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Building base-led consumer growth and outcome-led B2B
Discover how base-led growth, real-time decisioning and outcome-led B2B solutions help telecom operators unlock new revenue streams.
Process & Application Modernization
NEW: IREB CPRE Foundation training courses
Build a solid RE foundation in two days and prepare effectively for the IREB CPRE Foundation exam with our training courses in the DACH region.
Technology & Infrastructure Transformation
Accelerate your digital transformation with tailored strategies for IT, architecture, cloud, and autonomous networks.
Whitepaper: The great telco unbundling
As growth slows and capital pressure rises, telcos are rethinking ownership models. Infrastructure separation and NetCo strategies are redefining how value is created across the industry.
Emerging Tech
Unlock new value with IoT, Quantum, AI, and Software-Defined innovation – future-proof your business today.
Two AI worlds, one robot: Why real business value only emerges when Physical AI and Agentic AI work together to make autonomous robots viable for real-world applications in manufacturing, logistics and beyond.
Cybersecurity, Governance & Resilience
Navigate today’s risks with integrated cybersecurity and GRC solutions – protect, comply, and thrive in a dynamic world.
Webinar: IT security in hospitals
In our webinar, we show how a structured IT security assessment for hospitals creates transparency about the IT security posture, systematically prioritizes risks, and provides solid decision-making foundations.
Automotive
We guide OEMs and suppliers through seamless digital transformations.
Energy
The energy market is highly competitive: new niche players, innovative business models, and technology-driven sectors are gaining ground.
Shaping the energy transition
How energy providers & municipal utilities are creating a sustainable future with data, smart technologies, and innovative customer services.
Health
Manufacturing
With AI, manufacturers reduce up to 40% defects, gain 25–30% efficiency, improve speed and agility in real time decision making and quality control.
Smart Manufacturing
Explore Smart Manufacturing solutions powered by 5G, 6G, IoT, Digital Twins, AI, and Quantum to drive your efficiency, flexibility, and growth.
Public
Cognitive Cities. Shaping the future of urban living.
Using AI, IoT, and data management to make urban spaces more efficient, sustainable, and safer- tailored to the needs of each cognitive city.
Retail
We support retail companies in building future-proof IT systems – from greenfield projects to the transformation of efficient organizations and system landscapes.
Telecommunications
Disruption, pressure, regulation: Telcos face a new era. Turning change into growth – with vision and strong partnerships.
Telco state of the industry
From optimizing existing business models to unlocking new value creation: a strategic perspective on the telco transformation in the AI era.
Travel, Transport & Logistics
Detecon blends management consulting with deep rail-tech know-how to guide clients through the digital transformation of rail networks.
InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin
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Detecon assessment & learning suite
Find our structured, self-service assessments as well as expert-led training courses.
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See how drones with sensors and AI can detect hotspots early, transmit high-resolution imagery, build 2D/3D models, support strategy, and deliver supplies thus improving response speed and safety.
Drones with speakers, microphones and cameras can locate injured people, relay conditions, and guide rescue units. They can even provide temporary voice/data coverage when ground networks fail.
Learn why a city digital twin and command & control center are central: data from sensors, drones and mobility systems is processed holistically to simulate scenarios, run predictive analytics and support decisions.
Discover AI use cases shaping mobility: clean-air analytics, traffic signal optimization, predictive rail maintenance, smart micromobility management, and urban air traffic management for eVTOL operations.
Explore platform principles (cloud-agnostic, secure, scalable, user-friendly) and why connectivity and data strategy must align; from sizing capacity to choosing dedicated vs shared networks for mission-critical use cases.
We help cities and ecosystem partners define the vision, priorities and operating model for becoming a cognitive city—translating “smart” initiatives into a learning system that turns data into actionable services aligned to resident needs.
We identify and prioritize high-impact use cases across safety and mobility (e.g., AI-assisted firefighting, traffic optimization, predictive maintenance), define the required capabilities, and build a phased roadmap from pilots to scalable city-wide rollout.
We design scalable data platform architectures and define governance models (roles, standards, onboarding, quality and privacy processes) so data can be trusted, shared responsibly, and operationalized across departments and partners.
We support the design and integration of digital twins and command & control capabilities ensuring data is processed holistically for simulation, predictive analytics and decision support in both day-to-day operations and crisis response.
We align connectivity strategy with data strategy—sizing capacity over time, defining reliability requirements for mission-critical use cases, and selecting suitable concepts (dedicated vs shared networks) to balance cost, security and availability.
We embed security, legal compliance and privacy into the architecture from platform principles and access controls to data protection and governance workflows so cognitive city services can scale safely and transparently.
Whitepaper
Build a cognitive city that learns, predicts and responds –powered by AI and trusted data.
Turning city data into action
From drones and robots to digital twins and traffic AI: cognitive cities combine trusted data, governance and resilient connectivity to improve safety, mobility and the everyday experience for residents.
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accuracy is reportedly achieved by drone image recognition in predicting fire development, enabling earlier intervention and better planning.
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ays ahead, ML forecasts rail-switch conditions to enable proactive inspection scheduling and prioritization.
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roles are typically included in a data governance model (e.g., data owner, steward, approver, compliance, privacy) to ensure quality, security, and legal compliance.
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architecture principles for a cognitive city data platform: cloud-agnostic design, governance, security, user friendliness, and scalability.
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