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24 min agoTrapani Water Authority Asks Sicily For €95M, Including €51M For Smart Meters 1h agoValdepeñas Approves €225,523 Credit For €1.5M Red.es-Funded Smart Territory Project 2h agoVeolia-Led TransmitWater Project Maps Pipe-Break Risk From Pressure Transients In Four Spanish Networks 3h agoNicosia District Water Authority Begins 72,000 Ultrasonic Smart Meter Rollout With Cyta 3h agoMexico City Plans €48 Million First Phase Of Adaptive Traffic Signals With Transit Priority 4h agoAlbania Earmarks €33 Million In 2027 Budget For Presight-Built Smart City Surveillance 14h agoed Eléctrica Deploys NB-IoT-Connected Dynamic Line Rating on 220 kV Pyrenees Line 15h agoNyquis Raises $6.3M Seed Round For Substation Waveform Monitoring To Cut Wildfire Risk 15h agoBMF GRUP Signs Deal to Buy 100% of Romanian Smart Lighting Firm Flash Lighting Services 15h agoThames Water Tenders £1.58B Smart Metering Contract in Two Lots Running to 2035 and Beyond

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13 Dec EnergySpotmyEnergy Raises €10.5M to Boost Smart Meter Adoption in Germany

Cologne startup SpotmyEnergy secures €10.5 million to expand smart meter deployment in Germany, where under 2% of power consumers own one.

13 Dec EnergyIberdrola Plans UK Smart Metering Sale

Iberdrola explores the sale of its UK smart metering business to raise around £1 billion. Subsidiary ScottishPower manages over 2.5 million meters.

13 Dec Mobility and TrafficLACROIX Enters Exclusive Negotiations with SWARCO for City-Mobility Sale

LACROIX negotiates the sale of its Traffic and V2X units in France and Spain, which generated €27.3 million, to Austria-based SWARCO.

13 Dec Street LightingEIB Grants €50M Loan to Zumtobel Group for Smart Lighting R&D

The European Investment Bank lends €50 million to Austria's Zumtobel Group to develop energy-efficient smart lighting for smart cities.

13 Dec WaterPerpignan Deploys 120,000 Smart Water Meters for Leak Detection

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is deploying 120,000 smart water meters by 2026. The devices use acoustic monitoring to detect leaks.

13 Dec EnergyDCC Begins 4G Smart Meter Hub Rollout for Energy Network in the UK

DCC rolls out 10,000 4G smart meter hubs across Britain to validate upgrades ahead of mass deployment across 20 million premises.

13 Dec Building EfficiencyNext Sense Raises €11.5M to Decarbonise Real Estate

Amsterdam-based Next Sense secures €11.5M in Series A funding to scale its smart building platform and cut real estate energy use by 20-3

11 Dec WaterXylem Acquires Majority Stake in Idrica to Advance Digital Water Management

Xylem buys a majority stake in Spain-based Idrica to integrate its GoAigua technology and expand digital water data management for utilities.

9 Dec WaterNYC DEP Upgrades Water Metering: Transition from AMR to AMI

The New York City DEP is upgrading 600,000 water meters to an AMI network, enabling real-time consumption monitoring and faster leak detection.

9 Dec Mobility and TrafficWollongong Trials Australia’s First Noise Detection Cameras

Wollongong and Sydney's Bayside deploy the SoundVue dual-camera noise detection system in a national trial running through December 2025.

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