Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)IoT NetworksAssociation of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA)AbzorbUK

South Essex Councils Deploy Shared LoRaWAN Network Across Seven Jurisdictions

Jun 23, 2026

Seven local authorities in South Essex have brought a region-wide low-power wide area network (LoRaWAN) for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity online, covering 98 percent of the area through 44 gateway sites and arriving £40,000 under the...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingIoT NetworksFerrovial EnergíaIberdrolaSpain

Santa Pola Deploys 6,300 NB-IoT Nodes to Digitalize Its Entire Street Lighting Network

Jun 23, 2026

The Ayuntamiento de Santa Pola, a coastal tourist municipality of roughly 35,000 residents in Alicante, Spain, is replacing its entire public lighting stock with individually connected LED fixtures controlled over a Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network,...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringFujairah Environment AuthorityFujairah Research CentreUAE

Fujairah Environment Authority and Fujairah Research Centre Launch UAE’s First National Digital Pollen Atlas

Jun 23, 2026

The Fujairah Environment Authority (FEA) and the Fujairah Research Centre (FRC) jointly launched the UAE’s first unified digital pollen atlas on 22 June 2026, establishing a national reference system that integrates a live pollen database,...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficVideosurveillanceAcusensusUSA

Mississippi To Deploy Acusensus AI Traffic Cameras In $2M Sole-Source Contract

Jun 22, 2026

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will deploy trailer-mounted AI cameras to detect traffic violations in real time, after the state’s Information Technology Services Board approved a sole-source contract with Acusensus Inc. The...

New Project (Full-Scale)Public FundingWaterIoT NetworksT-MobilePoland

T-Mobile Polska To Connect 24,000 NB-IoT Water Meters For Katowice Waterworks

Jun 22, 2026

T-Mobile Polska will deploy 24,000 NB-IoT radio overlays for remote water-meter reading in Katowice, in a smart-water project run with the city’s water utility, Katowickie Wodociągi. Announced in June 2026, the rollout carries a total value...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingSociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas S.A. (SICE)Spain

Torrevieja City Council Awards €178,000 Smart Lighting Contract

Jun 18, 2026

The Torrevieja City Council has completed a public lighting modernization and expansion project covering seven locations across the Alicante coastal municipality, awarding the contract to Sociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas S.A. (SICE)...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringICEYENorway

Norway’s NVE Selects ICEYE for Nationwide SAR Satellite Flood Monitoring

Jun 18, 2026

The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), the country’s lead authority for water resource and hazard management under the Ministry of Energy, has awarded ICEYE a contract to deliver a nationwide satellite-based flood...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringPano AIArizona Public ServiceUSA

Maricopa County Deploys Nearly 50 AI Wildfire Cameras as Arizona Builds Multi-Layer Detection Network

Jun 16, 2026

As monsoon season raises ignition risk across Arizona, Maricopa County has deployed nearly 50 AI-assisted wildfire detection cameras mounted on mountain peaks throughout the county, adding a county emergency-management layer to a statewide detection...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaSpain

Cunit City Council Awards €442,000 Water Network Digitalization Contract To Veolia

Jun 16, 2026

The Cunit City Council, a coastal municipality of approximately 15,800 residents in the Baix Penedès comarca of Tarragona, has awarded a water network digitalization contract valued at over €442,000 to Veolia, funded primarily through a grant...

New Project (Full-Scale)WasteWatercare ServicesItronNew Zealand

Watercare Services Selects Itron to Deploy 100,000 NB-IoT Smart Water Meters Across Auckland

Jun 16, 2026

Watercare Services, New Zealand’s largest water and wastewater utility, has engaged Itron to replace 100,000 existing mechanical water meters across the Auckland region with Itron’s Intelis wSource digital meters running over a...