How Whittlesea views Connectivity and the Power of Place in it’s Smart City vision


One of the great advantages of attracting technology early is the so called ‘first mover’ advantage. The ‘first mover’ advantage enables you to be able to market your community and attract the early adopters or those that are already using the technology for competitive advantage. The City of Whittlesea, is on the northern fringe of Melbourne in Australia. The municipality is a growth area which is adding over 8000 new residents to the municipality each year mainly due to greenfield development or converting rural land into urban land and creating new suburbs.