To this end, it aims to drive the transformation of technology companies in Spain, enabling them to adapt to the evolving needs of smart cities and their citizens.
This transformation is fundamentally based on the National Smart Cities Plan, whose third line of action focuses on the development and growth of the ICT industry, with initiatives that promote new technological solutions contributing to the advancement of smart cities.
NEC, a leader in IT integration and network technologies that benefit businesses and individuals worldwide, and within its Strategic Plan, with the focus on providing “Solutions for Society” and the corporate message “orchestrating a better world,” has made smart city solutions a key focus.
NEC aims to develop the core elements of this agreement using the existing capabilities of its Cloud Technologies Competence Center, headquartered in Madrid, which supports the various city projects it is currently working on in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Some of the areas to be developed under the agreement are:
• Disseminating best practices and success stories in the field of Smart Cities.
• Supporting capacity building in Smart Cities and related sectors such as social innovation, energy efficiency, the environment, infrastructure and livability, urban mobility, and government, economy, and business.
• Facilitating the exchange of professionals specializing in smart cities and promoting twinning projects between companies.
Coinciding with the signing of the framework agreement, NEC participated that same week in the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, where it was visited by the Vice President of NEC Corporation, Mr. Hideichi Okada, and the President of NEC Europe, Mr. Naoki Iizuka. NEC had the opportunity to present its Smart City Solutions, such as the CCOC (City Cloud Operation Center) Platform, which provides cities with a unified environment for service management and monitoring of the corresponding KPIs. This allows for the interrelation of these services through simulation and scenario prediction modules, making it possible to determine not only the parameters of a specific vertical service but also how all the monitored services affect each other.
