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1 min agoCalifornia Governor’s Office Of Emergency Services Adds ICEYE Satellite Flood And Wildfire Data 1 min agoArrive Completes Acquisition Of Passport, A Parking Software Provider With 800+ Clients 6 min agoEast, North And South Ayrshire Councils Sign 15-Year Deal With Believ For 600 EV Chargers YesterdayComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points YesterdayIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala YesterdayMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding YesterdayWest 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
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WasteIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For KarbalaYesterday Street LightingMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan FundingYesterday Infrastructure MonitoringWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection VehiclesYesterday Environmental MonitoringCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data5 Oct GasUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million5 Oct
Kurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter Kurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter

Kurrant advised mobility data company Telraam on its sale to Quanteo, supporting Telraam’s international growth in smart mobility.

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EV ChargingEast, North And South Ayrshire Councils Sign 15-Year Deal With Believ For 600 EV Chargers6 min ago Street LightingComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light PointsYesterday
Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceCalifornia Governor’s Office Of Emergency Services Adds ICEYE Satellite Flood And Wildfire Data Mobility and TrafficArrive Completes Acquisition Of Passport, A Parking Software Provider With 800+ Clients
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$225MMergers and AcquisitionsAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays3 Oct $70MFundingSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize1 Oct €2.9MFundingKurrant Ventures backedLatitudo 40 Raises €2.9M To Develop Agentic EO, Physical AI And Accelerate International Growth1 Oct $1.65MPublic FundingWaikato Regional Council Funds $1.65 Million Upgrade Of 40 Flood Telemetry Sites27 Sep
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Greek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network3 Oct Monza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project2 Oct Florence Trials 80 NB-IoT Loading-Bay Sensors And A Cargo-Bike Micro-Hub Under EU UNCHAIN Project1 Oct Brno Adds Predictive Digital Twin To Traffic Information Centre With Yunex Traffic And Aimsun1 Oct
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Blanca Connects Two Air Quality And Noise Stations To Murcia’s SmartRegion Platform28 Sep Waikato Regional Council Funds $1.65 Million Upgrade Of 40 Flood Telemetry Sites27 Sep New York DEC And USGS Launch FloodSafe NY Statewide Streamgage Network For Flood Warnings27 Sep Vancouver’s SenseNet Acquires N5 Sensors’ Wildfire Detection Business31 Aug
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Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceCalifornia Governor’s Office Of Emergency Services Adds ICEYE Satellite Flood And Wildfire Data

California's Office of Emergency Services is integrating ICEYE radar satellite flood and wildfire products, in use since February 2026, ICEYE said on 8 October.

 Mobility and TrafficArrive Completes Acquisition Of Passport, A Parking Software Provider With 800+ Clients

Arrive completed its acquisition of Charlotte-based Passport on 1 October 2026, adding 800+ North American clients. Price and regulatory terms undisclosed.

 EV ChargingEast, North And South Ayrshire Councils Sign 15-Year Deal With Believ For 600 EV Chargers

Three Ayrshire councils partner with Believ for 600+ public EV chargers at about 300 sites, backed by £2.8M of public and £15M of private…

 Street LightingComune di Trieste And Edison Next Begin LED Replacement Of 16,504 Peripheral Light Points

Edison Next started LED works in Trieste's suburbs on 7 October 2026 under a €8,850,000, 13-year PPP, while two official timelines differ by eight…

 WasteIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala

Iraq's Investment Commission announced an underground waste scheme for Karbala on 7 October 2026, with no cost, unit count or confirmed vendor.

 Street LightingMunicipalidad De La Serena Plans Chile’s First Smart LED Streetlight Pilot With Taiwan Funding

La Serena plans a smart LED streetlight pilot on Puertas del Mar by end-2026, backed by about USD 30,000 from Taiwan and supplied with…

 Infrastructure MonitoringWest Sussex County Council Trials Dashboard AI Cameras On 8 Highway Inspection Vehicles

West Sussex County Council is fitting AI dashboard cameras to 8 inspection vehicles across a 2,500-mile network, with results feeding its Confirm system.

 Mobility and TrafficKurrant Advises Telraam on Its Sale to Quanteo, Parent Company of Eco-Counter

Kurrant advised mobility data company Telraam on its sale to Quanteo, supporting Telraam’s international growth in smart mobility.

 Environmental MonitoringCartagena Tenders €130,258 Sensor Network For Air, Weather And Pedestrian Data

Cartagena opened a €130,258.92 tender for smart sensors measuring air, weather and pedestrian flows in seven northern neighbourhoods.

 GasUkraine’s Decarbonization Fund Buys 40,000 NB-IoT Gas Meter Modules For UAH 187.2 Million

Ukraine's Decarbonization Fund contracted GridWe for 40,000 NB-IoT gas meter modules worth UAH 187.2 million, delivery by December 2026.

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