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and a 40 per cent quality improvement. In due course, the city aims to convert 50 per cent of the
general factories into smart factories, based on the needs of the manufacturing industry.

Daegu also plans to improve the competitiveness of local manufacturing companies by suggesting
a regional-specific strategy and providing continuous management support.

6.1.7 Telecommunication infrastructure

To reduce the annual rental cost of telecommunication lines and respond to the new demand for
telecommunication, Daegu established its own network. Starting in 2016, the project involved
three phases of deployment.

In the first phase of the Daegu communication network, 125 km of the backbone network was
constructed. In the second and third phases, an additional 605 km of sub-networks and access
networks were laid out.

Daegu now has an optical cable network of 730 km to connect the 354 administrative agencies
in the city.

Daegu has also now secured its own communication infrastructure that handles all online
administrative tasks such as telephone, Internet, civil service, CCTV, transportation, disaster
management, firefighting and the environment.

In addition, Daegu is planning to construct an IoT wireless network across the city leveraging its
own optic communication network, with connection to wired networks, public and shared Wi-Fi
networks, and its own IoT network by 2023, to ensure that it will have the “Daegu One Network”.

The IoT network will be used for expanding the remote metering of the water supply and will be
linked to the IoT services such as streetlights, street parking lots and environmental sensors.

6.2 Dimension: Environment

The prospect of leveraging new technologies for community-based environmental monitoring
has opened new avenues for real-time monitoring of various environmental variables, which can
have a positive impact on the quality of life in the city through communication and knowledge
sharing. The second dimension of the U4SSC KPIs related to environmental aspects is dedicated
to various aspects of sustainability and monitoring of environmental conditions (including air and
water quality), liveability (e.g., accessibility to adequate green space).

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