Philips Lighting, leading innovator in LED lighting and American Tower Corporation which specializes in wireless infrastructure have joined hands in order to increase the digital transformation of urban spaces and the adoption of smart city services in the United States.
“As the demand for wireless broadband continues to grow in urban centers, Wireless Carriers need a repeatable, scalable way to densify networks fast,” said Steven Marshall, President U.S. Tower, a division of American Tower Corporation. “Our alliance with Philips Lighting brings Wireless Carriers access to premium pre-approved sites, with a smart pole that aesthetically blends into urban locations, delivering wireless broadband hidden in plain sight. The companies are developing 4G/5G enabled LED smart light pole. The poles will be used for roadways, parking and streets which will eventually increase and turn wireless broadband access better in dense urban localities along with energy efficient LED lighting system.
The safety and security is the prime concern for urban areas these days. In order to achieve that, Smart poles are designed such as, to help them deliver new and future digital applications including enhanced emergency services, acoustic sensing, air quality monitoring and autonomous vehicle navigation, to name a few. The new smart pole is designed to take advantage of a city’s existing real estate and concentrate services from multiple Wireless Carriers in a single pole. Also, the lighting on each smart pole can be monitored remotely to decrease maintenance costs and optimize energy savings using the Philips CityTouch connected street lighting management system.
“Lighting is an essential part of the urban landscape and one of the most valuable assets to help accelerate cities’ digital transformation,” said Olivia Qiu, Chief Innovation Officer at Philips Lighting. “Combining Philips Lighting’s energy-efficient and connected LED street lighting with American Tower’s shared infrastructure expertise will help speed up a city’s ability to deploy new technologies that improve public safety and civic services. Our alliance with the largest provider of wireless infrastructure in the U.S. will support the growth of our street lighting business in this important market.”
