The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and the Smart City Council (SCC) created the Smart Communities Infrastructure Task Force to educate and empower communities and stakeholders as they deploy wireless and wireline broadband networks essential to smart city applications.
Key Focus Areas of the Smart Communities Infrastructure Task Force
- How 5G & the Internet of Things (IoT) Will Enable Smarter Communities
- Why Wireless and Wireline Infrastructure Deployment Is Essential to Smart Communities
- Various Smart Community Funding Models
- Model Network Deployment Policies and Best Practices
- Sector-Specific Solutions and Applications Within Smart Communities
Given the two organizations’ history of defining best practices for Smart Cities, and creating model legislation that spurs broadband deployment, WIA and SCC aim to collaboratively address cities’ needs as digital connectivity becomes essential to effectively provide public services, support the economy, and increase livability.
“Smart Cities are leveraging network technology to drive efficiencies in transportation, public safety, sustainability, and citizen engagement,” said SCC Executive Director Jason Nelson. He will co-chair the task force with Peter Murray, Executive Director of Dense Networks and Jeff Hannah, Manager of Business Development at WIA.
More than 62 percent of the U.S. population lived on just 3.5 percent of the nation’s land in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With an increasing concentration of citizens, cities face many common challenges associated with urbanization – more cars, pedestrians and crime – and higher power and water consumption. Municipalities want to address these challenges by adopting communications networks and associated Smart City solutions. “Our goal is to create a cross-functional group of experts from the wireless broadband industry and from government who understand how best to apply broadband, IoT and other essential technologies to create smarter Cities and Communities,” said WIA President/CEO Jonathan Adelstein.
The Task Force will hold two kick-off meetings: one at Smart City Week October 3-5 and one at WIA’s HetNet Expo October 10-1. For more information on the Smart Communities Task Force, contact WIA’s Jeff Hannah at: jeff.hannah@wia.org.
September 15, 2017
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