Chiang Mai joining 'Smarter City' ranks
- Published: 25/04/2011 at 12:00 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
IBM has chosen Chiang Mai as one of 24 municipalities around the world to receive technology and services as part of its Smarter Cities Challenge.
IBM has awarded US$50 million worth of technology and services to help 100 municipalities across the globe over the next three years. The scheme is a competitive grant programme to help drive business growth, improve municipal services, encourage citizen engagement and increase efficiency in selected cities.
Each Smarter Cities Challenge grant is worth about $400,000.
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