Waterloo named Intelligent Community of the Year
Think tank Intelligent Community Forum today named Waterloo, Canada, home of Blackberry maker Research in Motion, as the 2007 Intelligent Community of the Year.
The ICF made its selection known at its annual‚ Building the Broadband Economy, conference last week
The ICF five criteria for the Intelligent Community award are based on how advanced the communities perform in deploying broadband, building a knowledge-based workforce, combining government and private-sector‚ digital inclusion, fostering innovation, and marketing economic development.
No United States community was among the Intelligent Community finalists named in January, which included four European cities, two Canadian communities, and a high-tech region of South Korea. New York City was the last United States winner, in 2001.
