Editorial
What a pleasure it is to have these contributions from French digital players in this issue of TELECOM magazine, which you asked me to preface. Renaud di Francesco sheds some light on the question of sovereignty in the context of the enterprise, specifying that it refers to "the robustness and stability of supplies and productive resources, of the infrastructures involved in the smooth running of markets, of the availability of talent, accompanied by an absence of unjustified barriers to trade and exchanges".
Indeed, until recently, the very term "sovereignty" was frowned upon. We realized that producing in France had positive externalities, was a source of employment and had environmental benefits with short distribution channels. This is borne out by the success of the recent Salon du Made in France in Paris.
Geographers, demographers or both predict that by 2050, more than six billion people will live in metropolises, representing 70-80% of the world's population. To keep pace with this growth, urban planners, architects, sociologists and engineers are working to transform cities and regional planning. This issue takes a look at the visions of the intelligent city, adding a few bricks to the edifice under construction.
The development of digital technology has given rise to the concept of the SMART CITY, that of a city equipped with connected sensors that collect data and process it in digital platforms .to meet the challenges of mobility, with more sustainable, more inclusive forms of mobility. One example is the development of autonomous vehicles, which, although fraught with technological, regulatory and organizational pitfalls, is beginning to emerge. emerging with experiments in autonomous public transport (shuttles, buses) and autonomous private transport (robotic cabs), but what kind of economic and societal model is needed for this Smart City?