DIGITAL STRATEGY
40 services range from smart homes and commercial buildings for energy saving and waste monitoring for environment protection , to critical infrastructure such as water , electricity , gas , bridges and roads . Collaboration between the public and private sectors will , Zhang argues , be essential . “ City councils normally own a lot of street furniture , some of which will be very useful for 5G network deployment and be used to provide smart city applications . In particular , lampposts will play a central role in the future of the smart city ,” he says . “ For example , 5G small cell base stations and antennas can be installed on lampposts . Many smart city leaders in Singapore , for example , have started to deploy a new type of lamppost , the so-called smart lamppost that integrates 5G , Wi-Fi , video cameras for road traffic condition monitoring and sensors for air quality and noise . The EU also has plans to replace 10 million out of some 90 million lampposts with smart lampposts .” Benoit Jouffrey , Vice President of 5G Expertise at Thales , agrees . “ The successful
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