Privacy Concerns, Spectrum Loom Large as Smart Cities Launch, O'Rielly Says
FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly said privacy issues loom large and need to be addressed. O’Rielly also spoke Monday about the importance of spectrum and infrastructure to smart cities. “I see a real issue developing over the combination of data with…
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police and military powers, and a government’s ability to use data for the purpose of controlling or punishing its citizenry,” O’Rielly said at an American Society of Civil Engineers smart city conference. “How governments can create a comfort level with the potential privacy implications of Smart Cities remains to be seen and represents an increasingly problematic area.” Finding spectrum won’t be easy, O’Rielly said. “Fallow spectrum is not just laying around,” he said: “Recently, our attention has been focused on high-band and mid-band spectrum, with high bands providing the capacity needed to connect the plethora of devices and the mid bands offering both good capacity and added coverage.”