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3h agoBrașov City Hall Opens €32M Framework Tender For Four Years Of Design Services 3h agoEuropean Commission Allocates €3.8B To 212 Projects Across Innovation Fund And LIFE Programme 4h agoKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub 4h agoKorea National Park Service Builds Bandal Lens AI To Identify 17 Mammal Species From 1,300 Cameras 4h agoUK Space Agency Opens £2M Satellite Grant Call For Environmental Intelligence And Emissions Monitoring 12h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 12h agoEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland YesterdayDortmund 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

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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8 Jun VideosurveillanceIstres Implements Private 5G Network for Smart City Enhancements

Istres deploys an operational private 5G network with Ericsson and Spie to cut video surveillance costs and support public safety across the city.

8 Jun Street LightingSalvador in Brazil, to Install Smart Lighting System with 5G and Wi-Fi

Salvador, Brazil, is installing 400 smart streetlights with 5G and Wi-Fi in a €5.4 million project to improve local telecom coverage.

8 Jun WaterSevern Trent Tests Suez’s SewerBalls to Improve Sewer Monitoring

Severn Trent inspects 14km of sewers in Shropshire and Staffordshire with Suez sensor devices, confirming 80% of flagged repair issues.

8 Jun V2XVerizon’s V2X Platform Gains Partners for Connected Vehicle Tech

Verizon partners with Volkswagen, DelDOT, Rutgers, and Arizona to test connected vehicle safety tech using its 5G-enabled V2X platform.

8 Jun V2XQualcomm Acquires Autotalks to Expand V2X Technology

Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to add dedicated V2X communication chipsets to its Snapdragon portfolio and accelerate connected vehicle deployments.

5 Jun Street LightingPuente Genil Allocates €1M for LED Streetlight Upgrade with Smart Management

Puente Genil awards a €1,008,523 contract to replace 1,047 streetlights with smart LEDs, targeting over 50% energy

5 Jun IoT and Smart City PlatformBelval Selected for €3 Million Smart City Initiative in Luxembourg

Luxembourg’s Belval campus hosts a €3 million smart city pilot, deploying three 5G smart towers to test AI and IoT tech for urban management.

5 Jun Street LightingGalicia Invests €210,000 in LED Lighting Upgrade for Rianxo Port

Galicia invests €210,000 to replace 169 lights with marine-grade LEDs at Rianxo Port, cutting the site's energy consumption by an estimated 60%.

5 Jun VideosurveillancePamplona Tests AI-Powered Surveillance for Crowd Control and Emergency Alerts

Pamplona deploys an AI camera system across two city locations to track crowd density without capacity limits and detect public falls.

5 Jun WasteSmart Waste Management Pilot Launched at Colombo Shopping Center, Portugal

SPV and Veolia launch an AI waste-sorting pilot at Portugal’s Colombo mall to improve recycling efficiency beyond its 2023 rate of 62%.

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