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Business Reporter: How To Develop Your Smart City Through Co-Creation
Telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom believes smart cities can thrive with the right solutions. The problem is, only 10 per cent of cities have a strategy to implement their smart city concepts.
Ole Schilling , VP Market Development Smart Cities & Regions at DTAG, explains that cities face undeniable challenges, so they need the suitable tools to overcome these obstacles. There are four main issues to address:
Using the co-creation model, however, can bring the answers within reach. Schilling advises that anyone developing the smart city should:
Smart cities should offer sustainable ways of living, with an improved quality of life. And when people work together, amazing things can be achieved. That's why co-creation is the secret to success for smart cities.
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Deutsche Telekom is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue.
Its recent smart city initiative focuses on how we can make our cities more liveable, efficient and sustainable – a collaborative approach Deutsche Telekom calls 'co-creation', which encourages the development of smart cities through design thinking.
https://smartcity.telekom.com/cocreate/en/