Barcelona technology leaders are developing what they call a City Protocol, in order to measure a city’s “IQ”, by evaluating both the efficiency and quality of city projects, processes and policies in a way that promotes progress with sustainability in mind. Continue reading…

The Intelligent Community Forum just named its 2012 Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the year in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ICF’s Top Seven are communities that provide a model of economic Continue reading…

Boyd Cohen, LEED AP, climate strategist, presents a ranking of the world’s smartest cities, from New York to Hong Kong. Pundits and industry insiders expect smart cities to become a sizable market, with projections of nearly $40 billion spent on smart-cities technologies by 2016. Continue reading…

The World in 2011: ICT Facts and Figures features end 2011 estimates for International Telecommunication Union’s key telecommunication/ICT indicators. The brochure highlights the latest global ICT facts and trends and includes figures on Internet use, Continue reading…

In its second edition, Ericsson’s Networked Society City Index ranked 25 of the world’s largest cities according to their ability to use ICT for social, economic and environmental benefits. The top three cities in the index — Seoul, Singapore and Stockholm Continue reading…

The Intelligent Community Forum announced its list of the Smart21 Intelligent Communities of 2012. The honorees include 4 communities from Europe, 10 from North America, 3 from Latin America, and 4 from Asia. This year recipients are a snapshot of communities from around the world serving as platforms for innovation. Continue reading…

The winners of 2011 Digital Cities Survey, which spotlights the municipalities that best show how information and communication technology are used to enhance public service, announced by Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine. Continue reading…

IDC Energy Insights, a Massachusetts-based consultancy, released a study on the smartest cities in Spain. The IDC defines a “smart city” as a local entity — a district, city, region or small country — which takes a holistic approach to employ information technologies with real-time Continue reading…

The Intelligent Community Forum named its 2011 Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year. The ICF’s Top Seven are communities that provide a model of economic and social development in the 21st Century using information and communications technology to power growth, address social challenges and preserve and promote culture. Continue reading…

From India to Iowa, Fast Company takes a look at the new wave of cities wired for information, communication, sustainability, and efficiency–and the corporations powering them. The first place of the 10 Smartest Cities list goes to Songdo City, in South Korea. Continue reading…