Cisco will implement multiple projects including Digital
Zone smart city project, Internet of things' innovation hub and a centre
of excellence.
Internet
technology company Cisco and Telangana government on Thursday signed a
memorandum of understanding(MoU) to initiate digital transformation of
the new state.
Cisco
will implement multiple projects including Digital Zone smart city
project, Internet of things(IoT) innovation hub and a Living Lab, a
centre of excellence among other things here.
Under
the Digital Zone project, Cisco will deploy city digital platform in
the 2.2 km area near Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, including smart Wi-Fi,
smart parking, smart lighting, traffic analytics at key junctions,
remote expert for government services, smart environmental censors,
smart waste management, and a smart control center to monitor and manage
the city with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
The
company will collaborate with local ecosystem solution providers to
build a scalable model for the effective roll out of city services
across the state of Telangana. The project will utilise Cisco's global
expertise and intellectual property in the areas of IoT, mobile
technology and applications, cloud computing, data analytics, social
media among other things. It will also collaborate with the state for
the upcoming smart cities in Telangana.
Talking
about their partnership with the state government, Cisco India
president Dinesh Malkani said digitisation will be key to how cities,
communities and countries maintain global competitiveness, increase GDP
growth, foster innovation and create new jobs. Telangana IT minister K T
Rama Rao said he hopes to utilise the expertise of Cisco to catapult
the state to the forefront of digital revolution.
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