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1h agoIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala 1h agoMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding 19h 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 2 OctMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project

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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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18 Mar EnergySamsung Ventures Backs Dublin’s GridBeyond in €12M Round for Grid Optimization

GridBeyond raises €12M with Samsung Ventures joining its cap table to scale AI-driven grid optimization across five international markets.

18 Mar Street LightingGalapagar Commits €2.9 Million to Overhaul Aging Street Lighting in El Guijo

Galapagar invests €2.9M to replace 532 street lights with LED and remote management in El Guijo, adding smart infrastructure to Madrid suburb.

17 Mar WasteSheffield Deploys 35 Solar-Powered Smart Bins to Cut Collection Trips

Sheffield installs 35 Bigbelly solar-powered smart bins to cut waste collection trips by 80%, supporting the city's net-zero goals.

17 Mar WaterU.S. Senators Propose $50M Annual Fund to Digitise Rural Water Systems

FLOWS Act proposes $50M in annual EPA grants for rural U.S. water utilities to deploy digital monitoring tools and strengthen cybersecurity.

17 Mar Street LightingMurcia Awards €1.9M Contract To Build Next-Generation Smart City Platform

Murcia awards Innovasur a €1.9M contract to build its smart city platform, integrating AI, sensors, and tourism services under Spain's PID programme.

17 Mar Street LightingBurriana Deploys 6,300 NB-IoT Connected Streetlights in Major Lighting Overhaul

Burriana deploys 6,300 NB-IoT streetlight nodes via Telefónica Tech, Ferrovial Energía, Endesa, and Tellink for remote smart lighting control.

17 Mar SecurityBrownsville Taps AI and Private 5G To Build Real-Time Public Safety Platform

Brownsville, Texas deploys AI-powered public safety platform with SHI, Centific, NVIDIA, and Lenovo over its private 5G smart city network.

17 Mar Environmental MonitoringVienna’s Another Earth Raises €3.5M To Scale Synthetic Satellite Data For Climate AI

Another Earth raises €3.5M to scale its AI synthetic satellite data platform for environmental monitoring in Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa.

11 Mar Mobility and TrafficSan Mateo County Transit District Approves AI Dash Cameras Across 235 Fixed-Route Buses

SamTrans approves Samsara AI dash cameras on 235 buses for operator coaching, hazard detection, and incident review.

11 Mar London’s Augur Secures $15M Seed To Turn Existing Sensors Into Threat Detection Networks

London startup Augur raises $15M seed led by Plural to deploy AI-powered threat detection across Europe's critical infrastructure.

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