Smart Docklands
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Established in 2017, Smart Docklands became Dublin's first neutral-host 5G testbed — a city/telecom partnership among the first of its kind worldwide — and has piloted LoRa-based rainfall sensors and 50 low-cost gully monitors, developed with Danalto and mSemicon, to flag flood risk. An annual €50,000 fund backs community-led pilots.
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Who owns the fibre?
Four cities that decided broadband was infrastructure rather than a service someone else provides — and took four different positions on how far a municipality should go.
| Project | Since | Status | Outcome | Evidence | Run by | Cost | How far the city went |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokab: Stockholm's Municipal Open-Access Dark Fibre NetworkStockholm, 🇸🇪 | 1994 | Live | Succeeded | Official | City government | not public | The city owns dark fibre and leases it to anyone on equal terms, and has never sold internet itself — the shared physical layer, built once. |
| EPB Gig City — Fiber-Optic Smart Grid & Community BroadbandChattanooga, 🇺🇸 | 2008 | Live | Succeeded | Independent | Utility or public operator | not public | The municipal utility built the fibre for its own grid automation and became the retail internet provider on top of it. |
| Medellín Digital: Free Public WiFi & Digital InclusionMedellín, 🇨🇴 | 2007 | Live | Ongoing | Official | City government | not public | No fibre of its own: the city buys access, running free public wifi points and telecentres across every comuna. |
| Smart DocklandsDublin, 🇮🇪 | 2017 | Live | Ongoing | Independent | City government, Research institution | not public | Neither owner nor provider — the city brokered a neutral-host testbed so operators could share one set of masts. |
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart Docklands” — Dublin, Ireland. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/dublin-smart-docklands/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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