Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Booz Allen Hamilton today announced that Booz Allen Hamilton has joined the Qualcomm® Smart Cities Accelerator Program where Booz Allen Hamilton will serve as a system integrator for ecosystem members. The Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program enables unique use cases around critical asset tracking, secure digital twin and enabling seamless connectivity experiences offered through the Qualcomm® IoT Services Suite. Qualcomm Technologies and Booz Allen Hamilton’s collaboration is focusing on various smart connected spaces including smart marine bases and naval fleet carriers, using vision intelligence and AI-cameras.
The Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program, launched in 2019 as part of the Qualcomm® Advantage Network, is designed to connect cities, municipalities, government agencies, and enterprises with an ecosystem of providers to help deliver greater efficiencies, cost savings, safety, and sustainability. With expertise in commercially deployed solutions, program members include hardware and software providers, cloud solution providers, system integrators, design and manufacturing companies, as well as those offering end-to-end smart city solutions. By connecting members looking for smart city solutions, the program aims to enrich lives through the accelerated transformation of city infrastructure and services. Qualcomm® IoT Services Suite delivers comprehensive, end-to-end, IoT as a Service (IoTaaS) solutions to enable the digital transformation of smart cities and smart connected spaces globally.
“Through the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program, ecosystem members utilize the program’s offerings to deploy unique and fundamental use cases for IoT technology that will be instrumental, to all areas of global connectivity,” said Sanjeet Pandit, senior director, business development and global head of smart cities at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Working with Booz Allen Hamilton provides an additional path for bringing our cutting-edge Qualcomm IoT Services Suite offering to use cases where connectivity and technology are mission-critical.”
“We are pleased to work with Qualcomm Technologies on additional opportunities for 5G applications in the public sector,” said Chris Christou, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a leader of the Firm’s 5G and secure cloud practice. “We bring to the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program more than 40 years of experience, leading-edge experts, and a holistic approach to delivering mission-focused cyber resiliency solutions. Together with Qualcomm Technologies, we can integrate comprehensive 5G solutions and services to enable smart connectivity and integration in the public sector.”
About Booz Allen Hamilton
For more than 100 years, military, government, and business leaders have turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to solve their most complex problems. As a consulting firm with experts in analytics, digital solutions, engineering, and cyber, we help organizations transform. We are a key partner on some of the most innovative programs for governments worldwide and trusted by its most sensitive agencies. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, using a mission-first approach to choose the right strategy and technology to help them realize their vision.
With global headquarters in McLean, Virginia, our firm employs approximately 28,600 people globally as of June 30, 2021, and had revenue of $7.9 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2021. To learn more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G, and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research, and development functions, and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business.