Smart City LuxembourgLuxembourg City goes smart The city of Luxembourg, as a national and European capital city, is a multicultural city. Diversity is its main feature: more than 190 nationalities are counted amongst 80.000 inhabitants and it employs daily more than 70.000 cross-border workers. But it is also a historical city with ancient and modern architectural styles and a cultural city whose artistic facilities are dynamic and varied. Its economic dynamism makes it one of the most attractive financial centers in Europe! The city is a regional development center and works very closely with its Belgian, French and German neighbours. This specific situation has contributed to the decision that Luxembourg City goes smart. The e-municipalityThe program created in 2002 was to build new intelligent, integrated and mobile services for citizens. The innovative web based mobile proximity services have been launched for a smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environments and smart living. In 2012 the City of Luxembourg offered the following free services for the citizens:
Soon coming in 2013
A private public partnership with HOTCITY society between the City of Luxembourg and P&T LuxembourgPrivate partnership managementInternet access and free servicesInnovative web based mobile proximity services for free
Lots of banks, consulting companies, insurance companies and other service companies are attracted by the City of Luxembourg. In order to stay still attractive, the City of Luxembourg has invested in the largest WiFi Network in Luxembourg and created the company HOTCITY S.A, which was launched in 2007. Ever since the project has been developed further and the network has been extended to other Luxembourgish cities and communes. The Internet provider * Outdoor network The HOTCITY outdoor WiFi network is available in the City of Luxembourg, in the City of Esch-sur-Alzette and in the Commune of Strassen. * Indoor network The HOTCITY indoor WiFi network is available at the airport of Luxembourg, as well as in selected hotels and campings in Luxembourg. Provider of free services The portal www.hotcity.lu can be accessed for free by any user which is connected to the HOTCITY network. The HOTCITY portal offers a large amount of services and useful information for free, like for example the national and international news, the cultural agenda and the nightlife agenda, streaming, report-it, augmented reality, tracking, etc. as described below: We recommend you to download for free the app HOTCITY where you can find all the necessary information about Luxembourg City as: 1. Mobility:
bus lines in real time, the closest bus stations, bicycle rent, free slots of the parking houses, info about constructions, traffic info. 2. Find-it:
Restaurants, hotels, etc. 3. Visit-it:
City walking (Vauban 120 min / Wenzel 100 min / short walking 30 min) 4. Scan-it:
Free scanner 5. Nightlife
Events in the city 6. SMS4TICKET:
To buy a bus ticket 7. Agenda:
Cultural agenda in the city 8. Stream-it:
Live video of the council meeting from the City of Luxembourg.
Free connectivity during the ICST conference in the Abbaye de Neumünster: All participants will get a free Wifi access to HotCity for the conference days in the Abbaye de Neumünster. |