GE is also heavily involved in this space - as demonstrated with...

GE is also heavily involved in this space - as demonstrated with the street lighting pilots underway with local government in the USA.

Just join the dots.

We now have a place at the table with GE in the smart home space (via Telink's recent deal with GE).

Will smart cities be next?

It's no coincidence to me that Xped's presentation released this week emphasised 'big data', 'Cities,Industrial & Transport' as key target markets, interoperability and used GE lighting as the case study

For the dot joining, see, for example, these excerpts from GE's recent 'Insiders Guide to Smarter and more Sustainable Cities' publication:

"GE has invested more than$1 billion in the platform and is looking to open it up to developers to create new apps for smart city solutions"

and..

"The convergence of digital and physical systems in the industrial world is creating a profound transformation in how we think about lighting. In today’s interconnected world, lights are no longer isolated devices that provide just illumination. Thanks to the Industrial Internet , lights have become part of the business-intelligence landscape by capturing data and communicating with other interconnected devices via the Cloud.

The Industrial Internet blends “Big Data” analytics with the Internet of Things enabling companies to use sensors, software, machine-to-machine learning, plus other technologies to gather and analyze data. Businesses then use those analyses to manage operations and offer value-added services. Lighting systems embedded with sensors and networking capabilities can provide valuable data related to lumens, occupancy levels, environmental conditions, inventory levels and much more. As a result, the Industrial Internet makes lighting considerably more important to enterprises.

Q: What does the Industrial Internet bring to lighting systems?

By expanding the sensing capabilities of LED fixtures and enabling connectivity to other devices, GE is moving far beyond energy management to actionable business intelligence.We can easily envision a day when street lights are equipped with cameras and sensors that allow city managers to monitor traffic and identify roads that need to be plowed. Sensors may monitor weather conditions, pollution levels and pollen counts.

Lighting fixtures may contain speakers for broadcasting emergency warnings or Wi-Fi® capabilities for providing wireless service. In a parking lot , a consumer may be able to launch an app tied to the lighting system to find an open space. Within retail stores, location-based technology embedded in LED lighting fixtures can give retailers the ability to push targeted offers to shoppers’ smartphones. Each of the above capabilities is tied back to the interconnected nature of the Industrial Internet to enable data capture, analyses and action.

http://www.gelighting.com/LightingW...-Sustainable-City-With-LED-Lighting-eBook.pdf