Cisco to rollout smart city applications in Hyderabad

Cisco will implement multiple projects including Digital Zone smart city project, Internet of things' innovation hub and a centre of excellence

Internet technology company Cisco and Telangana government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) to initiate digital transformation of the new state.

Cisco will implement multiple projects including Digital Zone smart city project, Internet of things(IoT) innovation hub and a Living Lab, a centre of excellence among other things here.

Under the Digital Zone project, Cisco will deploy city digital platform in the 2.2 km area near Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, including smart Wi-Fi, smart parking, smart lighting, traffic analytics at key junctions, remote expert for government services, smart environmental censors, smart waste management, and a smart control center to monitor and manage the city with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

The company will collaborate with local ecosystem solution providers to build a scalable model for the effective roll out of city services across the state of Telangana. The project will utilise Cisco's global expertise and intellectual property in the areas of IoT, mobile technology and applications, cloud computing, data analytics, social media among other things. It will also collaborate with the state for the upcoming smart cities in Telangana.

Talking about their partnership with the state government, Cisco India president Dinesh Malkani said digitisation will be key to how cities, communities and countries maintain global competitiveness, increase GDP growth, foster innovation and create new jobs. Telangana IT minister K T Rama Rao said he hopes to utilise the expertise of Cisco to catapult the state to the forefront of digital revolution.