Challenge / Goal
Eichenzell was one of the few German municipalities selected by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community to become a model municipality as part of the German Smart City funding project, which aims at deploying open and innovative technologies to accelerate the current German digitalization strategy.
Solution
Signify’s BrightSites solution uses lighting infrastructure to build a platform for wireless broadband connectivity to cater for any IoT broadband applications as well as 5G densification. Eichenzell marks the first in Germany to deploy the solution in a very fast, cost effective and sustainable way. This brings the city one step further in their smart city plans.
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Log inTime period
Planning time
Less than 6 months
Implementation time
Less than 6 months
Implementers
Signify
Service providers
Signify, government IT
End users
Local government, inhabitants, businesses, and service providers
Improved broadband access