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12 min agoVia Verde Opens 12-Point, 400 kW Ultra-Fast Charging Hub in Portugal 15h agoRematics Runs Waste-Recognition Cameras On 70+ Collection Trucks As MOBA-Backed Pilots Expand 15h agoSuez And Cornerstone Host Wize Water Meter Network On 100 UK Mobile Towers 15h agoTIM Brasil And Smart Luz To Connect Over 12,000 Rio de Janeiro Lighting-Pole Cameras Over 5G 16h agoAbertis Opens €40,000 Safe Road Operations Challenge To Protect Road Workers 16h ago450connect Equips 712 LTE450 Radio Sites With Inexogy Smart Meters In Germany 16h agoSEWA Installs Over 3,200 Smart Electricity Meters In Sharjah And Replaces 1,600 In Q3 2026 8 NovIntellihub Acquires Taggle Systems For A$50M To Add Water Metering Network And Aqualus Software 8 NovQuincy Replaces 50 Flock Safety License Plate Cameras With Axis Hardware Running OdinEye 8 NovModaxo Acquires Brazilian Traffic And Tolling Supplier Fiscaltech

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5 Dec Environmental MonitoringAgriSound Wins Innovate UK Grant for Biodiversity Monitoring

York-based AgriSound secures nearly £220,000 from Innovate UK to develop an AI biodiversity monitoring system using solar-powered sensors.

5 Dec IoT NetworksEIB Invests €30M in Sateliot for IoT Satellite Connectivity Rollout

The EIB grants €30 million to Spanish startup Sateliot to deploy an IoT satellite network connecting over 8 million devices in remote areas.

5 Dec VideosurveillanceTemple University Enhances 1,500 Cameras with AI Weapon Detection

Temple University equips 1,500 security cameras with ZeroEyes AI weapon detection software in Pennsylvania to alert campus police to visible guns.

5 Dec Smart GridEQT and GIC to Acquire Majority Stake in UK Smart Meter Specialist Calisen

EQT and GIC agree to buy a majority stake in UK smart meter firm Calisen in a £4 billion deal. The company manages 16…

5 Dec WaterDiehl Metering Acquires AI Leak Detection Specialist PREVENTIO

Diehl Metering acquires German startup PREVENTIO to expand its predictive maintenance and AI leak detection for water and heat supply networks.

5 Dec VideosurveillanceFireDome Secures $4.5M to Enhance Wildfire Defense

Tel Aviv startup FireDome raises $4.5M to advance autonomous wildfire defense technology that deploys eco-friendly fire retardant capsules.

5 Dec Smart GridEnergy Network Operator Red Eléctrica Implements Advanced Digital Twin Technology in Spain

Red Eléctrica launches a cloud digital twin for its Spanish grid, giving up to 1,500 users centralized asset data to support clean energy.

26 Nov Building EfficiencyEtalytics Secures €8M to Drive AI-Powered Energy Efficiency

Darmstadt-based etalytics raises €8M in Series A funding to scale its AI energy platform, which cuts industrial energy use by up to 50%.

26 Nov Smart GridSmart Metering Specialist Bluecurrent Acquires Metropolis Metering

Australasia’s Bluecurrent acquires Melbourne-based Metropolis Metering, adding to its platform of over 2.4 million meters across the region.

26 Nov VideosurveillanceReno to Deploy Gunfire Detection Tech Downtown in 2025

Reno invests $450,000 to deploy gunfire detection and over 40 cameras across downtown in 2025, alerting police to shots in under 60 seconds.

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