(MENAFN) Dubai-based telecom operator du has announced a partnership with one of the world's best known technology research universities to help improve the UAE's smart city revolution, Arabian Business reported.
Du, the UAE's No. 2 telecom operator by subscriber numbers, said that it has forged a strategic partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Senseable City Lab.
The joint agreement sees du move into leading-edge research into the intrinsic relationship between new technologies, people and urban environments " something critical to the success of Smart City initiatives, it said.
The MIT Senseable Cities Lab has already launched some impressive Smart City credentials around the world - including the upcoming driverless cars initiative in Singapore.
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