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WaterBadger Meter Acquires Australia’s 37South to Enter Market After SmartCover and UDlive Deals

Badger Meter bought Melbourne-based 37South on 3 November 2026, adding Australian remote monitoring to a BlueEdge line built on SmartCover and UDlive.

 WatereThekwini Municipality Plans Citywide Smart Water Meter Rollout Against 58% Non-Revenue Water

eThekwini plans citywide smart water meters as 58% of supply goes unbilled; 2,000 installed so far against a 40,000-meter annual target.

 V2XThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial

ARENA backs JET Charge's REVS2 project to put up to 130 bidirectional-charging EVs in the ACT Government fleet through June 2029, a A$5.35M trial.

 Street LightingTALQ Consortium Releases Edition 5 Tender Template For Interoperable Smart Street Lighting

TALQ Consortium publishes Edition 5 of its free Tender Template in seven languages, adding two DALI D4i Zhaga profiles for smart street lighting.

 Mobility and TrafficCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase Two

Zadar picks ELIPSA for the €197,900 design of ITS phase two, covering 27 new micro-locations, after a single-bid procurement on 22 October 2026.

 WasteTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler Software

TrashLab raises $12 million led by Ventana to scale its software for waste haulers, with more than 40 U.S. states and Canada in its…

 Street LightingCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED Streetlights

Covilhã, Portugal contracts ARQUILED and Amener for 19,533 LoRaWAN-connected LED luminaires, targeting an 80% cut in lighting energy use.

 Mobility and TrafficVia Lietuva Awards Jenoptik Baltic €2M Contract For 216 ANPR Cameras On Lithuanian Toll Roads

Via Lietuva contracts Jenoptik Baltic to install 216 ANPR cameras at 125 sites ahead of Lithuania's Via Toll launch on 1 January 2027.

 Smart GridBryan Texas Utilities To Replace 50,000 Smart Meters Over Five Years

Bryan Texas Utilities will replace about 50,000 advanced metering meters over five years from 2 November 2026, at more than 9,000 a year.

 Environmental MonitoringUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms

VodafoneThree, UK National Parks and the Cairngorms authority launch a three-year wildfire resilience programme after July 2026's fire.

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