Cisco to build Visakhapatnam as first ‘smart city’

Smart CityVisakhapatnam will be the first city to be taken up for development as a smart city by Cisco Systems, the global IT networking major and the implementing company.

Cisco said that its development model for Visakhapatnam would be adopted in the other smart cities — Allahabad and Ajmer.

The company would focus on setting up a skill development centre and providing training through its global talent tracker. The company is also emphasising on digitisation of education and healthcare.

Cisco also wants to leverage on disaster management technologies as Andhra Pradesh is hit by at least two cyclones every year.