Milan (Lombardy) has been voted the leading Italian smart city for the sixth consecutive year, according to the ICityRank survey of 107 cities conducted by FPA, a Digital360 company. Lombardy's capital topped the economic and sustainable mobility indicators but fared less well in e-government and environmental protection. Second and third-placed Florence and Bologna closed the gap thanks to good results in social quality, digital transformation and e-government capacity, with Bergamo and Turin rounding out the top 5.
Weiterlesen: Milan tops Italian smart city ranking for 6th straight year
Telecom Italia (TIM) has presented the first services launched under the ‘Ascoli Connessa’ project to bring a series of Smart City technologies to the historic central Italian town of Ascoli Piceno. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of life of local citizens through a number of innovative interventions in the areas of safety, traffic control and tourism using TIM’s mobile and fibre network. Services already implemented include a video surveillance system with 85 cameras located throughout the town, above all in its historic centre, a Wi-Fi network for locals and tourists alike as well as the "TIM City Forecast" service that analyses big data to optimise transport, urban mobility and security, predict volumes of people during events and the itineraries followed by tourists.
Weiterlesen: Telecom Italia launches Ascoli Smart City project
Italy’s delay in the digitalization of the public administration is known, and improvements from year to year are slow in coming. This is the conclusion reached by major international bodies, from the EU Commission to the OECD and including the World Bank.
Suffice it to say that in 2015 only 24% of Italians claimed to have had “interactions with the public administration in the last 12 months.” A far cry from the over 80% in Denmark and Estonia, but even from other big countries, such as France (63%), Germany (53%), Great Britain (49%) and from the EU average (46%). Only Bulgaria and Romania fare worse than the Italians.
Weiterlesen: E-Gov still lags behind, only 24% of Italians used it in 2015
Italy is making some serious headway with regard to its plans concerning blockchain technology. The country recently launched its first blockchain technology regulation, according to TPI News – an Italian media.
Approved by the Committee of Constitutional Affairs & Public Works of the Italian Senate, this regulation marks an attempt to integrate blockchain technology into the economy of the country.
Weiterlesen: Italy Takes A Step Forward Regarding Blockchain Developments
Only 24 percent of Italians interacted electronically with public services in 2015, according to a report from Bem Research cited by business daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The figure is less than a third of the 80 percent e-government interaction seen in Denmark and Estonia, and lags well behind that seen in larger countries such as France (63%), Germany (53%) and the UK (49%). Only Bulgaria (17%) and Romania (11%) fare worse than Italy, which is still over 20 percent below the EU average of 46 percent.
Weiterlesen: Only 24% of Italians used e-govt sites in 2015 - study