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20h agoSouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network YesterdayConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 14 OctOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 14 OctMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 14 OctEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 14 OctAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways 14 OctSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 14 OctThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 14 OctSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ

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Projects, tenders, funding and deals in smart water, mobility, lighting, energy and IoT, reported every day by the Kurrant news desk.

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24 Oct WasteSmart Waste Bin Roll-out Expanded in Belfast

Belfast City Council approves 26 more Big Belly smart bins after a pilot reduced attend-time from over three hours to 52 minutes.

24 Oct Mobility and TrafficLas Rozas Advances Smart-City with Digital Twin

Las Rozas awards a €731,707 contract to NEC Iberica to deploy a city-scale digital twin that integrates nearly 50 layers of urban data

24 Oct WaterBurnt Island Ventures Launches $50 Million Fund to Boost Water-Tech Startups

New York investment firm Burnt Island Ventures closes a $50 million fund to back global seed-stage water-technology startups in treatment and reuse.

24 Oct WaterTelefónica and Vodafone Secure Multi-Million Contract for Smart Water Meters in Madrid

Madrid utility Canal de Isabel II awards a €30M smart water meter contract to Telefónica and Vodafone to enable remote reading across the region.

24 Oct Environmental MonitoringSenseNet Raises $14 M to Accelerate AI-Powered Wildfire Detection

Vancouver-based SenseNet raises $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven wildfire detection technology across the U.S. market.

24 Oct WasteCurbWaste Secures US $28 Million Series B to Expand AI-Driven Platform

US SaaS firm CurbWaste raises $28 million to expand its waste-hauling software, adding AI features for 150 haulers across 40 states.

24 Oct WaterNetherlands’ HULO Secures €2.3 M to Advance AI-Powered Water tech Solutions

Dutch startup HULO raises €2.3 million to expand its AI leak-detection software, helping utilities spot water loss without adding new hardware.

19 Oct WaterSmart‐Meter Roll-out Begins in Cádiz Neighbourhood

Aguas de Cádiz begins installing 4,000 smart meters in La Viña under an over €1.1 million pilot scheme to detect leaks and monitor usage.

19 Oct Environmental MonitoringBirmingham City Council to Equip Schools with Air Quality Sensors

Birmingham City Council is deploying 376 real-time air quality sensors at schools to monitor pollution and meet legal environmental standards.

19 Oct WaterSmart Meter Rollout Underway for North East England

Northumbrian Water partners with United Infrastructure to install 750,000 smart water meters across North East England to help detect leaks.

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