Municipal Wireless: new opportunities for better city management

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1 Municipal Wireless: new opportunities for better city management Giorgio Prister President of Major Cities of Europe

2 Major Cities of Europe: About us We are an INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY of European Local Government CIOs We leverage ICT to INNOVATE within the Public Administration and SERVE our Constituents We are early adopters sharing our own experiences about Leading edge solutions Technologies Business models We exist since 1982 Our members are selected among the innovative Local Governments (LG) Our members cover most European countries

3 Workgroup on wireless of Large European Cities Birmingham Paris Lyon Barcelona Hamburg Vienna Milano

4 Tourism and culture Municipal Wireless: some key questions What strategy? What services? What business model? What Laws and Regulations? What costs and ROI? What Technology? Electromagnetic and visual pollution? Addressing digital divide E-government Digital communities Traffic management Social support Nomadic civil servants Efficiency of public servants Emergency management City control Services for SME Economic development VOIP Etc Public Etc Private Partnership Municipal only initiative Hybrid model EU regulations vs. Telecom Operators Anti terrorism regulations Free vs. Charge Sustainable Wi-Fi medium term model Wi-Max 3G Hybrid Minimize and track the Electromagnetic impact Minimize visual pollution

5 WIFI INDOOR WIFI OUTDOOR Citizens Wi-Fi Spon sor Municipality Municipality Municipality Target Zone Wi-Fi Barcelona: Multiple projects with high synergy Nomadic city- Workers Visitors City Buildings Mobile city workers & street devices Street Citizens City visitors? City Buildings & parks Private Citizens Wi-Fi TLC operators & ISPs Citizens Street Cover age Invest Costs buildings 58 buildings Municipality % (pilot) -?? Municipality = pilot = 9M whole city spots spots spots City financed =

6 Barcelona Wi-Fi Outdoor Services (some examples) PDA Mobile Access Description give them access to the Corporative Network and IT services Benefits Increasing the number of services Make VoIP possible Cameras Mobile voice registry services and image processing: Video-surveillance Artificial vision Traffic measurement deploy services of VoIP capillarity of cameras without Optical Fibre It enables mobile cameras services Reduction of all the costs Remote sensors, Traffic lights regulators, Broad Band Connectivity

7 Barcelona: Benefits of the project Economic Productivity Less costs VOIP with PDA Wi-Fi devices less expensive, Wi-Fi instead of optical fibre More bandwidth for mobile applications --- i.e cameras More connected devices, Wider broadband coverage More flexibility and scalability of the services New services For instance itinerant cameras Social Digital divide, remote elderly support Pervasive municipality services.

8 Birmingham: Wireless Roles Mobile Fixed Nomadic Housing Highways Field Forces VoIP Street Wardens Community workers Parking Meters Street lights CCTV Home BB Mobile CCTV Events

9 Birmingham: Wireless Coverage WiFi WiFi 3G WiFi 3G WiMax WiFi WiMax 3G WiMax 3G 3G WiFi Creating a collage of coverage to provide a foundation to deliver

10 Birmingham: Information at your fingertips Whats Whats On On & Where Where to to go go Getting about Tourism & Visitors birminghamfiz.co.uk Accident & Emergency/Health Services News, Sports & Weather Jobs My Council & Advice Lines Learning

11 Municipal Wireless in Europe FOR MORE EUROPEAN EXAMPLES AND INFORMATION MAJOR CITIES OF EUROPE PORTAL Giorgio Prister