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8h agoed Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line 8h agoNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk 9h agoBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services 9h agoThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond 9h agoGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes 10h agoEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires 10h agoCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000 11h agoBarcelona City Council Picks Kapsch and Acisa for €100,000 Each to Pilot AI Traffic Signals 11h agoSortrace Raises $800,000 Led by Almi Invest for Waste Truck Sorting Cameras in Sweden 11h agoPortugal’s €5B Água que Une Water Strategy Faces €371M Annual EU-Identified Funding Gap

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25 Aug Mobility and TrafficUtah Expands Deployment of Lidar-Based Traffic Management Solution

UDOT awards Econolite a contract to deploy Ouster's BlueCity lidar traffic system across more than 100 Utah intersections to improve safety.

13 Aug WaterSouthern Water Signs £338M, 20-Year Smart Metering Contract

Southern Water awards a £338 million contract to Horizon Water Infrastructure to upgrade over one million smart meters by 2030 across its network.

12 Aug Mobility and TrafficDubai Rolls Out AI-Driven Traffic Intelligence Platform

Dubai RTA launches an AI traffic management platform under a 42-month contract, using five years of data to monitor roads and reduce delays.

12 Aug Environmental MonitoringChicago Rolls Out Hyfi Verizon-Backed 5G Flood Monitoring Network

Chicago installs 50 solar-powered, 5G flood sensors with Hyfi and Verizon, delivering live maps and alerts up to an hour before flooding begins.

11 Aug Mobility and TrafficGirona Deploys Smart Sensors to Manage Tourism and Protect Heritage

Girona deploys nine mobile signal sensors in its Barri Vell district under a €20,524 project to track tourist flows and protect historic sites.

11 Aug WaterNorthumbrian Water Deploys Satellite-Based Leak Detection and Repair

Northumbrian Water deploys Origin Tech satellite monitoring and no-dig repair in North East England to fix underground leaks in a single visit.

11 Aug EnergyPacifiCorp Expands Wildfire Monitoring with New Medford Facility

PacifiCorp launches a Wildfire Intelligence Center in Medford, Oregon, which has monitored 863 fires and led to 71 emergency power shutoffs.

11 Aug Street LightingSaint-Denis de La Réunion Launches EU-Funded Overhaul of Public Lighting Network

Saint-Denis in Réunion begins a €7.75 million project to replace nearly 8,000 public lights with LEDs, cutting energy costs by €350,000 yearly.

6 Aug Environmental MonitoringConway Invests in Flood Sensors to Boost Real-Time Monitoring

Conway, South Carolina, invests $26,000 to install five river sensors along local waterways, feeding data into an online flood monitoring dashboard.

6 Aug WasteTacoma Deploys AI-Enabled Smart Cameras to Cut Recycling Contamination

Tacoma launches a $1.8M EPA-funded pilot using Prairie Robotics truck cameras to spot recycling contamination and send educational postcards.

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