According to the Lianhe Zaobao on March 13th, according to the latest report of the 2017 Global Smart City Performance Index published by the research institute Juniper Research, Singapore ranks first among the top 20 smart cities in the world, surpassing London, New York, and Seoul, South Korea.
In 2014, Singapore upgraded “Smart City 2015” to “Smart Country 2025”. It plans to build a nationwide nation by building a smart city across the country. It is expected to be the world’s first smart country. This is the world’s first blueprint for a smart country. In the planning and implementation of smart cities, many of Singapore’s ideas and practices are eye-catching. Among them, the use of street lights to intelligently upgrade the networking and build urban shared infrastructure has taken a crucial step from theory to practice.
After two years of testing and technical demonstration, the Singapore Land Transport Department (LTA) recently announced the successful bidding of 110,000 sets of street lamps. The US Itron and Rongwen Energy Technology rely on IPV6+MESH communication technology and the stability, communication speed and reliability of the central management system. The advantages of security, scalable applications and many large-scale application cases around the world have won success. So far, this is the largest scale and highest standard LED street lamp intelligent upgrade project undertaken by domestic enterprises overseas.
Singapore’s Ministry of Science and Technology (GovTech) will use the system as a shared communication gateway to collect and transmit low bandwidth sensor data from other public agencies, which is expected to further improve the efficiency of the public sector. Singapore’s Land Transport Department (LTA) will also work with the Ministry of Science and Technology (GovTech) to conduct proof of concept, collecting and transmitting environmental data such as water level, water flow, temperature, and humidity. A spokesperson for the Singapore Government Science and Technology Bureau said: “The authorities will optimize and coordinate the use of their facilities and explore other ways to share the resources of public institutions to more effectively improve smart city services.”
Eva Wang, the head of Rongwen’s overseas project, participated in the entire project process. She said that based on national strategic considerations, the Singapore government is particularly cautious about the choice of technology options. The entire review was completed by the Ministry of Land Transport (LTA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (GovTech). It took a year to thoroughly evaluate the five leading global technology solutions, including Singapore Telematics, Cisco, and Paradox, Japan. , and the total solution of IPV6+Mesh jointly provided by Rongwen/Itron. The project was finally awarded the overall solution of IPV6+Mesh jointly provided by Rongwen/Itron. “Singapore is a country with great vision and prudence. In addition to the economic aspect, any decision made by the government in basic design construction can support its development needs in the industry for the next five years. Singapore’s ultimate choice of technology and its layout of the “smart country” coincide,” she said.