The concept a smart city, is nothing new. Indeed, early projects have been taking place all over the world for some time now. However, one thing we see routinely around the world is that scaling up these projects efficiently is a major challenge. Why is that?
According to Dale Parkinson, Sales Director for Wholesale at Virgin Media, developing a smart city relies on the interplay between four key elements – 5G, fibre, software, and hardware. Clearly all of these factors have been rapidly advancing in recent years, particularly with 5G and full fibre being rolled out more and more quickly.
+ INFO: Total Telecom
