'Amazing spaces, Smart places' £120,000 SBRI

October 18, 2018playable city,safer city,parks,open spacesBusiness,IoT,Public realm,SBRI

Is your organisation interested in working with us to use innovative digital tech to help us to better manage our urban parks and open spaces? Contracts of up to £20,000 will be awarded for a period…

by Ciara Campbell

Boy playing with a sparkler type of firework on contemporary bridge, white and lilac glow

'Playable' streets £30,000 IoT challenge

May 5, 2018IOT,Internet of Things,Lorawan,sigfox,innovator,collaborate,infrastructure,citizen,playableCulture,Arts,Business,IoT,Public realm,Connectivity

We’re running a two-phase competition for innovative companies to explore how we can use our new Things Connected IoT network to re-imagine our city centre. (Closed 27 July 2018.) Over the last…

by Mark McCann

Rise Sculpture at broadway roundabout in Belfast, a huge white sphere within a sphere

£11.5 Million full fibre investment

April 25, 2018broadband,fibre roll out,economy,gigabit,full fibre,faster connectivity,connected city,connected citizenConnectivity

Belfast is to receive £11.5 million from the government’s Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) challenge fund to boost the city's digital connectivity. The funding will allow us to install an extensive…

by Ciara Campbell

£145,000 Internet of Things funding

April 19, 2018IOT,Internet of Things,Lorawan,sigfox,innovator,collaborateIoT

We have been funded to deploy a free-to-use LORAWAN network across the region. The Things Connected NI network will provide the basic infrastructure for local businesses to experiment, design and…

by Ciara Campbell

Daytime harbour and docklands Belfast

€230,000 SBIR challenge: Last mile urban freight

April 18, 2018congestion,air quality,traffic,infrastructureTransport,Logistics

€230,000 challenge for companies interested in working with us and other partners to find new ways to enhance the efficiency of commercial goods deliveries in both urban centres. Phase one of this…

by Ciara Campbell