Smart City & Utility Industry News

The Biden administration allocates $6 billion for climate resilience and grid improvements, including $93 million for EPA recycling grants.

San Diego plans to upgrade over 250,000 outdated meters by 2029 to resolve billing issues, reviving a smart-meter program halted in 2018.

Montreal partners with Kapsch TrafficCom to deploy connected corridor services, using AI to analyze video feeds and identify potential road dangers.

Unabiz cuts costs and jobs in Toulouse and Taipei to reach profitability by 2025 as it restructures following its acquisition of Sigfox.

Aosta partners with ENGIE on a 4.6 million euro, 20-year public lighting contract to install 6,000 new streetlamps and cut energy use by 80%.

Six UK energy suppliers pay £10.8 million into a redress fund after falling 1 million units short of their 2022 smart meter targets.

Arqiva extends its contract with Anglian Water to add 300,000 smart water meters by 2025 to enhance network monitoring and reduce leaks.

Greece’s HEDNO begins deploying 3.1 million smart meters in a €546 million first-phase project backed by the European Investment Bank.

Finnish startup Wirepas raises $22 million to enhance its wireless technology and expand its decentralized mesh networking solutions globally.

Telefónica Tech connects over 300,000 water meters in Seville using NB-IoT, aiming for 20% annual water savings for utility EMASESA.