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Smart city procurement often fails not because cities lack ambition, but because they struggle to translate that ambition into precise technical requirements. In this interview, José Sanchis, Chairman of the TALQ Certification Workgroup, explains...
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will fund a US$3.5 million (4.46 billion won) program to design and pilot an intelligent transportation systems (ITS) master plan for Medellín, Colombia, running from 2026 to 2028....
The World Bank Group has approved a US$119.2 million loan to help the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina reduce its exposure to floods and landslides and strengthen how it prepares for extreme weather. Announced on July 2, 2026, the operation is...
ENGIE Vianeo, the electric-mobility brand of French energy group ENGIE, has been selected by the German federal government and Autobahn GmbH to build and operate the South-East lot of Germany’s national fast-charging network for electric...
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) launched three Earth observation decision support tools on 3 July 2026 that convert satellite data into operational intelligence on air pollution, flood risk and water security across South Africa. The...
On 1 July 2026, SUEZ and the Préfecture de Vaucluse inaugurated what they describe as the first industrial pilot in France dedicated to neutralising and recycling discarded nitrous oxide cylinders, at the SUEZ Ecopôle in Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue...
Ambition North Wales has opened a £18.8 million grant fund to help businesses across the region upgrade to advanced wireless systems, including Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, Wi-Fi and satellite communications. The Advanced Wireless Technology Grant...
Safety21, an Italian provider of road-safety enforcement technology, has acquired a minority stake in Spanish firm CASV, extending its drive to build a pan-European platform for traffic enforcement and smart mobility. The deal was finalized on June...
The city of Saint-Cloud, a western suburb of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department, has begun using NEXQT Mobilité, a French analytics platform that monitors road traffic continuously across every street in the commune. The tool draws on...
Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA), the 73-commune authority in France’s Doubs department, has rolled out a free digital sorting assistant called “Çavaoù?” to reduce the roughly 25% of sorting errors recorded in its yellow...
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