How European standards are helping smart cities

By Luis Jorge Romero, Director General, The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

Smart city standards and horizontal thinking

As cities grow ever larger, much of the physical infrastructure needs to be subject to well-defined safety and compliance standards, from the resistance of building structures to the height of pavements and access ramps. However, when it comes to the digital technologies that support the expansion of city services, what level of ICT standards should we expect to be present in the tender documents and in the solutions implemented?

Smart city thinking exploits the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution, from the ubiquitous connectivity o...