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Figure 1. Connected City Advisory Board Charter
The Connected City Blueprint is intended to work as a guideline to support cities and government authorities to
develop their connected city plans and for the broader wireless industry, including operators, regulators, equipment
manufacturers and service developers to better understand the challenges and opportunities of the Connected City
and Smart City ecosystem.

1.2 Smart City Definition

Smart City involves an ecosystem platform of multi-stakeholders and utilizes integrated information and
communication technology systems, ICT, and data analytics, to transform its culture, structure, operations, economic
development, and citizens' engagement to manage complexity and dynamically improve and enhance quality of life.
According to this definition Smart City is using technology to connect people, processes and assets in order to
improve efficiencies for the cities, improve sustainability and improve the lives of citizens, businesses and city
agencies, while creating a safer, more sustainable and civilized city for the citizens. The thread that's weaved through
all of the solutions that adds this value is a secure scalable communications platform. It's all about improving the
lives of the citizens, businesses and governments to create a safer and more sustainable and efficient environment for
them to live, to work and to operate.
The goal for any city municipality is to improve the quality of life for citizens and ensure that they are safe. This could
be through new economic development opportunities, job creation, and/or making sure that they have the right
infrastructure in place in order to leverage learning opportunities. Furthermore, from an economic development

Report title: Connected City Blueprint
3 Issue Date: 15 December 2016 Wireless Broadband Alliance Confidential & Proprietary.
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