Smart Cities

“Smart cities” are urban areas that are using technology to solve a myriad of challenges affecting quality of life for citizens. These municipalities combine smart cities IoT devices with high-performance networks, analytics and interfaces to provide city employees with intelligence to manage city services more efficiently. Smart cities also provide residents and businesses with easy digital access to a wealth of information, enabling them to interact with city government more easily and effectively.

As smart technologies evolve and municipalities continue to adopt new smart city solutions, having the right smart city infrastructure is critical to managing costs and getting the most from these new initiatives. When they can unify all smart technology on a single network and platform – rather than implementing patchwork solutions that each come with their own redundant infrastructure – smart cities can more easily speed transformation, solve problems, integrate technology and glean intelligence from their substantial investment.

Spectrum Enterprise: a strategic smart cities partner

For most smart cities, laying the foundation of a unified infrastructure is fairly easy – thanks to Spectrum Enterprise. As a leading provider of connectivity solutions for city governments and large businesses, Spectrum Enterprise has already invested billions of dollars in the network technologies that smart cities require to connect thousands or millions of sensors and IOT devices. For smart cities throughout the U.S., Spectrum Enterprise provides:

• A two-way, fully interactive digital network that can transmit sensor data to analytics platforms with symmetrical speeds up to 100 Gbps.
• Gigabit connections that give homes and businesses faster access to data.
• One of the nation’s largest LTE cellular networks.
• Thousands of WiFi hotspots that will soon have 5G and 802.11ax technology enabling wireless speeds up to 1 Gbps.

Understanding that smart cities benefit from working with a unified vendor ecosystem, Spectrum Enterprise has forged partnerships with a variety of vendors to provide cities with a single solution for infrastructure that spans the entire smart technology stack. Delivering expertise, vision and local presence, Spectrum Enterprise is the ideal partner for communities embracing the power and potential of smart technology.

Smart cities programs powered by Spectrum Enterprise

Spectrum Enterprise has partnered with smart cities to implement technology that can transform city services in four areas:

• Smart transportation solutions help to reduce commute times, relieve congestion, simplify parking and improve safety for everyone using city streets and sidewalks.
• Public safety programs help to prevent crime through monitoring and video surveillance, builds trust between citizens and their police force, and monitor everything from critical infrastructure, crowds and disaster areas to improve public safety by documenting conditions, identifying issues and supporting first responders.
• Smart utilities technology reduces consumption, improves efficiency and enhances public safety through smart grid, smart water, smart waste management, smart buildings and smart city lighting solutions.
• Economic development and civic engagement programs increase economic activity, improve communication and give residents and businesses greater access to information and city services.

Learn more about Spectrum Smart Cities at www.spectrumsmartcities.com.