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Mobility and TrafficBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals2h ago WasteSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden2h ago WaterPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap2h ago WaterSaudi Fund for Development Signs $403M Syria Loans Including $30M Smart Water Metering2h ago WaterZagreb Cancels €40M Remote Water Meter Reading Tender and Prepares For a New One2h ago
BMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services BMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services

BMF GRUP signed on 3 November 2026 to acquire 100% of Bucharest's Flash Lighting Services, targeting EUR 180 million turnover by end-2026 and EUR 300 million next.

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Street LightingEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires1h ago Street LightingCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,0001h ago
WaterThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond Smart CityGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes
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€325.3MPublic fundingGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes39 min ago $800KFunding roundSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden2h ago $403MPublic fundingSaudi Fund for Development Signs $403M Syria Loans Including $30M Smart Water Metering2h ago A$4.1MPublic fundingThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial2 Nov
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Street LightingBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services

BMF GRUP signed on 3 November 2026 to acquire 100% of Bucharest's Flash Lighting Services, targeting EUR 180 million turnover by end-2026 and EUR…

 WaterThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond

Thames Water's £1.584 billion Future Smart Metering tender splits into a £1.38 billion installation lot and £204 million connectivity lot; award due September 2027.

 Smart CityGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes

Greece funds €325.3M for municipal digital projects: €90M for 17 cities via the Recovery Facility and €235.3M under ESPA for all 332 municipalities.

 Street LightingEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires

Emcali picked Consorcio AP Santiago de Cali on 3 November 2026 to fit 101,037 LED luminaires with Ubicquia telemanagement in a COP 450 billion,…

 Street LightingCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000

ACT Government's City and Environment Directorate adds 16,000 Itron lighting controllers via Omexom, lifting Canberra's connected lights from 31,000 to over 47,000.

 Mobility and TrafficBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals

Barcelona's Innova Lab Mobility chose Kapsch and Acisa on 3 November 2026 for four-month AI traffic signal pilots funded with €100,000 each, due in…

 WasteSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden

Stockholm start-up Sortrace raises about $800,000 led by Almi Invest to scale truck-mounted cameras that measure household waste sorting for municipalities.

 WaterPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap

Portugal's €5 billion Água que Une strategy, approved 24 June 2026 with about 300 measures, faces a €371 million annual financing gap by 2027,…

 WaterSaudi Fund for Development Signs $403M Syria Loans Including $30M Smart Water Metering

The Saudi Fund for Development signed six loans worth over $403M with Syria on 4 November 2026, including $30M for smart water meters in…

 WaterZagreb Cancels €40M Remote Water Meter Reading Tender and Prepares For a New One

Zagreb has annulled its roughly €40M LoRaWAN water meter reading tender after an anti-corruption raid; a new procedure waits on the city's LoRaWAN network.

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