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Orange and blockchain specialist SmartKey partner on smart city projects in Poland Thursday 3 June 2021 | 11:15 CET | News SmartKey, an expert in the Blockchain of Things, said that its NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) will be integrated into the Live Objects IoT platform used by Orange in smart city projects across Poland. This follows a successful Rescue without Barriers pilot carried out in the Polish city of Olsztyn. In this use case, SmartKey s Smart NFT access keys were used to register devices connecting via an Orange SIM card in a blockchain network. As a result, a rescue service team was able to gain immediate access to secure areas, as the blockchain-powered access control system allowed hospital barriers
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Telecoms Firm Orange, Tech Company SmartKey Developing Smart Cities Blockchain Tech
Access control, smart bikes, utilities and other elements of smart cities will soon be managed via blockchain technology, thanks to a new partnership between telecoms firm Orange and technology company SmartKey.
The first use case for the partnership will be an extension of SmartKey’s “Rescue without Barriers” pilot, which saw rescue services in Olsztyn, Poland use Smartkey to gain immediate access to every secure district and building in the area, using blockchain, greatly cutting down response times and saving lives. Hospital barriers and other gates and entrances open when a rescue vehicle, whose team uses the SmartKey solution, approaches. This is one of many examples of possible applications of the access control function based on blockchain and connectivity within the licensed operator band and paves the way for Orange to be the first global operator to use blockchain to enable the smart