The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) launched a smart cities initiative, which will create a technology road map to identify key upcoming network-enabled developments to assist planners in developing strategies for integrating, staging and deploying smart cities infrastructure. The initiative is designed to foster integration of municipal-focused services with expected developments in the commercial sector. The road map will cover breakthrough technologies in the context of internet of things (IoT), 5G, edge and cloud computing, spectrum considerations and infrastructure resiliency.  Read more here:  ATIS Launches Smart Cities Initiative