American Tower Corporation and Philips Lighting Honored with 2018 IoT Breakthrough Awards
January 18, 2018
IoT Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, has announced that American Tower and Philips Lighting have been selected as winners of the 2018 “Overall Smart City Solution Provider of the Year” and “Industrial Smart Lighting Solution of the Year” awards respectively.
American Tower and Philips Lighting were recognized for their innovative efforts to co-develop an aesthetically designed smart light pole that blends seamlessly into the urban landscape, delivering both 4G/5G wireless network capacity for multiple mobile network operators and quality energy-efficient LED lighting in a single solution. The new Smart City solution will enable new applications, including E911, smart parking, traffic management and more.
“The award nominations for the Smart City award category were full of impressive products and technologies that we are confident will improve the lives of citizens and businesses around the world as the solutions are rolled out,” said James Johnson, Managing Director, IoT Breakthrough. “The smart light pole solution from American Tower and Philips Lighting stood out from the field of award nominees for delivering a practical solution with maximum positive impact in a range of smart city applications for cities around the world. We are thrilled to recognize American Tower and Philips Lighting as 2018 IoT Breakthrough Award winners.”
The mission of the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize the innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the globe in a range of IoT categories, including Industrial and Enterprise IoT, Smart City technology, Connected Home and Home Automation, Connected Car, and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,000 nominations from companies all over the world. All nominations were reviewed and evaluated by an independent panel of experts within the IoT industry, with the highest scored nomination selected as winner for each category.
“With industry analysts predicting that street lights will be the primary network infrastructure for 80 percent of smart cities, we are confident that American Tower is well positioned to contribute significantly to the rollout of that connectivity,” said Steven Marshall, President of U.S. Tower, a division of American Tower Corporation. “We are excited to be recognized, along with our alliance partner, Philips Lighting, with this prestigious industry recognition from the IoT Breakthrough Awards organization.”
