Smart City & Utility Industry News

Trenton Water Works launches a $20 million project to replace over 63,000 water meters with smart meters in New Jersey to cut estimated bills.

In Italy, smart city software provider Safety21 acquires 86% of Capacitas to integrate the firm's infraction technology into its Titan platform.

Berlin partners with Vianova to integrate data from 60,000 rental vehicles to support real-time urban planning and tackle parking violations.

Netmore Group begins operating a LoRaWAN network in France after acquiring Objenious assets from Bouygues Telecom to expand European IoT coverage.

Siradel designs a LoRa-based IoT network for Luxembourg City, initially targeting smart water meters to improve resource management.

Gridspertise acquires Finland's Aidon, adding 5 million Nordic metering points and a recent project for 430,000 smart meters for Finnish DSOs.

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San Diego plans to upgrade over 250,000 outdated meters by 2029 to resolve billing issues, reviving a smart-meter program halted in 2018.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