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3 to 5 Nov 2026Smart City & Utility Industry News
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Modaxo Acquires Brazilian Traffic And Tolling Supplier Fiscaltech Landkreis Hof Opens TauSENSE App To Public Using Data From 130 Road Dew-Point Sensors
Valdepeñas Approves €225,523 Credit For €1.5M Red.es-Funded Smart Territory Project
Mexico City Plans €48 Million First Phase Of Adaptive Traffic Signals With Transit Priority
Algarve Approves €9M ERDF-Backed Smart Water Telemetry Project Across 16 Municipalities Trapani Water Authority Asks Sicily For €95M, Including €51M For Smart Meters
Veolia-Led TransmitWater Project Maps Pipe-Break Risk From Pressure Transients In Four Spanish Networks
Nicosia District Water Authority Begins 72,000 Ultrasonic Smart Meter Rollout With Cyta
Viterbo Deploys 12 AirQino Air Quality Stations With Boldyn Networks Italia and CNR UK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms
Victoria Adds 11 AI Bushfire Cameras To Seven-Unit Plantation Network In A$3.8M Programme
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Arqiva's DCC smart meter network for 4 million northern GB premises runs to 2037, with Sensus International building new radio base stations.
WaterOman Water Ministry Signs Nama Deal For LoRaWAN Smart Meters On 1,000 Groundwater WellsOman's water ministry and Nama Water Services sign a deal to meter about 1,000 licensed groundwater wells over LoRaWAN between 2027 and 2028.
EV ChargingVia Verde Opens 12-Point, 400 kW Ultra-Fast Charging Hub in PortugalVia Verde opened a 12-point, 400 kW charging hub at Trofa on the A3, its second, as Brisa targets 350 motorway points under a…
WasteRematics Runs Waste-Recognition Cameras On 70+ Collection Trucks As MOBA-Backed Pilots ExpandRematics says its D4T cameras analyse 1.75 million bin emptyings a year on 70-plus trucks, with MOBA-backed pilots in Germany, Spain and the UK.
WaterSuez And Cornerstone Host Wize Water Meter Network On 100 UK Mobile TowersSUEZ and Cornerstone have put Wize water meter receivers on 100 UK mobile sites, connecting 180,000 meters with a target of 1 million.
VideosurveillanceTIM Brasil And Smart Luz To Connect Over 12,000 Rio de Janeiro Lighting-Pole Cameras Over 5GTIM Brasil and Smart Luz plan to link more than 12,000 lighting-pole cameras in Rio de Janeiro to a sliced 5G network, announced 6…
Mobility and TrafficAbertis Opens €40,000 Safe Road Operations Challenge To Protect Road WorkersAbertis and Fundación Abertis open the Safe Road Operations Challenge: €40,000 and a pilot for road-worker safety tech, applications close 16 November 2026.
Smart Grid450connect Equips 712 LTE450 Radio Sites With Inexogy Smart Meters In GermanyInexogy is fitting smart meters at 712 450connect radio sites, linked over LTE450, to test 450 MHz gateway connectivity by January 2027.
Smart GridSEWA Installs Over 3,200 Smart Electricity Meters In Sharjah And Replaces 1,600 In Q3 2026Sharjah's SEWA installed over 3,200 electricity meters and replaced 1,600 mechanical units in Q3 2026, about 40% below its 2025 quarterly average.
WaterIntellihub Acquires Taggle Systems For A$50M To Add Water Metering Network And Aqualus SoftwareIntellihub is reported to be buying water IoT firm Taggle Systems for A$50M (US$34.4M), adding the Byron network and Aqualus platform used by 45+…
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