CITY OF TUCSON
system - which was tied into Google - and a new intranet was deployed in order to help facilitate better city communications .”
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“ During phase two , we upgraded 20 major applications inside of the City and consolidated them into the IT umbrella . We started to create self-service options inside of our Interactive Voice Response ( IVR )
Partners - Geoverse and General Code City of Tucson relies on an ecosystem of trusted partners , which include Geoverse , General Code , and Diversified - all praised by Boyce for their seamless support during the project . “ Diversified is the core provider for the network that we built and immediately helped us to deploy towers when we ran into problems ,” said Boyce .
“ Tucson is very historical , so when you go to deploy towers , there are sensitive archaeological areas , and it can take a while to get towers in those locations . But Geoverse flipped on roaming for our users , and through this partnership , the things they were doing made that possible .”
General Code built the City of Tucson ’ s web application for the Wireless program . “ They did an amazing job . The whole backend system where we validated the address , whether the person was in the coverage area or not , was designed and built by the General Code team .”
Boyce said the city is also planning to launch another network using the same infrastructure that will supply connectivity to the city ’ s airquality sensors and future devices , but that it won ’ t interfere with the community network .
In a bid to reduce pollution , the City is in the process of optimising traffic lights to react to the number of vehicles . “ This is an example of how we can use datadriven solutions to influence the traffic flow and reduce pollution as our Mayor , Regina Romero , is very keen to make sure we work towards a greener smart city of the future .”
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