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45 min agoNicosia District Water Authority Begins 72,000 Ultrasonic Smart Meter Rollout With Cyta 47 min agoMexico City Plans €48 Million First Phase Of Adaptive Traffic Signals With Transit Priority 1h agoAlbania Earmarks €33 Million In 2027 Budget For Presight-Built Smart City Surveillance 12h agoed Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line 12h agoNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk 12h agoBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services 12h agoThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond 13h agoGreece Directs €325.3M to Municipal Smart City and Digital Transformation Programmes 13h agoEmcali Selects Consortium for COP 450B Cali Streetlight Overhaul of 101,037 LED Luminaires 13h agoCanberra Adds 16,000 Itron Controllers, Taking Connected Streetlights Above 47,000

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26 Nov VideosurveillanceReno to Deploy Gunfire Detection Tech Downtown in 2025

Reno invests $450,000 to deploy gunfire detection and over 40 cameras across downtown in 2025, alerting police to shots in under 60 seconds.

26 Nov IoT NetworksNetmore and Vantage Towers Partner for LoRaWAN® Connectivity in Portugal

Netmore deploys LoRaWAN gateways across Vantage Towers' network of over 3,500 sites in Portugal to aid utility metering and leak detection.

26 Nov WaterSUEZ and IOWIZMI Partner for 10-Year Smart Meter Collaboration in France

SUEZ and IOWIZMI partner in France to share a network serving 11 million smart gas meters, helping cut water consumption by up to 16%.

24 Nov EV ChargingPG&E and Itron Pilot Real-Time EV Charging Solution with Grid-Edge Tech

PG&E and Itron launch a grid-edge computing pilot for 1,000 customers to manage EV charging loads in real time and avoid home panel upgrades.

24 Nov Smart GridNational Grid Rolls Out AMI 2.0

National Grid begins deploying smart meters in Western New York in January as part of a plan to install 1.7 million electric units in…

24 Nov Building EfficiencyMETRON Secures €12.5M to Boost Energy Efficiency for Industries

French cleantech firm METRON raises €12.5M in funding led by Germany's GET Fund to expand its industrial energy management platform globally.

24 Nov Building EfficiencySiemens to Enhance Energy Efficiency in 60 UAE Government Buildings

Siemens secures a contract to retrofit 60 UAE government buildings, targeting a 27% annual cut in energy and water use through IoT and AI.

24 Nov Smart GridEIB and Iberdrola Partner on €500M Smart Grid Expansion in Spain

The EIB lends 500 million euros to Iberdrola to upgrade Spain's smart grids, boosting network resilience and renewable energy integration.

24 Nov Street LightingJeddah Upgrades Street Lighting with LoRaWAN-Enabled Solution

Flashnet and Saudi Delta Group deploy 5,700 connected controllers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to manage and monitor the city's streetlights via LoRaWAN.

24 Nov Smart CityMilton Keynes Launches UK-Funded Drone Trial for Smart City Integration

Milton Keynes City Council launches an 18-month UK-funded drone trial to monitor traffic, inspect buildings, and build a digital twin of the city.

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