A Better Signal Wherever You Go. Los Angeles is the World’s First City to Deploy Philips’ Smartpole Street Lighting with ...
November 05 2015 - 02:30PM
Business Wire
- Delivers enhanced and more reliable
wireless data broadband coverage to businesses and citizens in one
of the largest cities in the world.
- 100 LED light poles to be fitted with
new small cell technology from Ericsson that will host mobile
network operator equipment.
- Leading-edge energy efficiency LED
street lighting to help LA to meet sustainability goals while
improving mobile network performance and reducing urban
clutter.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), the global leader in
lighting, today announced that the City of Los Angeles (LA) will be
the first city in the world to deploy 100 Philips SmartPoles –
connected LED street lighting that includes fully integrated 4G LTE
wireless telecommunications technology by Ericsson. The
collaboration between Philips and Ericsson delivers on the latest
Internet of Things (IoT) innovation and provides a double benefit
to LA citizens: high quality, public lighting that is energy
efficient as well as improved network performance in dense urban
areas.
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"The analog light pole has evolved right here in Los Angeles,”
said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “L.A. is a world leader in LED street
lights and has more poles than any other city in America. We are
now taking advantage of previously untapped real estate to give our
streets better broadband connectivity and future-ready
infrastructure, while generating revenue for the city. This project
shows what smart infrastructure can do for Los Angeles: create
jobs, save tax payer dollars, and improve our environment."
This project expands on Philips’ existing relationship with the
City of LA. Earlier this year, LA became the first city in North
America to monitor and control its street lighting through Philips
CityTouch, an advanced Philips streetlight asset management system
that uses mobile and cloud-based technologies. Better lit streets
contribute to safer streets, less accidents and deter crime while
connected management of street lighting reduces further the amount
of energy used and simplifies maintenance.
Amy Huntington, President of Philips Lighting Americas said:
“The Philips SmartPole technology proves its role as the backbone
in an outdoor Internet of Things platform capable of delivering new
services and value. This is also fully aligned with many of Mayor
Garcetti’s key priorities and outcomes by taking LED street
lighting and turning it into a services hub that can adapt to the
changing needs of a particular neighborhood over time.”
With cellular data traffic expected to grow 9 times by 2020,
according to the Ericsson Mobility Report, and current telecoms
infrastructure struggling to respond to this demand, Philips
SmartPoles are enabling seamless mobile wireless 4G/LTE
connectivity, with the small cell technology from Ericsson housed
in the poles to enable increased data capacity in the telecoms
network. Philips SmartPoles were specifically designed and tested
to accept FCC licensed wireless mobile network operator equipment.
This enables an alternative deployment methodology for 4G LTE
broadband services which will connect each pole through a fiber
link to its core network.
Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit
Radio, Ericsson, said: “LA will be a role model for other smart
cities that place sustainability and connectivity high on their
agenda. As citizens, businesses and industries transform through
mobility, cities have an increasingly important role to play as
eco-system partners enabling the next wave of innovations that will
bring us to 5G in 2020. Innovative solutions like Philips
SmartPoles and Ericsson Zero Site that efficiently improve the
performance of mobile networks will be necessary to address the
growing demand from both smartphone users and the Internet of
Things.”
For mobile network operators this innovation offers new
possibilities to find the right site location. It also helps scale
mobile wireless 4G/LTE infrastructure deployment beyond traditional
sites. As a result operators can improve data coverage and capacity
for citizens so there are no more signal dropouts.
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and
well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through
meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer
Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips
posted 2014 sales of EUR 21.4 billion and employs approximately
106,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new
lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and
oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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