INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE
Orange Business
Services and Abu Dhabi
Municipality develop
Smart City IoT application
Sahem Azzam, Vice
President, Middle East
and Africa, Orange
Business Services
IoT Cockpit is a bespoke app developed through a Smart Cities co-
innovation programme in the UAE. The 3D visualisation provides
immersive visual experience to monitor city services.
bu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) and
Orange Business Services – a
network native digital services
company – have collaborated to develop
a cutting-edge Smart Cities virtualisation
App that will enhance the city management
services delivered in Abu Dhabi, capital of the
UAE. The bespoke app, ‘IoT Cockpit’, provides
visualisation via an immersive, interactive
user interface for the city authorities
monitoring elements of the urban landscape.
Orange Business Services’ co-innovation
approach supports ADM’s vision for Abu
Dhabi and its five-year Smart Cities plan to
achieve sustainability and enhance the quality
of life for citizens and residents.
IoT Cockpit is now being rolled out by
ADM and Orange Business Services in the
UAE and was showcased at the 10th World
Urban Forum hosted in Abu Dhabi which
was co-sponsored and organised by ADM
along with UN-Habitat – the first time that
an Arab country has hosted the world’s
most important conference on cities and
human settlements. The forum was jointly
inaugurated by United Nations Under-
Secretary-General and Executive Director of
UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, and the
Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department
A
INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS
INTELLIGENT
TECH CHANNELS
Issue 27
of Urban Planning and Municipalities, HE
Falah Al Ahbabi.
With the bespoke ‘IoT Cockpit’ city
management solution, connected objects and
tangible objects are virtualised, enabling ADM
to see, interact with and manage the smart
utilities network across the city, including
water, electricity and fibre, as well as
visualising the situation on the ground, at key
points. For example, IoT Cockpit allows the
municipality to see whether street lighting
is working correctly and whether public
transport is operating normally, enhancing
control over vital elements of the city.
Rayan Mohammad Almohaisen, IT Project
Manager, Abu Dhabi Municipality, said:
“Orange Business Services is supporting
ADM’s plans to deliver a range of projects
and initiatives across Abu Dhabi, from public
parks to public infrastructure that will build
and shape the living experiences in one of
the world’s developing smartest cities.
“ADM is keen to promote effective
collaborations that deliver innovations
through strategic partnerships with leading
private sector companies, such as Orange
Business Services.”
Sahem Azzam, Vice President, Middle
East and Africa, Orange Business Services,
adds: ”Sustained innovation is the lifeblood
of the Smart City and our collaboration with
ADM on ‘IoT Cockpit’ is a great example of
co-innovation – a bespoke city management
solution developed in the region and for the
region, where we have a strong focus on the
Smart Cities opportunity.
“The UAE is a test bed for Smart Cities
innovation and leads the way in not just
adopting but also developing new solutions
that are transforming cities, such as Abu
Dhabi. The scale of the region’s Smart Cities
ambition is matched by the vision, leadership
and resources needed for success – and
the commitment to innovation to drive new
business models and new thinking in the
Smart City.”
IoT Cockpit allows the
municipality to see
whether street lighting
is working correctly
and whether public
transport is
operating normally.
47