IoT (or Internet of Things) may seem like the buzzword of the year, but the fact is that even if the scope of IoT applications is only partly visible today, the technology is standardizing fast and strategic positioning for players
Smart village goes for LoRa
With the numerous announcements from major mobile operators regarding the deployment of IoT networks, especially Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) ones, one may wonder if there is room for smaller players. This kind of networks requires a relatively small
Why smart services need better -not just more- data
In the last decade, an incredible amount of innovative digital services were made available to the consumer, improving their quality of life. Most of these services rely on the ability to collect, store and/or analyze data that was previously
Stokab Helps Build a Smarter Stockholm
A few years ago, Diffraction Analysis released a white paper analysing the inception of Stokab, Stockholm’s municipal fiber network and it’s benefits for the City of Stockholm. Entitled ‘Stockholm’s Stokab: A Blueprint for Ubiquitous Fiber Connectivity ?‘
Where will the next Smart City rise?
If you ask someone to name a Smart City, they will probably give you one of the following:
- Songdo (South Korea)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands),
- Masdar (UAE),
- Stockholm (Sweden),
- Lyon or Nice (France),
- Barcelona (Spain).
Whether the city is on this
Are fixed networks obsolete in the Smart City era?
Every day we read articles describing how wireless sensor networks will drive change in cities all around the world, bringing connectivity to street furniture, vehicles, utility networks and so on… In particular numerous Smart City enthusiasts regularly praise low power
Falling in Love with Stockholm All Over Again
Last week I spent two and a half days in Stockholm, doing interviews and meeting various public officials and private businesses with the aim of updating the White Paper we published in 2013 entitled Stockholm’s Stokab: A Blueprint for Ubiquitous