthermore, web addresses could previously only be issued to computers, smartphones, and other devices - now every container, every pallet and, even every individual garment can get its own IP. Source: Deutsch Telekom.
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- covers central functions such as marketing, partnering, pre-sales and delivery governance;
- works closely with local smart city sales & delivery experts;
- offers a unique competence in consulting cities to utilize funds for urban development, allocated by the European Union.
WiFi4EU - free WiFi access in public places
As part of its Digital Single Market policies, the European Commission has allocated a budget of 120 million euro to promote free access to wireless connectivity in public places across Europe such as parks, squares public buildings, libraries, health centers and museums.“With its many years of experience in the public sector, Deutsche Telekom supports cities to participate in this initiative and secure the relevant funding," DT said.
Together with Cisco, Deutsche Telekom has developed a package for cities to implement a tailor-made, secure and user-friendly WiFi4EU solution very easily. The application can be customized by each city and provides additional benefits for citizens and visitors, such as the use of existing city applications for free, or information about city events and e-services. In addition, city administrations can receive real-time and historic crowd monitoring information which will help to improve city services.The WiFi4EU scheme will be disbursed in a geographically balanced manner, so that high-speed connections can benefit both residents and visitors of thousands of local communities across the EU - at least 6,000 to 8,000 local communities by 2020. The first call for projects is expected to be launched towards the end of 2017 or early 2018.
