Summary of ICT and Digital Technologies used in Smart Cities

Todays Smart Cities are smarter, more advanced and equipped with latest tools and technologies. Smart City uses Digital and Information Communication Technologies to operate smartly, more efficiently and for sharing information in safe and secure manner with citizens and various stakeholders. Smart Cities always aims to offer good services, better quality of life and welfare to their citizens and it is possible to do so by using advanced technologies.  Smart Cities put Digital and ICTs along with data to work and make better decisions to improve the quality of life of their residents. Smart Cities promotes economic growth while improving the services quality for citizens by using smart technologies and data analysis. The effectiveness of Smart Services depends upon how the smart technology is used in offering the services rather than just how much technology is available for use.  In this paper, the summary of information with respect to key technology trends in Smart Cities, various Digital and ICT Technologies used by Smart Cities to address their real-life challenges, and also brief overview of some of the prominent technologies that are extensively used by Smart Cities have been provided.

Keywords:SmartCity, IoT, ICT, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, AI/ML