Signify, the world leader in lighting, and Edzcom, a European market leader in Edge Connectivity solutions, are bringing the City of Tampere one step closer to the future. The unique BrightSites solution delivers fast, reliable connectivity to every street corner using the city’s own network of streetlights. Latest news about this Finland smart city find out below.
It removes the need to dig and lay fiber connections throughout the city, while needing only a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. This allows the City of Tampere to accelerate the deployment of present and future broadband loT applications such as 5G, WiFi and smart city services.
“Tampere’s ambition is to create the most sustainable society using the power of digitalization and technology,” says Teppo Rantanen, Executive Director at the City of Tampere. “It’s a society that lives on real-time, data-driven actionable insights. We have partnered with two industry leading companies, Signify and Edzcom, to create the foundation of such a society. With their technology and services, Tampere aims to take a leap forward in creating the society we strive for.”
Through BrightSites, lighting infrastructure becomes a platform for real-time sensors, cameras, and other digital technologies. In the future, this could include technologies that provide situational awareness data for autonomous vehicles and data streams for drones, both of which will require city-wide high speed data connectivity. finland smart city
Khalid Aziz, Head of BrightSites by Signify says: “Where there is light, there are people and where there are people, they need connectivity. Our newest BrightSites solution will help our customers to transform their traditional lighting assets into a digital platform. This opens up the opportunity for new business models and monetization for our customers. We truly believe that this is a game changer in deploying the communication networks of the future.”