US lags behind Sunderland on "Intelligent Communities"

AN INTERNATIONAL "think tank" has pointed out that for the second year running the US has not managed to make the list of the world's top "Intelligent Communities".

According to Network World, the list drawn up by the Intelligent Community Forum and announced this list as part of the 29th annual Pacific Telecommunications Council said that the brightest intelligent communities included Dundee, Scotland; Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea; Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada; Sunderland, United Kingdom; Tallinn, Estonia and Waterloo in Canada.

The Intelligent Community list is based on how advanced the communities are in deploying broadband, building a knowledge-based workforce, combining government and private-sector 'digital inclusion,' fostering innovation and marketing economic development.

The closest city in the US to being moderately intelligent was Cleveland, which was a semi-finalist last year.

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