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city that neglects its raison d ’ être – citizens .”
Mausoof concludes , “ The research for the Smart City Playbook found that some of the more successful smart city initiatives involved the establishment of a single body to oversee the initiative that brought together government , businesses and citizens in a collaborative fashion to ensure that all parties ’ interests were considered .” “ Nokia is highly qualified to play a formative role in the smart city market and we are doing just that ,” Mausoof explains . Smart cities across the world face the challenge of providing seamless connectivity for a wide range of devices - particularly those of a mission-critical nature on which lives may depend . With its track record of providing fixed and mobile broadband networks – as well as being an early leader in 5G technology development , he is confident of Nokia ’ s ability to lead the industry .
“ Similarly , the Internet of Things will be an essential component of any smart city strategy ,” he adds “ Nokia has already established substantial expertise in addressing the challenge of managing the millions , and likely billions of connected devices that will be used to provide data and support smart services in cities .”
Having outlined a number of strategies for successful smart city implementation ( grounded in real life , repeatable scenarios ) Nokia has advanced its position as an IoT and technology leader one step further . With constantly growing urban populations , Asian countries need to ensure that any long term strategy takes into account the transformative power that connected development can unleash .
20 April 2017