Smart street lighting, IoT sensors and data trust platform will help
cities deploy smart city projects and retain control of their urban data
assets
SEOUL, South Korea & CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung
SDS, the digital arm of Samsung, and Telensa,
a leader in smart street lighting and smart city data, today announced
that they are working together on smart city projects. The two companies
are collaborating on smart streetlighting, in which Telensa is the
global leader with more than 1.7m lights deployed, and the Urban Data
Project – a cloud platform that creates a trust infrastructure for urban
data, that enables cities to collect, protect and use their data for the
benefit of all citizens. The first collaboration will be in city
projects in Korea, with wider deployments following across Asia Pacific
and in the United States.
The initial area of collaboration is smart street lighting, where
Telensa is the world market share leader. By combining the Telensa
PLANet streetlight control application with Samsung SDS Brightics IoT
platform, cities will be able to enjoy energy savings and can access a
vast ecosystem of sensor applications.
Samsung SDS will provide its Brightics IoT, a powerful data collecting
platform specialized in retrieving and analysing big data, powered by
AI. B Telensa will also leverage Samsung SDS’s deep expertise in other
areas such as 5G technology and blockchain, which require streetlight
access for ubiquitous deployment.
Samsung SDS will also be working with Telensa on the Urban
Data Project, a collaborative solution that creates a trust
infrastructure for urban data, one that enables cities to collect,
protect and use their data for the benefit of all citizens. This
collaboration will involve integrating Brightics IoT with Telensa’s City
Data Guardian, part of its wider Urban Data Project.
Urban data is the mosaic of street-by-street, minute-by-minute
information that makes up a city’s digital twin. It includes mapping how
people use the city, the mix of traffic on the roads, the hyper-local
air quality and noise levels. This data is incredibly valuable for
designing better city infrastructure, delivering more efficient city
services, and making everything more transparent to empower citizens. It
is also potentially valuable to industries such as retail, real estate
and insurance.
To date the use of urban data has been limited by two barriers. The
first is trust – how can a city’s Chief Data Officer apply best-practice
privacy policies to data and provide transparency to citizens on how
that data is protected and used. The second is the cost of
single-purpose sensors and the related cost of moving raw video data to
the cloud.
The Urban Data Project aims to solve these problems. The City Data
Guardian is the trust platform that enables cities to apply
transparent privacy policies, comply with data regulations, and make
data available to improve services and drive future city revenues. Multi-Sensor
Pods installed on streetlight poles, combine video and radar working
together to provide a more complete picture. The pods employ AI and
machine learning to extract detailed real-time insights from the raw
data.
Sean Im, Senior Vice President of Solution Business Division at
Samsung SDS, said: “We are delighted to be working with Telensa to
enable cities to harness and protect their urban data assets on behalf
of their citizens. Brightics IoT will provide effective data collection
and analytics, which will lead to improved quality of life for citizens.
By combining the capabilities of both companies, Samsung SDS plans to
further explore new possibilities to adopt the latest information
technologies including AI and blockchain.”
Will Franks, CEO of Telensa, said: “We’ve been working
with cities around the globe to make millions of streetlights smart, and
now we’re providing Chief Data Officers with the tools to protect and
use urban data and engage with new technologies like 5G mobile. We are
excited to be working with Samsung SDS, who bring global reach, product
innovation and deep expertise from IoT to 5G.”
About Telensa
Telensa makes wireless smart city applications, helping cities around
the world save energy, work smarter and deliver more joined-up services
for their citizens. Telensa PLANet is the world’s most deployed smart
streetlight solution, with a footprint of 1.7 million lights. Building
on the compelling business case for its smart streetlighting, the
company provides cities and utilities with an open, low-cost platform to
add multiple sensor applications. By leading the Urban Data Project,
alongside Microsoft, Qualcomm and Cambridge, Telensa is helping cities
to build future-proof operations driven by data intelligence, trust and
transparency. Telensa is based in Cambridge in the UK, with regional
operations in the USA and Australia.
About Samsung SDS
Samsung SDS was founded in 1985 as the software arm of Samsung, and has
been leading digital innovation and transformation for major clients for
over 30 years. With the vision to become a data-driven digital
transformation leader, Samsung SDS utilizes advanced technologies such
as analytics platforms, AI, blockchain and cloud to serve a diverse
range of industries including intelligent manufacturing, global
logistics, enterprise mobility, financial services and retail. For more
information, visit https://www.samsungsds.com.
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