India’s first FIWARE Lab node to be operational from April 2018

Addressing the growing demand for smart city applications across India, NEC Corporation and NEC Technologies India Private Limited (NECTI) will soon establish a FIWARE Lab node in India. Having a FIWARE Lab node within India will encourage more participation from Asian countries, as they can keep all experimental and research data within the boundaries of the region.

FIWARE is an open source platform which enables real-time smart services through data sharing across verticals and agencies via open standards based APIs. It focuses on specifications for common context information APIs, data publication platforms and standard data models in order to achieve and improve cross-sector interoperability for smart applications, with FIWARE NGSI as a starting point. The technology is in use in more than 100 cities in 23 countries in Europe and other regions. It is royalty-free and avoids any vendor lock-in.

The Lab node in India will help to foster a culture of collaboration between various participating entities and promote their solutions in the FIWARE community.

“The FIWARE Foundation welcomes the new FIWARE Lab node starting in India. FIWARE is used by an increasing number of cities in Europe and other regions and I wish this new FIWARE Lab node will trigger the adoption of FIWARE both in India and other APAC countries,” said Ulrich Ahle, CEO of the FIWARE Foundation. “It is also our pleasure to have the commitment of the NEC Technologies India team to contribute to the FIWARE community, which will strengthen the FIWARE technology as well as its globalisation as a smart city platform,” he added.

The facility is expected to start operations from April 2018, and is endorsed by the FIWARE Foundation. Organisations, entrepreneurs and individuals can use this lab to learn FIWARE, as well as to test their applications while capitalising on open data published by cities and other organisations.