singapore chinese technology major huawei wants to partner india in helping it build information and communications technology ict infrastructure for the development of smart cities a senior company executive said at the huawei innovation day asia cohosted with national university of singapore here last week the centre has already announced the list of 100 cities which it plans to make smart by providing efficient physical social institutional and economic infrastructure the government has defined a smart city in the indian context as a city that provides a decent quality of life to its citizens a clean and sustainable environment and supports the application of smart solutions we will be able to help india build ict infrastructure including wireless systems and the computing platforms for the smart cities said joe so huaweis chief technology officer for industry solutions at the companys shenzhen head office we can help build the interdependency of the indian system so said stressing on huaweis strength in building ict infrastructure noting the similarities between india and china especially in view of the huge population in their major cities so said indias smart cities should also adopt ict so pointed out the use of ict in chinese cities has helped reduce crime rates significantly the indian smart cities could also use ict for similar use said so at the huawei innovation day asia elaborating so said india would not be able to have one plan for building 100 smart cities as the countrys major regions are different from one another each city must be planned based on its structure and peoples needs such as new delhi being a government and agencies centre and mumbai being a commercial hub addressing the innovation day asia singapores minister for trade and industry s iswaran said the ict innovation will have a profound impact on the nature of jobs the viability of business models and the structure of economies citing the asian development banks figures iswaran said the continents urban population grew by 44 million every year and the asian nations had to concern themselves with their citizens growing expectations for more efficient government services as well as ensure environmental sustainability so said hell be highlighting huaweis technologies for india its second largest market outside china at the smartsafe city conference in bangalore on december 19 the company also announced its vision for the next generation of the smartphone the superphone and said it will be developed by 2020the writer was invited at huawei innovation day asia in singapore on november 12