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2h agoComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points 3h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 3h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 20h agoWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles 6 OctKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter 5 OctCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data 5 OctUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network

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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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9 Nov Mobility and TrafficParkHelp Acquires Cleverciti to Establish Global Unified Parking Platform

ParkHelp buys Germany's Cleverciti, creating a platform monitoring over 600,000 parking spaces across 50 nations for on- and off-street guidance.

9 Nov Mobility and TrafficIPS Group Acquires Populus Technologies to Expand Smart Mobility Capabilities

San Diego-based IPS Group acquires San Francisco firm Populus Technologies to integrate curb-management software across over 100 cities.

5 Nov WasteGoogle’s Innovation Lab Tests AI Systems in Rio de Janeiro

Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory deploys four AI pilot projects in Rio de Janeiro as part of a planned $900 million Latin American data center hub.

5 Nov Waste$200 Million for AI System to Transform Waste Management in Hampton Roads

SPSA approves a $200M, 20-year contract with Commonwealth Sortation to install AI sorting systems and divert 50% of waste in Hampton Roads.

5 Nov WasteAbu Dhabi to Deploy Over 500 Connected Cleaning Vehicles Across the Emirate

Abu Dhabi's DMT will deploy over 500 connected cleaning vehicles this year, cutting carbon emissions by up to 40% across the emirate.

5 Nov WasteVeolia Rolls Out Smart Bins in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to Improve Waste Sorting

Veolia deploys four AI-enabled smart bins in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, helping business clients analyze waste across more than 30 categories.

5 Nov Environmental MonitoringRhodes Launches €1 Million Smart Forest Protection Project

Nova funds a 1 million euro smart wildfire-prevention system on Rhodes, using AI and sensors to monitor the protected Valley of the Butterflies.

5 Nov Environmental MonitoringColombia launches national wildfire monitoring programme with Ororatech

Colombia deploys OroraTech satellite technology nationwide to track wildfires, training more than 700 national disaster-risk system members.

31 Oct EnergyHEDNO Launches Large-Scale NB-IoT and LTE-M Smart Meter Network in Greece

HEDNO rolls out 3.12 million cellular smart meters across Greece in a €546 million first phase to cut power losses and speed outage repairs.

31 Oct WasteDallas to deploy AI-enabled cameras on sanitation vehicles for code enforcement

Dallas approves $853,000 to equip 50 sanitation trucks with AI cameras that detect code violations. City staff will review the automated flags.

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