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11h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 11h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 12h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 12h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 12h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 20h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 20h agoEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland 19 OctDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 18 OctBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System 18 OctPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M 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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22 Jul IoT NetworksMemphis Utility Deploys First Standalone Private 5G Network with Nokia

MLGW deploys the first U.S. municipal standalone private 5G network with Nokia to modernize utility services for over 420,000 Memphis customers.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficHungary Pilots AI Traffic Monitoring with Smart Motorway Project

Magyar Közút and BME activate an 800-meter AI traffic monitoring system with 39 sensors on the M1–M7 motorway near Budaörs to boost road safety.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficBarcelona launches AI pilots to tackle traffic noise pollution

Barcelona launches two €100,000 AI pilot projects to reduce urban traffic noise, which accounts for 85% of noise levels in the city.

16 Jul IoT NetworksEmergent Connext Raises $5M to Expand Rural IoT Network Across the U.S

Plano-based Emergent Connext secures $5 million in seed funding to expand its rural IoT network for utilities, agriculture, and municipalities.

16 Jul WaterPortsmouth Water Awards £136.5m AMP8 Contracts to Cappagh for Infrastructure Upgrades

Portsmouth Water picks Cappagh for £136.5m in AMP8 contracts. The deals cover network repairs and deploying 170,000 smart water meters by 2030.

16 Jul EnergyE.ON Deploys Digital Twin to Support Germany’s Energy Transition

E.ON deploys a digital twin mapping over 700,000 kilometres of Germany's distribution grid to accelerate renewable energy connections.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficSevilla TechPark Advances Smart Mobility with Digital Platform Initiatives

Sevilla TechPark launches three digital mobility platforms backed by 3.53 million euros to cut private car use and deploy automated logistics.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficSpain Activates its Animal-Related Road Accidents Prevention Solution

Spain's DGT rolls out thermal sensors and virtual fences to curb wildlife road accidents after incidents doubled to over 36,000 cases in 2024.

8 Jul WaterKuwait to Launch Tender for Nationwide Smart Water Meter Rollout

Kuwait adds a tender to its 2025 plan to replace mechanical water meters across all governorates, aiming to cut water waste and desalination costs.

8 Jul Mobility and TrafficPuebla Partners with Waze to Improve Real-Time Traffic Management

Puebla, Mexico, partners with Waze to exchange real-time traffic updates every two minutes, helping the city spot problem zones faster.

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