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FundingEnvironmental MonitoringBloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45M to Scale Breathe Cities Air Quality Network to 16 Cities

Jun 23, 2026

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced on June 23, 2026, at London Climate Action Week, a $45 million investment to expand Breathe Cities, a global initiative co-delivered with the Clean Air Fund and C40 Cities to improve urban air quality and protect...

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New Project (Full-Scale)WaterAmerescoUSA

Baytown And Shenandoah Award Ameresco Dual AMI Water Contracts Worth Over $5 Million

Jun 23, 2026

Ameresco, a Framingham, Massachusetts-based energy infrastructure solutions provider, has signed Advanced Metering Infrastructure contracts with the Texas cities of Baytown and Shenandoah, representing a combined investment of more than $5 million...

New Project (Full-Scale)IoT NetworksAssociation of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA)AbzorbUK

South Essex Councils Deploy Shared LoRaWAN Network Across Seven Jurisdictions

Jun 23, 2026

Seven local authorities in South Essex have brought a region-wide low-power wide area network (LoRaWAN) for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity online, covering 98 percent of the area through 44 gateway sites and arriving £40,000 under the...

A technician wearing red gloves and a hard hat installs an NB-IoT node onto a modern street light fixture outdoors

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingIoT NetworksFerrovial EnergíaIberdrolaSpain

Santa Pola Deploys 6,300 NB-IoT Nodes to Digitalize Its Entire Street Lighting Network

Jun 23, 2026

The Ayuntamiento de Santa Pola, a coastal tourist municipality of roughly 35,000 residents in Alicante, Spain, is replacing its entire public lighting stock with individually connected LED fixtures controlled over a Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network,...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringFujairah Environment AuthorityFujairah Research CentreUAE

Fujairah Environment Authority and Fujairah Research Centre Launch UAE’s First National Digital Pollen Atlas

Jun 23, 2026

The Fujairah Environment Authority (FEA) and the Fujairah Research Centre (FRC) jointly launched the UAE’s first unified digital pollen atlas on 22 June 2026, establishing a national reference system that integrates a live pollen database,...

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New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficVideosurveillanceAcusensusUSA

Mississippi To Deploy Acusensus AI Traffic Cameras In $2M Sole-Source Contract

Jun 22, 2026

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will deploy trailer-mounted AI cameras to detect traffic violations in real time, after the state’s Information Technology Services Board approved a sole-source contract with Acusensus Inc. The...

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Public FundingProject UpdateSmart CityIoT and Smart City PlatformSpain

Andalusia Extends Smart-Village Tech To 311 Rural Towns Under €9.25M CITI Programme

Jun 22, 2026

The regional government of Andalusia is extending smart-city technology to its countryside, rolling out connected infrastructure across 311 rural municipalities of fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in the provinces of Granada, Jaén and Sevilla....

Pedestrians walking along a paved street lined with historic buildings, storefronts, and streetlights in Katowice, Poland

New Project (Full-Scale)Public FundingWaterIoT NetworksT-MobilePoland

T-Mobile Polska To Connect 24,000 NB-IoT Water Meters For Katowice Waterworks

Jun 22, 2026

T-Mobile Polska will deploy 24,000 NB-IoT radio overlays for remote water-meter reading in Katowice, in a smart-water project run with the city’s water utility, Katowickie Wodociągi. Announced in June 2026, the rollout carries a total value...

Elevated view of the historic town of Onda, Spain, featuring tiled roofs and church domes under a cloudy sky

Public FundingSmart CityRed.esSpain

Spanish City Of Onda Secures €50,000 EU Grant To Join National Smart City Data Space

Jun 19, 2026

The city of Onda, in Spain’s province of Castellón, has secured a €50,000 grant to join a national urban data space, giving the municipality a route to pool environmental, mobility and urban-planning data for public policy. The award,...

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Events & PublicationsStreet LightingTALQ Consortium

TALQ Consortium Publishes Guidance on Managing Artificial Light at Night With Smart Street Lighting

Jun 18, 2026

TALQ Consortium, the standards body behind the Smart City Protocol, published a white paper on June 16, 2026 addressing how cities can better manage artificial light at night (ALAN). While outdoor lighting remains essential for safety, mobility,...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $45M to Scale Breathe Cities Air Quality Network to 16 Cities

Baytown And Shenandoah Award Ameresco Dual AMI Water Contracts Worth Over $5 Million

South Essex Councils Deploy Shared LoRaWAN Network Across Seven Jurisdictions

Santa Pola Deploys 6,300 NB-IoT Nodes to Digitalize Its Entire Street Lighting Network

Fujairah Environment Authority and Fujairah Research Centre Launch UAE’s First National Digital Pollen Atlas

Mississippi To Deploy Acusensus AI Traffic Cameras In $2M Sole-Source Contract

Andalusia Extends Smart-Village Tech To 311 Rural Towns Under €9.25M CITI Programme

T-Mobile Polska To Connect 24,000 NB-IoT Water Meters For Katowice Waterworks

Spanish City Of Onda Secures €50,000 EU Grant To Join National Smart City Data Space

TALQ Consortium Publishes Guidance on Managing Artificial Light at Night With Smart Street Lighting

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