The IOTA Foundation is known for being the main backer behind the development of the blockless distributed ledger “IOTA Tangle”. This ledger is used as an enabled for technology which shares important data economy through IoT (Internet of Things) technology.

Nonetheless, the reason we are talking about the IOTA Foundation today is because it started a new partnership with the International Transportation Innovation Center (ITIC).

Global Alliance of Smart Mobility Testbeds

The IOTA Foundation and the ITIC decide to team up because they want to create a worldwide community of developers who will build smart mobility apps through the open source protocol IOTA offers. This will help IOTA grow its market platform and gain a sustained mobility system that will feature the highest level of security.

Smart City Environments

The latest trend in technology are smart cities. These cities are operated by AI software such as smart traffic lights which take into account real-time traffic. Furthermore, ITIC’s main focus is to build a global network for all these machines and devices which make smart cities possible.

Developers will receive access to numerous test fleets and test infrastructures which will be available in the worldwide network of testbeds that IOTA and ITIC are planning on developing together.

These testbeds will provide developers with a unified platform where they can acquire, share or search for high quality data that’s been certified by other test sites.

ITIC Executive Official Statement

This is what Jody Bryson who is an Executive Director at ITIC had to say about this new partnership: “We started ITIC originally as a local initiative in South Carolina to support our fast growing local automotive ecosystem from a vehicle and infrastructure innovation and testing. I am very pleased to see how our strategic partnership with IOTA and their engagement with the ITTIC Mobility Testbed Alliance brings mobility ecosystem innovation to a new level across an international network”.