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Environmental MonitoringCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data5 Oct GasUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million5 Oct V2XGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging4 Oct EV ChargingAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays3 Oct Mobility and TrafficGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network3 Oct
Kurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter Kurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter

Kurrant advised mobility data company Telraam on its sale to Quanteo, supporting Telraam’s international growth in smart mobility.

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Street LightingMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding4h ago Infrastructure MonitoringWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles21h ago
Street LightingComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points WasteIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala
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$225MMergers and AcquisitionsAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays3 Oct $70MFundingSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize1 Oct €2.9MFundingKurrant Ventures backedLatitudo 40 Raises €2.9M To Develop Agentic EO, Physical AI And Accelerate International Growth1 Oct $1.65MPublic FundingWaikato Regional Council Funds $1.65 Million Upgrade Of 40 Flood Telemetry Sites27 Sep
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Monza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project2 Oct Florence Trials 80 NB-IoT Loading-Bay Sensors And A Cargo-Bike Micro-Hub Under EU UNCHAIN Project1 Oct Brno Adds Predictive Digital Twin To Traffic Information Centre With Yunex Traffic And Aimsun1 Oct Belo Horizonte Connects 500 Traffic Controllers To Camera Detection And Remote Control1 Oct
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Blanca Connects Two Air Quality And Noise Stations To Murcia’s SmartRegion Platform28 Sep Waikato Regional Council Funds $1.65 Million Upgrade Of 40 Flood Telemetry Sites27 Sep New York DEC And USGS Launch FloodSafe NY Statewide Streamgage Network For Flood Warnings27 Sep Vancouver’s SenseNet Acquires N5 Sensors’ Wildfire Detection Business31 Aug
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Street LightingLe Taillan-Médoc Ends Midnight Streetlight Shutoff, Switching To All-Night Dimmed LED Lighting

Le Taillan-Médoc ends its midnight-to-6am streetlight shutoff, using a full LED network with per-pole telemanagement to dim lights all night.

 Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceAlabama Forestry Commission Adopts OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection After 30,000-Acre Season

Alabama Forestry Commission deploys OroraTech satellite wildfire detection statewide to support fire response and prescribed burn monitoring.

 WasteCity Of Melbourne Awards Superfy Five-Year Contract For 500 Solar-Powered Smart Bins

City of Melbourne begins installing 500 solar-powered Superfy smart bins under a five-year deal, swapping fixed rounds for sensor-led pickups.

 VideosurveillanceHanoi Police Pilot Smart Police Platform As Video Analytics Camera Network Nears 5,000 Units

Hanoi Police pilot a Smart Police platform as two phases put 4,297 analytics cameras on city roads and a 21,000-unit project gets under way.

 WasteSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize

Galvanize leads $70M project debt for AMP's second Portsmouth sortation plant under SPSA's 20-year contract covering 1.2 million Virginians.

 Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceLatitudo 40 Raises €2.9M To Develop Agentic EO, Physical AI And Accelerate International Growth

Naples-based Latitudo 40 raises €2.9M led by Vertis SGR, with Kurrant Ventures and CRIF, to develop Agentic EO and Physical AI.

 Mobility and TrafficVia Appia Tests Valerann Incident Detection On 32km Of São Paulo’s Rodovias Das Colinas

Via Appia is trialling Valerann's Lanternn on 32km of Rodovias das Colinas, a concession that expires in July 2028, with no targets published.

 Mobility and TrafficTurin Tests Resident Mobility Dashboard From Latitudo 40 As App Reaches Milan With Dott

Turin receives an anonymised mobility dashboard from Latitudo 40's heat-aware routing app, now promoted in Milan with Dott free rides.

 Smart GridPNM Begins $185 Million Smart Meter Rollout Amid New Mexico Billing Complaints

PNM has started a $185 million rollout of 560,000 Itron smart meters in New Mexico after estimated-bill complaints and a record 2,264 MW peak.

 Smart GridFlexyGrid Closes €750,000 Seed Round To Aggregate Flexibility For Italian Grid Operators

FlexyGrid raises a €750,000 seed round to bid batteries, chargers and industrial loads into Italy's RomeFlex, MiNDFlex and EDGE pilots.

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