Abstract
Smart City projects make people live better and cities work better. They apply ICT (Information and Communications Technology) to accurately monitor, measure and control city processes, from transportation to water supplies, the location of city vehicles to the performance of electric grids. Smart Cities are about saving money, becoming more efficient and delivering better service to the citizens living in the cities. They believe they have the broadband and ICT infrastructure they need to be competitive. The most important thing to build up a Smart City is to complete ICT infrastructure construction first. Thus, both Central Government and Local Government must do lots of investments in Smart City Program. And the whole life cycle of Smart City Program includes feasibilities evaluation, initial planning, public hearing and discussion, detailed design and engineering, procurement, construction, operation and management, and re-evaluation, etc. The main purpose of this research is to study ICT SI (System Integrations) firms’ strategies in the emerging markets of Smart City. We study a real case of a SI company and its Taipei City Fiber Optic Network FTTH Project to find out any competitive strategies and innovative business models.