Yesterday, Joe York, President of AT&T Florida, showcased its company’s implementation of a smart grid in Miami and their partnership with the Miami-Dade County.

They provide the network and infrastructure to connect security cameras operated via cloud by the local Police, smart street LED lamps, interconnected smart traffic lights and traffic monitoring cameras that allow the city to implement traffic management

Their goal is to improve the quality of life to Miami Residents. With a population of 2.6 million, the city’s Mayor, Carlos A Gimenez, acknowledges that it is a challenging project, and states that this grid attempts to detect “the symptoms of a problem”.