New Cities Foundation names Ericsson as founding member

Ericsson has been named as a founding member of the New Cities Foundation (NCF), a non-profit Swiss institution dedicated to improving the quality of life and work in the 21st-century global city. The Foundation''s creed is that cities are humanity''s most important source of innovation, creativity and wealth-creation. It acts as a clearinghouse for information on urbanization and supports on-going original research, with membership open to key public and private sector entities around the world. As a part of such initiative for "smarter" cities and the strive for a better quality of life for the citizens of Serbia. Ericsson launched two smart services in Belgrade and Pancevo within SENSEI project of the EU and in collaboration with national telecom operator Telekom Srbija - ecoBus, providing real time information on the quality of air, and busTracker - a service offering real time information on public transportation time schedules.