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Mobility and TrafficCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase Two

Zadar picks ELIPSA for the €197,900 design of ITS phase two, covering 27 new micro-locations, after a single-bid procurement on 22 October 2026.

 WasteTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler Software

TrashLab raises $12 million led by Ventana to scale its software for waste haulers, with more than 40 U.S. states and Canada in its…

 Street LightingCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED Streetlights

Covilhã, Portugal contracts ARQUILED and Amener for 19,533 LoRaWAN-connected LED luminaires, targeting an 80% cut in lighting energy use.

 Mobility and TrafficVia Lietuva Awards Jenoptik Baltic €2M Contract For 216 ANPR Cameras On Lithuanian Toll Roads

Via Lietuva contracts Jenoptik Baltic to install 216 ANPR cameras at 125 sites ahead of Lithuania's Via Toll launch on 1 January 2027.

 Smart GridBryan Texas Utilities To Replace 50,000 Smart Meters Over Five Years

Bryan Texas Utilities will replace about 50,000 advanced metering meters over five years from 2 November 2026, at more than 9,000 a year.

 Environmental MonitoringUK National Parks Launch Wildfire Resilience Programme In Cairngorms

VodafoneThree, UK National Parks and the Cairngorms authority launch a three-year wildfire resilience programme after July 2026's fire.

 WaterAmeresco Completes $5.9M Water Metering Upgrade Covering 8,000 Meters In Mustang, Oklahoma

Ameresco completed a $5.9M AMI project replacing more than 8,000 water meters in Mustang, Oklahoma, in five months against a 10-month plan.

 Environmental MonitoringVictoria Adds 11 AI Bushfire Cameras To Seven-Unit Plantation Network In A$3.8M Programme

Victoria will add 11 AI smoke-detection cameras to seven existing units by November 2027 in a A$3.8M programme covering 1.4 million hectares.

 VideosurveillanceMonza Activates Video Analytics On 283-Camera Network After €460,000 Three-Year Investment

Monza has switched on a video analytics platform covering 283 cameras and 442 viewing points, with alerts for falls, assaults, fires and banned vehicles.

 GasSpain Orders Replacement Of 8 Million Analog Gas Meters With Smart Meters By October 2036

Spain's Order TED/1122/2026 requires about 8 million gas meters to be replaced by smart units by October 2036, with 20% done in three years.

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