Eight months after announcing plans for a “smart cities” pilot project in downtown Boston, Verizon is installing road sensors, cameras and connected lighting at one downtown intersection. Verizon has also begun rolling out a fibre-optic network in the Boston area called FiOS, a more than $300 million, six-year, project to replace ageing copper wiring and lay the foundations for future 5G wireless services.
Eight months after announcing plans for a “smart cities” pilot project in downtown Boston, Verizon is installing road sensors, cameras and connected lighting at one downtown intersection. Verizon has also begun rolling out a fibre-optic network in the Boston area called FiOS, a $300m, six-year, project to replace ageing copper wiring and lay the foundations for future 5G wireless services.