Egypt’s new capital, being built between the Nile and the Suez Canal, will be the country’s first smart city. The strategic vision for this smart city includes integrating its smart infrastructure to provide many services such as: smart monitoring of traffic congestion and accidents, smart utilities to reduce consumption and cost, smart buildings and energy management including a focus on renewable energy and using IoT to save power consumption, as well as "building optical-fiber infrastructure connecting every building using FTTX technology.

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