GEC NEWS WIRESignify signed an agreement with IMTAC to join their forces in a strategic partnership agreement to bring the latest and best-in-class Smart City Solutions to Oman. The agreement was revealed at an event on empowering smart cities with connected lighting technologies that took place at Kempinski Hotel, Muscat, attended by high profile public and private sector representatives.
“The strategic partnership we are developing with IMTAC will enable us to bring our proven Smart Lighting solutions to Oman, which will not only create significant monetary and environmental savings opportunities through optimization of the energy usage, but also will allow public and private organizations to make informed decisions on the deployment of their resources and assets across the country, and will enable them to drive the vision and the agenda of the Sultanate of Oman,” said Goktug Gur, President and CEO of Signify for Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan.
Fareed Al Hinai, Vice Chairman IMTAC, said “launching IoT based Smart City Solutions is the key focus of Imtac as it brings substantial savings in energy, water and operational costs while prioritising the citizen services in Oman, and the rest of the world”.
“Our relationship with Signify is critical to our Smart City Vision, as it addresses one of the most significant elements of the Smart City Infrastructure, which is Smart Lighting”, added Fareed.
As part of this agreement, IMTAC will leverage over 125 years of Signify lighting experience and its newly launched Smart Lighting IOT platform, Interact, combining it with its own IoT based Smart City software and integration capabilities to be successfully deployed in the Sultanate of Oman and India.
