This paper presents a comparative analysis of 52 municipal smart city plans drawn from countries around the world, with the goal of enumerating the specific policies and programs that are included under the general rubric of various "smart city" initiatives. Cluster analysis identified five...

The word smart belongs to the most used and for sure the trendiest words of the present. Currently the main aim of everything is to be smart. The same story appears with cities. Smart city is super trendy term and dream of development planners, urbanists, mayors, entrepreneurs, NGO´s and local...

In a historical business model, Mobile Network operators (MNO) design their own network, own their infrastructure, operate the network and offer services on top of it; a voice-revenue dependent business. Now with the data provisioning, since the revenues associated with data do not comply with...

Understanding potential of a city can be defined by some indicators. One of them is by identifying six indicators that well known as Nation Brand Hexagon. Nation Brand Hexagon are: People, Tourism, Exports, Governance, Investment and Immigration, and Culture and Heritage. By understanding and...

Besides the promising forecasts for Smart City market, many projects haven't taken off due to financial restrictions, unsustainable business models or too technological visions instead of citizen orientation. The need for innovative business models in the context of Smart City motivates this...

Successful adoption of urban cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) services by consumers requires high-density network coverage and a diverse and vibrant community of service providers. This work analyses the economic and technological requirements for a successful smart city platform adoption...