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27 min agoDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid 35 min agoVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 1h agoRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 1h agoNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers 23h agoSouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network YesterdayConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 14 OctOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 14 OctMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 14 OctEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab

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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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22 Jul IoT NetworksMemphis Utility Deploys First Standalone Private 5G Network with Nokia

MLGW deploys the first U.S. municipal standalone private 5G network with Nokia to modernize utility services for over 420,000 Memphis customers.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficHungary Pilots AI Traffic Monitoring with Smart Motorway Project

Magyar Közút and BME activate an 800-meter AI traffic monitoring system with 39 sensors on the M1–M7 motorway near Budaörs to boost road safety.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficBarcelona launches AI pilots to tackle traffic noise pollution

Barcelona launches two €100,000 AI pilot projects to reduce urban traffic noise, which accounts for 85% of noise levels in the city.

16 Jul IoT NetworksEmergent Connext Raises $5M to Expand Rural IoT Network Across the U.S

Plano-based Emergent Connext secures $5 million in seed funding to expand its rural IoT network for utilities, agriculture, and municipalities.

16 Jul WaterPortsmouth Water Awards £136.5m AMP8 Contracts to Cappagh for Infrastructure Upgrades

Portsmouth Water picks Cappagh for £136.5m in AMP8 contracts. The deals cover network repairs and deploying 170,000 smart water meters by 2030.

16 Jul EnergyE.ON Deploys Digital Twin to Support Germany’s Energy Transition

E.ON deploys a digital twin mapping over 700,000 kilometres of Germany's distribution grid to accelerate renewable energy connections.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficSevilla TechPark Advances Smart Mobility with Digital Platform Initiatives

Sevilla TechPark launches three digital mobility platforms backed by 3.53 million euros to cut private car use and deploy automated logistics.

16 Jul Mobility and TrafficSpain Activates its Animal-Related Road Accidents Prevention Solution

Spain's DGT rolls out thermal sensors and virtual fences to curb wildlife road accidents after incidents doubled to over 36,000 cases in 2024.

8 Jul WaterKuwait to Launch Tender for Nationwide Smart Water Meter Rollout

Kuwait adds a tender to its 2025 plan to replace mechanical water meters across all governorates, aiming to cut water waste and desalination costs.

8 Jul Mobility and TrafficPuebla Partners with Waze to Improve Real-Time Traffic Management

Puebla, Mexico, partners with Waze to exchange real-time traffic updates every two minutes, helping the city spot problem zones faster.

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