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4h agoDCC Extends Arqiva’s Northern Smart Meter Network To 2037, Sensus To Supply New Base Stations 4h agoOman Water Ministry Signs Nama Deal For LoRaWAN Smart Meters On 1,000 Groundwater Wells 7h agoVia Verde Opens 12-Point, 400 kW Ultra-Fast Charging Hub in Portugal 23h agoRematics Runs Waste-Recognition Cameras On 70+ Collection Trucks As MOBA-Backed Pilots Expand 23h agoSuez And Cornerstone Host Wize Water Meter Network On 100 UK Mobile Towers 23h agoTIM Brasil And Smart Luz To Connect Over 12,000 Rio de Janeiro Lighting-Pole Cameras Over 5G 23h agoAbertis Opens €40,000 Safe Road Operations Challenge To Protect Road Workers Yesterday450connect Equips 712 LTE450 Radio Sites With Inexogy Smart Meters In Germany YesterdaySEWA Installs Over 3,200 Smart Electricity Meters In Sharjah And Replaces 1,600 In Q3 2026 8 NovIntellihub Acquires Taggle Systems For A$50M To Add Water Metering Network And Aqualus Software

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16 Sep Street LightingJoão Pessoa Advances Smart City Project with AI-Integrated Surveillance and Smart Infrastructure

João Pessoa installs 3,000 AI cameras and 43,000 smart LED lights to become Brazil’s first fully covered smart city by December 2025.

12 Sep Mobility and TrafficAvoca Launches Full Enforcement of Noise Camera Program

Avoca, Iowa, begins noise camera enforcement on Highway 59 after a pilot caught 183 truck brake violations, using a $50,000 automated system.

12 Sep Environmental MonitoringIdaho Becomes First US State to Deploy Statewide Satellite Wildfire Detection System

The Idaho Department of Lands is deploying OroraTech satellites to monitor the entire state for wildfires and predict fire spread within minutes.

12 Sep WaterSharjah Advances Smart Water Meter Deployment

SEWA deploys 267,552 smart water meters across Sharjah to improve resource management, reduce losses, and enhance consumption monitoring.

12 Sep WaterMexico City and Monterrey Adopt Smart Water Technologies to Cut Losses

Mexico City and Monterrey deploy Xylem smart water tech to save over 1.3 billion liters of water each year and tackle regional drought.

10 Sep WaterACCIONA Wins €18 Million Contract to Upgrade Costa Rica’s Water Networks

ACCIONA secures an €18 million contract to upgrade 1,165 kilometers of Costa Rica's drinking water networks to reduce losses and improve efficiency.

10 Sep Mobility and TrafficFairlawn Launches Ohio’s First Fully Connected Vehicle Corridor

Fairlawn deploys Ohio’s first 100% connected vehicle corridor on Market Street. The C-V2X system enables transit signal priority and safety alerts.

10 Sep EnergyNational Grid launches autonomous drone inspections in UK first

National Grid deploys autonomous BVLOS drones to inspect 22,000 pylons across England and Wales, automating data capture to boost network efficiency.

10 Sep VideosurveillanceLibourne Adopts Smart Waste Detection with NGE CONNECT and Partners

Libourne deploys AI on seven cameras with NGE CONNECT to detect illegal waste dumping in real time and monitor 642 city center parking spaces.

10 Sep WaterThames Water to Launch £1 Billion Framework for Major Projects

Thames Water prepares to tender a £1.008 billion Major Projects Framework for network upgrades, covering a nine-year programme through AMP8.

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