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Opinions, think-pieces, articles and observations around smart cities and the future of urban living.

5 November 2019

What is a smart city and how have smart cities evolved?

Dr Jon Lewis is our Chief Strategy Officer. His background spans technology innovation and product delivery across a wide set of industries from mobile communications to healthcare. At Telensa Jon has pioneered several smart city applications, including smart parking and smart waste management. More recently he has led the Urban Data Project - a new approach to the collection and responsible use of data by cities, transforming trust and privacy using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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21 October 2019

Let’s kill big brother

How cities can act to turn the fear of smart technologies into hope for a better future

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14 October 2019

10 tips for a successful smart city project

The road to becoming a smart city requires cities to pick up new skills. Cities need to develop new infrastructure and new policies for gathering and utilising data.

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13 September 2019

3 Top Takeaways from Power & Utilities Australia Conference 2019

Hear from Keith Henry at Power & Utilities Australia.

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21 March 2019

Funding smart city applications: why connected street lighting is different

Most smart city applications are never deployed across whole cities and regions. Instead they stay as perennial small-scale pilots. Why?

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20 February 2019

Telensa Top 50 Smart City Influencers

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8 January 2019

Smart street lighting is the seedbed for a smart city…

Finding how to close the digital gap and move towards the reality of a smart city can be tough. Let’s discuss how this journey can be started with connected street lighting.

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