Bristol issues call for tech partners

The British city of Bristol is looking for technology partners and projects to test technologies on its city-wide network.

Bristol is Open is a private experimental optic fibre broadband, wireless and high performance computing network, which allows for street-level testing of scalable experiments. It has been designed to effect process and policy changes at the municipal level, covering issues such as energy conservation, air quality and pollution, transport, connectivity, and data collection and sharing.

“Bristol is Open has an exciting future,” said Julie Snell, Managing Director, Bristol is Open. “True smart city innovation positively impacts on citizens' lives, whether we are aware of...