The smart city concept is the key to cities' innovative projects, reflecting how cities use technology to meet sustainability goals, boost local economies, and improve services.

Navigant Research, a market research and consulting team that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets has lately published a Leaderboard Report. It examines the strategy and execution of 16 leading smart city suppliers with the capacity to provide leadership on large-scale smart city projects spanning multiple operational and service areas.

A total of 10 criteria are used to rate the smart city suppliers, including vision, go-to-market strategy, partners, product strategy, geographic reach, market presence, sales & marketing, product performance & features, product integration, and staying power.

The following are the top 10 smart city suppliers.

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