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3h agoTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 3h agoOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 6h agoMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 6h agoEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 6h agoAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways 6h agoSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units 12h agoThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050 12h agoSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ 13h agoTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department 10 OctGreek Probe Into €500M Of Smart Water Meter Tenders

Smart City & Utility Industry News

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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1 Oct WasteCity Of Melbourne Awards Superfy Five-Year Contract For 500 Solar-Powered Smart Bins

City of Melbourne begins installing 500 solar-powered Superfy smart bins under a five-year deal, swapping fixed rounds for sensor-led pickups.

1 Oct Mobility and TrafficFlorence Trials 80 NB-IoT Loading-Bay Sensors And A Cargo-Bike Micro-Hub Under EU UNCHAIN Project

Florence trials 80 NB-IoT loading-bay sensors and a cargo-bike micro-hub under the EU UNCHAIN project, which grants the city €660,000.

1 Oct VideosurveillanceHanoi Police Pilot Smart Police Platform As Video Analytics Camera Network Nears 5,000 Units

Hanoi Police pilot a Smart Police platform as two phases put 4,297 analytics cameras on city roads and a 21,000-unit project gets under way.

1 Oct Mobility and TrafficBrno Adds Predictive Digital Twin To Traffic Information Centre With Yunex Traffic And Aimsun

Brno adds a Yunex Traffic and Aimsun digital twin to its Traffic Information Centre, forecasting traffic 60 minutes ahead in 10 areas.

1 Oct Mobility and TrafficBelo Horizonte Connects 500 Traffic Controllers To Camera Detection And Remote Control

Belo Horizonte is linking 500 camera-fed signal controllers to its operations centre over fibre and 4G/5G, with Digicon supplying the system.

1 Oct WasteSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize

Galvanize leads $70M project debt for AMP's second Portsmouth sortation plant under SPSA's 20-year contract covering 1.2 million Virginians.

1 Oct Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceLatitudo 40 Raises €2.9M To Develop Agentic EO, Physical AI And Accelerate International Growth

Naples-based Latitudo 40 raises €2.9M led by Vertis SGR, with Kurrant Ventures and CRIF, to develop Agentic EO and Physical AI.

30 Sep Mobility and TrafficVia Appia Tests Valerann Incident Detection On 32km Of São Paulo’s Rodovias Das Colinas

Via Appia is trialling Valerann's Lanternn on 32km of Rodovias das Colinas, a concession that expires in July 2028, with no targets published.

29 Sep Mobility and TrafficTurin Tests Resident Mobility Dashboard From Latitudo 40 As App Reaches Milan With Dott

Turin receives an anonymised mobility dashboard from Latitudo 40's heat-aware routing app, now promoted in Milan with Dott free rides.

28 Sep Smart GridPNM Begins $185 Million Smart Meter Rollout Amid New Mexico Billing Complaints

PNM has started a $185 million rollout of 560,000 Itron smart meters in New Mexico after estimated-bill complaints and a record 2,264 MW peak.

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