Physical things in the nature of energy, water, and gas meters; air quality, temperature, humidity, and noise sensors; presence and activity detectors; outdoor lighting controllers, parking sensors, vehicle traffic counters, waste bin filling sensors, networking devices with consumer, enterprise, and infrastructure applications that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables such things to connect and exchange data in smart cities, smart utilities and the Internet-of-things network; Downloadable cloud-based software for connecting and exchanging data in smart cities, smart utilities and the internet-of-things network