Smart City & Utility Industry News

Tampon, France, is investing €6.6 million to replace 4,775 lights with smart LEDs, a project set to reduce energy consumption by about 90%.

Nîmes opens a multi-service urban hypervision centre costing over one million euros, using 1,300 surveillance cameras to manage city operations.

Stockholm deploys the Populus Mobility Manager platform to monitor and manage shared electric bikes, mopeds, and carsharing fleets in real time.

Germany's Schleswig-Holstein is installing 422 gateways for a new LoRaWAN network to connect flood protection, traffic lights, and city sensors.

Greater Manchester secures a £3M grant to build a 5G digital roads network that cuts traffic and links smart energy grids in public housing.

Rumford, Maine partners with Ubicquia to convert streetlights into 5G sites in 15 minutes, simplifying permitting without disrupting lighting.

Trenton Water Works launches a $20 million project to replace over 63,000 water meters with smart meters in New Jersey to cut estimated bills.

In Italy, smart city software provider Safety21 acquires 86% of Capacitas to integrate the firm's infraction technology into its Titan platform.

Berlin partners with Vianova to integrate data from 60,000 rental vehicles to support real-time urban planning and tackle parking violations.

Netmore Group begins operating a LoRaWAN network in France after acquiring Objenious assets from Bouygues Telecom to expand European IoT coverage.