Milton Keynes, a large town in Buckinghamshire, England, will become the first UK town to establish a city-wide, open access Internet of Things (IoT) network.
This will be possible thanks to a consortium established by BT, Neul and the Future Cities and Connected Digital Economies. Supported by the Open University, it is hoped that the new connected city will create the perfect ecosystem for IoT development startups.
Under it, in the coming years, digital parking spaces that alert drivers when they’re empty and smart garbage bins that tell the local council when they’re full will be installed around Milton Keynes. To power this, Neul and BT are building 15 Internet-connected base stations across this town which will pick up the signals from sensors placed in thousands of object throughout the city. The stations will be attached by BT to masts and street lamps out of sight of most residents.
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