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37 min agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 1h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 18h agoWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles 6 OctKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter 5 OctCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data 5 OctUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network 2 OctMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project

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27 Feb Street LightingTALQ Protocol 2.7.0 Advances Street Lighting Interoperability With DALI D4i and Zhaga

TALQ Consortium releases Protocol 2.7.0 integrating DALI D4i and Zhaga profiles to strengthen outdoor lighting interoperability standards.

25 Feb WaterA Single Software Update Knocks Out 73,000 Smart Water Meters In Texas

Plano, Texas, approves $765,000 for manual meter reading after a botched firmware update disables over 73,000 smart water transmission units.

25 Feb WasteBrent Council Deploys AI-Powered Cameras to Tackle Illegal Dumping Across the Borough

Brent Council installs AI cameras across the London borough to curb fly-tipping, targeting illegal waste cleanups that cost over £1.5 million a year.

25 Feb Mobility and TrafficHawaii Becomes First U.S. State to Deploy Statewide Automated Traffic Enforcement

Hawaii awards Verra Mobility a $160 million contract to expand traffic cameras from 17 to 187 sites statewide as traffic fatalities surge.

25 Feb WasteUK Deploys Drone Fleets and AI Screening Tools in £15.6M War on Waste Crime

England's Environment Agency deploys 33 LiDAR drones, AI screening tools, and a £15.6M budget to combat £1B illegal waste dumping crisis.

25 Feb Street LightingUbicquia Closes $106M Series D To Scale AI-Powered Grid and Streetlight Platforms

Ubicquia raises $106M in Series D funding to scale AI-driven grid monitoring, smart streetlight, and public safety platforms globally.

19 Feb WasteVizzia Closes €30M Series B To Scale Municipal Video Surveillance Across Europe

French startup Vizzia secures €30 million to expand its municipal smart camera network across Europe and more than double its workforce to 250.

19 Feb WaterFrom Roman Aqueducts to Digital Twin: Modernising Naples’ 2,500 km Water Network

Naples' ABC utility deploys digital twin with Almaviva to cut leaks, save energy and modernize 2,500 km water network

18 Feb Mobility and TrafficNew York City Quadruples Red-Light Camera Network in $998M Enforcement Overhaul

NYC finalizes $998M Verra Mobility contract to expand red-light cameras from 150 to 600 intersections across all five boroughs by end 2026.

18 Feb Smart CitySan Lorenzo De El Escorial Awards €1.5M Smart City Contract To Digitalize Historic Tourism Hub

San Lorenzo de El Escorial awards €1.5M smart city contract to Ibersontel for IoT sensors, AI traffic management, and tourism digitalization.

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