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Houston City Council Raises Sensus Water Meter Contract Ceiling To $43.5M Houston City Council Raises Sensus Water Meter Contract Ceiling To $43.5M

Houston City Council unanimously approved $5.5M more for Sensus USA's AMI contract on 21 October 2026, lifting the ceiling to $43.5M.

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WaterHouston City Council Raises Sensus Water Meter Contract Ceiling To $43.5M

Houston City Council unanimously approved $5.5M more for Sensus USA's AMI contract on 21 October 2026, lifting the ceiling to $43.5M.

 GasMadrileña Red de Gas Partner with Telefónica for Remote Metering Platform

Telefónica has supplied its OpenGate platform to Madrileña Red de Gas, which serves more than 900,000 supply points in 61 Madrid municipalities.

 WaterRiba-roja del Túria Pilots Four Grades Of Reclaimed Water Under €10M CircSyst Project

CircSyst, a €10M Horizon Europe project, starts producing four grades of reclaimed water for the Riba-roja del Túria industrial estate in Valencia.

 Smart CityGenoa Sets Smart City Strategy Linking Digital, Ecological And Social Transitions

Genoa's council presented a smart city strategy on 23 October 2026 tying data and AI to ecological and social goals, ahead of Smart Week…

 WaterSaanich Starts Five-Year Upgrade Of Water Meter Reading Equipment At 30,000 Properties

The District of Saanich, BC, will upgrade meter-reading equipment at about 30,000 properties over five years, with Sensus analytics and KTI crews.

 IoT and Smart City PlatformDubai’s Moro Hub Partners With ThingsBoard To Host Government IoT Applications On Moro Cloud

Moro Hub, the Digital DEWA subsidiary in Dubai, will build and sell branded IoT applications on ThingsBoard, announced 22 October 2026 at WETEX.

 Street LightingMonza Completes 12,688-Point LED Streetlight Replacement And Adds QR Fault Reporting

Monza finishes a €13M LED retrofit of 12,688 streetlights under its Acinque concession and puts a QR code on each pole for fault reports.

 Mobility and TrafficUSDOT Selects UCLA, University Of Michigan And Derq For $5.5M Intersection Safety Phase One

USDOT awards $5.5M to UCLA, University of Michigan and Derq to prototype intersection safety systems, with $11.5M expected for Phase 2.

 IoT NetworksSIEL-Territoire d’Énergie Loire Reaches 25,000 Sensors On Its ROC42 LoRaWAN Network

SIEL-TE's ROC42 LoRaWAN network in France's Loire department now carries 25,000 sensors on 359 gateways, with 150,000 targeted by 2031.

 Mobility and TrafficMBTA Begins Hayden AI Bus Lane And Bus Stop Camera Enforcement On Routes SL4 And SL5

MBTA begins Hayden AI bus lane and bus stop camera enforcement on SL4 and SL5, with fines of $25 to $125 from January 1,…

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