Smart Kiosks

Smart kiosks are bringing up-to-the-minute information and smart city innovation into the public spaces of municipalities throughout the U.S. Smart kiosks are a form of interactive digital signage that can be installed in public squares, street corners, bus stops and anywhere that people on city streets may need information.

Where traditional signage is static and serves a single purpose, smart kiosks are multi-functional and provide a variety of services. Smart kiosks may offer:

• Information about local businesses, shops and restaurants, including reviews.
• Schedules for public transportation along with real-time status of buses, subways and trains.
• Help with wayfinding, providing maps and directions.
• Details about local events and weather.
• Emergency services, including Amber alerts, weather warnings and live assistance when needed.
• Apps that let motorists pay for metered parking online.
• Device charge points and WiFi hotspots.

By promoting local business, smart kiosks can help to drive increased foot traffic and economic activity. And by providing enhanced public services for residents and visitors, smart kiosks help to enhance the reputation of the city as a forward-thinking location to live, work and visit.

Smart kiosks may also include advertising for local businesses that enables the technology to pay for itself. And smart kiosks are an ideal place for cities to install sensors and IoT-enabled devices to collect data about traffic, environmental conditions and public safety.

The technology behind smart kiosks

Like most digital government and smart city solutions, smart kiosks rely on a number of technologies to provide real-time information to citizens and visitors.

• IoT-enabled sensors and cameras embedded throughout the city provide continuous monitoring, collecting real-time data about everything from traffic and parking spaces to public transportation, weather and many other data points.
• An IoT analytics platform combines data from sensors, databases and other sources for a comprehensive real-time view of conditions and events throughout the city.
• User interfaces like smart kiosks as well as websites, mobile apps and digital signage provide citizens with access to information.
• A high-speed network connects data sources with analytics and interfaces, delivering data with ultra-low latency, optimal security and 100% reliability.

Spectrum Enterprise delivers high-speed connectivity for smart kiosks

Spectrum Enterprise is a trusted partner to smart cities throughout the U.S., providing a foundation of high-speed connectivity that serves as the basis for smart kiosks and a wide variety of other smart city initiatives. From digital government services like online permitting and intelligent traffic management to smart electrical grids and drone monitoring to ensure critical infrastructure security and safety, smart city solutions rely on Spectrum Enterprise’s fiber network to ensure that data flows freely between sensors, IoT platforms and user interfaces like smart kiosks.

Spectrum Enterprise has built a nationwide fiber network that spans more than 840,000 miles and is investing another $25 million to bring high-speed connectivity to additional communities throughout the nation. To support the connectivity needs of smart kiosks and smart cities, Spectrum provides:

• High-speed connectivity that delivers symmetrical connection speeds up to 100 Gbps for local governments, large institutions and enterprise clients.
• Gigabit connectivity for homes and businesses, enabling them to easily take advantage of smart city solutions.
• WiFi connectivity at more than 350,000 Spectrum Enterprise WiFi hotspots that will soon offer wireless connection speeds up to 1 Gbps.
• Cellular connectivity – essential for collecting data from many sensors – through Spectrum Mobile, one of the nation’s largest LTE cellular networks.

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