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4h agoMonza Completes 12,688-Point LED Streetlight Replacement And Adds QR Fault Reporting 4h agoUSDOT Selects UCLA, University Of Michigan And Derq For $5.5M Intersection Safety Phase One 5h agoSIEL-Territoire d’Énergie Loire Reaches 25,000 Sensors On Its ROC42 LoRaWAN Network 17h agoMBTA Begins Hayden AI Bus Lane And Bus Stop Camera Enforcement On Routes SL4 And SL5 21h agoLos Angeles Council Approves 50 DASH Bus Enforcement Cameras In $3.43M Hayden AI Contract 22 OctFriuli Venezia Giulia Council Backs Adaptive Streetlight Study After €156.6M Udine Crash Toll 22 OctNYC Department of Transportation Ends Automotus Curb Camera Pilot on the Upper West Side 22 OctAomori Prefecture Installs 12 AI Bear-Detection Cameras In Hakkoda Mountains After Fatal Attack 22 OctAjuntament d’Olot Puts Sewer Cameras and GIS Mapping on 161 Km Network 22 OctCity of São Paulo’s Smart Sampa Contract Allows €10.4M Fine After Data Exposure

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13 Dec EnergyIberdrola Plans UK Smart Metering Sale

Iberdrola explores the sale of its UK smart metering business to raise around £1 billion. Subsidiary ScottishPower manages over 2.5 million meters.

13 Dec Mobility and TrafficLACROIX Enters Exclusive Negotiations with SWARCO for City-Mobility Sale

LACROIX negotiates the sale of its Traffic and V2X units in France and Spain, which generated €27.3 million, to Austria-based SWARCO.

13 Dec Street LightingEIB Grants €50M Loan to Zumtobel Group for Smart Lighting R&D

The European Investment Bank lends €50 million to Austria's Zumtobel Group to develop energy-efficient smart lighting for smart cities.

13 Dec WaterPerpignan Deploys 120,000 Smart Water Meters for Leak Detection

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is deploying 120,000 smart water meters by 2026. The devices use acoustic monitoring to detect leaks.

13 Dec EnergyDCC Begins 4G Smart Meter Hub Rollout for Energy Network in the UK

DCC rolls out 10,000 4G smart meter hubs across Britain to validate upgrades ahead of mass deployment across 20 million premises.

13 Dec Building EfficiencyNext Sense Raises €11.5M to Decarbonise Real Estate

Amsterdam-based Next Sense secures €11.5M in Series A funding to scale its smart building platform and cut real estate energy use by 20-3

11 Dec WaterXylem Acquires Majority Stake in Idrica to Advance Digital Water Management

Xylem buys a majority stake in Spain-based Idrica to integrate its GoAigua technology and expand digital water data management for utilities.

9 Dec WaterNYC DEP Upgrades Water Metering: Transition from AMR to AMI

The New York City DEP is upgrading 600,000 water meters to an AMI network, enabling real-time consumption monitoring and faster leak detection.

9 Dec Mobility and TrafficWollongong Trials Australia’s First Noise Detection Cameras

Wollongong and Sydney's Bayside deploy the SoundVue dual-camera noise detection system in a national trial running through December 2025.

9 Dec VideosurveillanceFrench Data Authority Challenges AI Surveillance Compliance

France's CNIL issues formal notices to the interior ministry and six municipalities over non-compliant use of BriefCam AI video surveillance.

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