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The promise and peril of digital urban mobility

Corporate Knights

The company, Global MaaS, had built an app that provides city-dwellers with a digital one-stop shop for all sorts of travel options – transit, taxis, ride hailing, bike sharing, and so on. The "unified" payment is meant to encourage multi-modal trips, as a 2021 Portuguese study pointed out.

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Smart Cities

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Designed specifically for logistics, construction and smart city spaces, Qualcomm® Smart Cities Accelerator Program and Qualcomm® IoT Services Suite enable ecosystem members to create and deploy smart applications in these verticals. Learn more in Qualcomm's 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report.

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Rotterdam uses smart tech to 'save city from drowning'

Corporate Knights

While Rotterdam’s blue-green grid is still far from completion, it represents an example of how a set of digital sensing technologies can be potentially harnessed to produce a smart city solution to an urban sustainability problem. . As of 2021, Rotterdam officials were testing a pilot version of this grid.

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Qualcomm's Approach to Transforming Education

3BL Media

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the depth of a digital divide that’s long existed in education, put a halt to traditional classroom education and accelerated the urgency for equitable solutions. . Furthermore, it facilitates greater content management opportunities, a better digital experience and online training opportunities for educators. .

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Mitigating cybersecurity risks in tomorrow's smart cities

Sustainability Matters

As global cities embrace the potential of ‘smart’ technology, from optimised traffic management to advanced energy grids, the allure of a more efficient, sustainable and digitally connected urban landscape is becoming a reality. Yet, as investment increases, so does the risk.

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Smart Transportation

3BL Media

Whether it’s a business operating freight trucks during off-peak hours or an individual choosing an alternate route to shorten travel times, services that come from connected, digitized transportation systems can inform better choices that can lead to even greater reductions in emissions and energy usage.

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Transforming Connectivity

3BL Media

5G will generate significant economic growth and resilience, drive numerous industry transformations and sustainability benefits through digitization, and ultimately enrich lives across the globe. Learn more in Qualcomm's 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report. 5G is vital to this evolution.