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5G and smart mobility in Bulgaria – the city of Burgas
Burgas is among the top performing cities in Bulgaria when it comes to the length of the municipal optical network. An indicator which enables the seaside city to become the first 5G city in the country with full network coverage.
Over the past years, Burgas has introduced a series of smart management systems for a number of urban assets. The city boasts a large number of sensors and smart devices which communicate with one another in a common infrastructure. Burgas was found to be the perfect “test stand” as regards the attainment of the goals of the Innovation Strategy of Bulgaria for Intelligent Specialization. To this end, the city is developing an “urban dashboard” based on the existing digital infrastructure which will monitor, assess and optimize public investment plans and service delivery.
Quite a few a cities in Bulgaria have monitoring systems for air quality and traffic as well as a network of video surveillance cameras. A number of Bulgarian cities can also boast interactive maps to present historical and natural landmarks. Burgas, however, offers all of this in an integrated system which summarizes the enormous volume of data in a convenient user interface. The platform smartburgas.eu (launched in November 2019) is an easy-to-use tool which offers smart solutions to the people living in the city.
The portal provides access to smart management systems for key urban assets such as: Mobility – traffic control, checks for vacant parking lots, bikers and pedestrians data, urban transport; Waste management – effective separate waste collection; Environmental monitoring – monitoring the levels of chemicals in water and air; - Video streaming to avoid risks from undesired events through video surveillance of public spaces and key urban sites.
With the integration of a unified system to the benefit of citizens and visitors, Burgas is on its way to implementing the smart city model following the example of a number of successful European cities.
Source: www.clustercollaboration.eu/profile-articles/burgas-way-becoming-first-5g-city-bulgaria
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