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choose a new supplier to add more on-street
bins, resulting in two systems for on-street
bin services.
The role of standardisation –
and oneM2M
Standardisation side-steps these problems,
bringing a common approach which means
that a city can connect and communicate
with any Smart City asset. This could be
a bin, an environmental sensor, a speed
monitor, or a row of streetlights. Through
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standardisation, cities can mix and match
vendor solutions, mitigating the risk of
vendor lock-in and fostering a competitive
supplier base that lowers prices.
Standardisation also has a role to play
when it comes to overcoming barriers
involved in data exchange – which will
become more and more commonplace
as Smart City deployments become
established in all sectors. An example
of where data exchange could happen
across different departments is traffic
Roland Hechwartner, Technical Plenary
Chair of oneM2M
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