- Integrated “Smart Parking for People with Disabilities” and “Smart Water Management” solutions
- COSMOTE NB-IoT population coverage of over 98% - the most extensive in Greece
COSMOTE implemented smart cities solutions in the municipalities of Monemvasia and Chania, utilizing the Narrow-Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology. Smart Water Management in Monemvasia and Smart Parking in Chania make citizens’ daily lives easier, enabling the municipalities to save valuable resources and reduce spending. The implementation was based on NB-IoT technology, requiring a small amount of data to interconnect devices over the mobile network, drastically reducing energy consumption and cost.
In Monemvasia, smart meters were installed on the municipality’s water supply network for remote monitoring and management of water supply and consumption, in real time and with precision, via the COSMOTE NB-IoT network. The Smart Water Management solution, which was based on the «ARTEMIS-water» solution, achieves savings of water resources, stabilization of water pressure, quality control and leak detection, while significantly reducing energy consumption and municipal spending. This is the first water metering project in Greece carried out using an NB-IoT network.
A Smart Parking solution was implemented in Chania for People with Disabilities, utilizing the COSMOTE NB-IoT network. The project involved the installation of special sensors in existing municipal parking spots for local and visiting persons with disabilities. Using a special mobile app, drivers can instantly find available parking spaces and how to get to them, while with special portable cards at their disposal, they automatically validate their eligibility to use the parking space. This project, which is already being used by more than 300 eligible drivers, encourages equal participation for everyone – locals, visitors and tourists – in the life of the city, while also facilitating the work of the traffic police.
The Mayor of Chania, Panagiotis Simandirakis, noted: “
It is our responsibility to ensure equal accessibility for all citizens, further facilitating our co-residents who are facing additional difficulties due to disability. Through this particular partnership with COSMOTE, we achieved something very important and innovative regarding parking for people with disabilities and their families in their daily transportation through the city. Our goal is to expand this program with even more parking spaces within and beyond the urban fabric, for which citizens can be informed in real time, and control services will immediately detect any violations.”
The Mayor of Monemvasia, Iraklis Tricheilis, said: “
Urban populations’ increasing water needs, the existing water resources’ depletion - degradation and the adverse effects linked to climate change, render the sustainable and efficient management of the available quantities of water supplied for urban use, crucially important. Through COSMOTE’s installation of smart metres on the Monemvasia Municipality’s water supply network, we succeeded in improving the performance and reliability of the water-supply network via remote monitoring and management of water supply and consumption, in real time and with precision.
The OTE Group ICT Sales Director, Lykourgos Antonopoulos, stated: “
We are working with municipalities throughout the country to provide specialized smart cities solutions, adjusted to suit local needs. With the OTE Group’s state-of-the-art network infrastructure as our competitive advantage, along with our advanced know-how and experience, we facilitate businesses, municipalities and every organization to live up to the challenges of the new digital era.”
Greece-wide coverage of the COSMOTE NB-IoT network
COSMOTE is intensively investing in extending its NB-IoT network, currently offering the most extensive population coverage in Greece, at over 98%.
The NB-IoT network requires a small amount of data to interconnect devices (e.g., sensors, meters, trackers) over the mobile network, drastically reducing energy consumption and boosting a wide range of new applications. It also provides coverage everywhere – even in basements – data transfer security, and low usage cost.
NB-IoT technology is specially designed for Internet of Things applications and smart cities solutions that have low bandwidth communication requirements, making it ideal for the development of smart solutions that enhance the sustainability and performance of the urban environment, for parking, lighting, waste, energy and water management, etc.
COSMOTE Smart Cities Solutions
Cities that adopt smart governance, smart economy, smart mobility and smart environment solutions and practices, offer their residents better living conditions and become more functional, conserving resources. COSMOTE contributes in designing the smart cities of the future, by providing specialized Smart Cities solutions in sectors such as waste management, lighting, parking, mobility, water management and public transport management.