[1st-mile-nm] Albuquerque is one of 5 New Cities to Become Smart Gigabit Communities

[Richard Lowenberg]

5 New Cities Become Smart Gigabit Communities

BY DUSTIN HAISLER / JUNE 27, 2017 0

http://www.govtech.com/5-New-Cities-Become-Smart-Gigabit-Communities.html

AUSTIN, Texas — At the Smart Cities Connect Conference held June 25-28 
at the Austin Convention Center, US Ignite and the National Science 
Foundation announced five new cities that have joined the Smart Gigabit 
Communities (SGC) program, which "accelerates the development of 
advanced gigabit applications that cannot run on current networks as the 
bedrock of smart communities by identifying new economic and social 
opportunities created by those applications," according to the SGC 
website.

Each "gigabit" city receives support from the National Science 
Foundation to use its physical and wireless network infrastructure as an 
enabler of smart applications to solve specific community problems.

Cities joining the program this year include:
      Washington, D.C.
      Albuquerque, N.M.
      Phoenix
      San Diego
      Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee

These selected communities join the ranks of 19 other previously 
selected cities, including Austin; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Lafayette, La.; 
Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas; and Cleveland.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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