How Jamshedpur is becoming a smart city
7 years, 2 months ago

How Jamshedpur is becoming a smart city

Live Mint  

The industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, while not on the official list of cities under the central government’s Smart Cities Mission, is gearing up to be one in all earnest. “IoT is probably the biggest game-changer we are experiencing,” says Ashish Mathur, managing director of Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Co. Ltd, which provides utility services such as water, power and waste management in the city. “Smart cities can benefit from the capabilities of LoRaWANs, though we as a company work with multiple networks and are network-agnostic,” says Anthony Bartolo, chief product officer for collaboration, mobility and IoT at Tata Communications. The company’s LoRa network in India currently covers over 140 million people and it is working with “around two dozen” start-ups and other ecosystem providers to develop various smart city applications. Mathur’s enthusiasm notwithstanding, industry experts say that, in general, the speed of work and desired outcomes for smart cities will need to be “calibrated” based upon “various external and internal conditions and constraints”.

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What is the status of the Smart Cities Mission? | Explained
2 months, 1 week ago

What is the status of the Smart Cities Mission? | Explained

The Hindu  

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1 year, 2 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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First 22 smart cities in India to be ready by March
2 years, 1 month ago

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India Today  

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The importance of data in smart cities
7 years, 7 months ago

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Live Mint  

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7 years, 9 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Modi launches Smart City projects in Jaipur, Udaipur via video-conference
8 years, 9 months ago

Modi launches Smart City projects in Jaipur, Udaipur via video-conference

The Hindu  

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Sterlite to implement Smart City project for Jaipur
8 years, 10 months ago

Sterlite to implement Smart City project for Jaipur

Firstpost  

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40 cities to be selected in second round of smart city project: Govt to Rajya Sabha
8 years, 11 months ago

40 cities to be selected in second round of smart city project: Govt to Rajya Sabha

Firstpost  

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10 things to expect from India’s 20 smart cities
9 years ago

10 things to expect from India’s 20 smart cities

The Hindu  

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Centre hand-picks 20 smart cities for first phase of plan
9 years, 2 months ago

Centre hand-picks 20 smart cities for first phase of plan

The Hindu  

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Uniqueness of India’s smart cities
9 years, 3 months ago

Uniqueness of India’s smart cities

Live Mint  

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9 years, 7 months ago

Centre unveils list of 98 smart cities; UP, TN strike it rich

The Hindu  

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9 years, 7 months ago

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India TV News  

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Centre to unveil 99 Smart Cities list today
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Centre to unveil 99 Smart Cities list today

India TV News  

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Smart Cities project to be rolled out in April- India TV News
10 years ago

Smart Cities project to be rolled out in April- India TV News

India TV News  

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Smart vs decent cities
10 years, 4 months ago

Smart vs decent cities

Times of India  

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Final shape to 'smart cities' project by next month: Venkaiah Naidu
10 years, 5 months ago

Final shape to 'smart cities' project by next month: Venkaiah Naidu

India TV News  

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