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Press release National 16 September 2019

What are the technological challenges facing the smarter city?

The smart city uses information and communication technology to improve urban infrastructure and enhance services for local authorities and their citizens. With its highly collaborative nature, the smart city offers facilities that have virtual capabilities to meet the needs of local inhabitants and reduce environmental impact. Data collection, analysis and treatment are all central to the smart city. The stakes are high. In France, every stakeholder has their own set of demands. Emerging 5G networks will play a key role and offer significant developments, particularly in terms of the zero-carbon transition which ENGIE Group is so committed to. Christophe Poulain, Business Developer in Wireless Solutions at ENGIE Ineo, analyses the challenges facing the smart city and the major technological issues to come.

Press release Rennes 9 September 2019

ENGIE Ineo proposes an original carpooling detection solution for access to the B Line park-and-rides

As a leading actor in the zero-carbon transition for cities and regions, ENGIE Group is committed to supporting both its private- and public-sector customers in the energy transition, proposing ‘as a service’ and turnkey solutions to promote more virtuous mobility.
Local authorities are the driving force behind this zero-carbon transition, both to continue to increase the attractiveness of their cities and to meet the expectations of their inhabitants. And within this context, more and more initiatives related to smart cities are being developed. In response to a call for tenders from Rennes Métropole and its delegate, Semtcar, ENGIE Ineo, a major operator in the energy and digital transition, has designed a smart and innovative solution to count passengers in a vehicle as “objects” using cameras located at the entrance to the B Line park-and-rides of the city’s automatic light metro system. By counting and regulating access to park-and-ride facilities, this system aims to encourage carpooling over individual vehicles.

Unique in France, this solution was designed and developed by the teams and experts of ENGIE Ineo’s “Connected Cities and Regions” Labs.

Press release International Canada 5 September 2019

Metrolinx Selects Icomera to Deliver World-Leading Internet Connectivity Solution Across GO Transit Fleet

Metrolinx, the transportation authority serving the province of Ontario, has chosen Icomera Canada to install its powerful solutions on GO Transit's fleet of vehicles operating in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas. This extensive project, totalling 1,475 installations across GO Transit’s entire fleet (943 train cars and 532 buses) will begin later this year, with the Wi-Fi enabled fleet starting to roll out in spring 2020 and final completion by the end of 2020.

Press release International 31 July 2019

ENGIE has just announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the Powerlines Group

ENGIE has just announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the Powerlines Group, becoming one of the main players in public transport system electrification in the process

Press release International 16 July 2019

Icomera strengthens its mobile connectivity offering by acquiring dg8 design and engineering

Icomera, a subsidiary of ENGIE Ineo, announces that it has completed the acquisition of dg8 design and engineering through its own subsidiary Icomera UK.. Founded in 2008, dg8 is a well-established and widely respected design and engineering group based in Derby, UK. Its creative and versatile team are experienced in delivering design-led projects from concept to implementation. dg8 has primarily worked with clients in the rail transport sector and its team has extensive experience of the rail vehicle market, working at all tiers of the supply chain.

Press release International 23 May 2019

Icomera Reaches 1 Billion Passenger Wi-Fi Sessions on Buses

As if further proof were needed that we are living in an “always connected” world with “Internet everywhere”, Icomera, the leading provider of mobile Internet solutions for public transport, is celebrating a landmark 1 billion Passenger Wi-Fi sessions on buses!

Press release International Austria 15 May 2019

a French consortium to upgrade an underground line in the Austrian capital

Vienna’s underground system has five lines and is operated by Wiener Linien. This public transport operator has just awarded ENGIE Ineo (consortium leader) and Portalp the contract for continuation of modernisation work on its underground system. By 2024, line U5, the capital’s sixth underground line and first automatic one, will be fully operational. The French consortium will be responsible for supplying, installing and maintaining the platform screen doors for the new line, which will improve safety for Vienna’s inhabitants and tourists by improving traffic flow on a network that is used by 800 million passengers a year.

Press release International Canada 18 April 2019

STO and ENGIE partners for a smarter mobility in Gatineau, Canada.

The Société de Transport de l’Outaouais (STO), transit agency operating buses and Bus Rapid Transit within the Gatineau and Ottawa region, successfully implemented the Navineo’ Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) & Services, a CAD/AVL and APC system by Engie.
The STO is a Gatineau based transit agency, facing Ottawa on the other side of the Ottawa River. The STO fleet comprises of 310 fixed-route buses, including the Rapibus, the BRT system.