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1h agoTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 1h agoOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 4h agoMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 4h agoEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 4h agoAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways 4h agoSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 10h agoThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 11h agoSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ 11h agoTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department 10 OctGreek Probe Into €500M Of Smart Water Meter Tenders

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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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13 Feb Mobility and TrafficUrban SDK Raises $65M To Scale Geospatial AI Platform Across U.S. Public Sector

Urban SDK raises $65M led by Riverwood Capital to expand its geospatial AI platform serving 300+ U.S. cities and government agencies.

13 Feb Mobility and TrafficOuster’s $35M StereoLabs Deal Could Reshape Smart City Perception Systems

Ouster acquires StereoLabs for $35M, adding stereo cameras to its lidar-powered Gemini and BlueCity smart infrastructure platforms.

13 Feb Street LightingBrazil’s Unicamp Deploys 2,600 NB-IoT Connected LED Streetlights With TIM Brasil

Unicamp partners with TIM Brasil to deploy 2,600 NB-IoT connected LED streetlights, targeting 70% energy savings on its Campinas campus.

11 Feb Mobility and TrafficSalem’s Busiest Bus Corridor Gets Cloud-Based Signal Priority Across 22 Intersections

Salem's Cherriots deploys LYT cloud-based transit signal priority at 22 intersections, cutting late buses by 20% on its busiest corridor.

11 Feb EnergyOctopus Energy Generation Pours €40M Into Smart Metering Firm metiundo

Octopus Energy Generation invests €40M in Berlin's metiundo to scale smart metering in Germany's building sector.

11 Feb Mobility and TrafficTexas Department of Transportation to Strengthen Statewide Traffic Intelligence

TxDOT expands 15-year INRIX partnership for connected vehicle data, trip analytics, and statewide traffic intelligence across 80,000 miles.

11 Feb Mobility and TrafficLincolnshire Deploys Multimodal Adaptive Traffic Control Across 67 Junctions

Lincolnshire County Council deploys Yunex Traffic's Yutraffic FUSION adaptive signal system across 67 nodes using DfT Green Light funding.

11 Feb EnergyNeara Hits A$1.1 Billion Valuation After A$90M Series D for Grid Digital Twins

Neara raises A$90M Series D, reaching A$1.1B unicorn valuation, to scale AI-powered grid digital twins amid surging data center energy demand

11 Feb Street LightingPuebla Prepares Tender for 35 Smart Poles With Surveillance, Panic Buttons and Free Wi-Fi

Puebla launches tender for 35 smart poles with cameras, panic buttons, Wi-Fi and LED lighting linked to the city's DERI emergency center.

11 Feb WasteMauges Communauté Pilots AI Camera on Waste Truck To Tackle Sorting Errors

Mauges Communauté launches a 12-month AI waste truck pilot with Ficha and Brangeon to detect sorting errors across rural western France.

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