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SUEZ and IOWIZMI Partner for 10-Year Smart Meter Collaboration in France

SUEZ and IOWIZMI, a subsidiary of GRDF, have signed a 10-year contract to share GRDF’s 169 MHz network used for 11 million smart gas meters. This partnership enables SUEZ to remotely read its water meters, simplifying access to multiservice...

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AT&T to Shut Down NB-IoT Network, Focuses on LTE-M for IoT Growth

AT&T plans to shut down its NB-IoT network by early 2025, transitioning customers to LTE-M for more data capacity. While T-Mobile and Verizon continue supporting NB-IoT, the technology faces declining adoption in Western markets, with nearly 90%...

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INWIT and A2A Deploy 5G Small Cells on Lighting Poles in Milan

A partnership between INWIT, an Italian digital infrastructure company, and A2A Smart City, a subsidiary of A2A, aims to equip Milan’s smart city infrastructure with 5G small cells on a network of up to 1,000 light poles across the city. This...

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SCE Launches First Private 5G Network for U.S. Utilities

Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched the first private 5G field area network (FAN) for a U.S. utility, developed in partnership with Nokia. Leveraging Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, the network aims to enhance...

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INWIT Finalizes Smart City Roma Acquisition

INWIT, Italy’s leading tower company, has finalized the acquisition of a controlling 52.08% stake in Smart City Roma, marking a pivotal move in its effort to deliver the ambitious Roma 5G project alongside Roma Capitale. The transaction, first...

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Netmore Acquires Everynet to Expand Global LoRaWAN Reach

LoRaWAN® network operator Netmore Group has announced its acquisition of Everynet, a LoRaWAN operator with offices throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia, expanding Netmore’s presence to 17 countries. This acquisition, pending regulatory...

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Netmore and Cellnex Expand UK LoRaWAN for Smart Water Metering

Netmore Group has partnered with Cellnex UK to extend LoRaWAN network coverage across the UK by installing gateways on Cellnex’s streetworks monopole infrastructure. After an initial deployment on 20 sites, the agreement expands installations to...

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Edinburgh Unveils its 2024-2027 Smart City Vision

The City of Edinburgh Council has announced its Digital and Smart City Strategy for 2024-2027, focusing on advancing digital infrastructure to support economic growth, enhance public service delivery, and improve sustainability. The main...

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Vodafone Spain Expands NB-IoT Network to Cover 51 Provincial Capitals

Vodafone Spain has announced the expansion of its Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network to cover all 51 provincial capitals, operating 16,782 sites that connect over 100,000 devices per station. The company claims this milestone supports...

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Perovskia Solar Raises $2.4M for IoT Perovskite Solar Cells

Swiss startup Perovskia Solar has raised $2.4 million in seed funding and secured 10 customers for its innovative IoT-focused perovskite solar technology. A spin-off from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa),...

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