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YesterdayKurrant 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 4 OctGermany Opens Its Grid To Bidirectional EV Charging 3 OctAmpol Agrees $225 Million Purchase Of Evie Networks, Combining 1,424 Fast-Charging Bays 3 OctGreek Ministry Of Digital Governance Receives Four Bids For 1,000-Camera Enforcement Network 2 OctMonza Approves €615,000 Camera Upgrade At 14 Signalised Intersections Under SAMU Project 2 OctLe Taillan-Médoc Ends Midnight Streetlight Shutoff, Switching To All-Night Dimmed LED Lighting 2 OctBogotá Plans 100,000 Telemanaged LED Streetlights As Enel Lighting Agreement Ends In November 2 OctAlabama Forestry Commission Adopts OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection After 30,000-Acre Season

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7 Feb EV ChargingSiemens to Deploy Electrification X for Aral Pulse’s E-Mobility Charging Network

Siemens wins a five-year contract to manage Aral Pulse's EV network in Germany, connecting 650 fast-charging substations to its Electrification X.

5 Feb WaterSuez Tests Drone Technology for Water Leak Detection in Rural France

Suez tests thermal camera drones in Auxerre, scanning 3.5 kilometers of rural water pipes in 20 minutes to improve an 80% network efficiency rate.

5 Feb EnergyIONATE Secures €16.3M in Series A Funding for Smart Grid Technology

London deeptech startup IONATE raises $17 million in Series A funding to expand its smart electricity grid technology into the US market.

4 Feb Street LightingRAGNI GROUP Expands in North America Through Joint Venture with EXPERIENCE BRANDS

Ragni Group forms a North American joint venture with Experience Brands in Gaffney, South Carolina, to centralize its regional operations.

4 Feb EnergyMariehamn Energi Adopts TH1NG’s IoT Platform for Digital Transformation

Mariehamn Energi signs a €26,500 deal with TH1NG to deploy its IoT platform for monitoring power substations across Åland's archipelago.

4 Feb Mobility and TrafficPalm Bay Receives $160,090 Grant for Smart Traffic Signal Synchronization

Palm Bay secures a $160,090 federal grant to synchronize traffic signals across seven intersections, cutting emissions and stop-and-go driving.

4 Feb EV ChargingConnected Kerb Secures €78M to Expand UK’s EV Charging Network

Connected Kerb secures £65 million from the National Wealth Fund and Aviva to expand its UK network from 9,000 to 40,00

4 Feb Street LightingPisa Approves Smart City Public Lighting Redevelopment

Pisa selects Engie Servizi from six bidders to overhaul its public lighting with second-generation LEDs and smart traffic technologies.

4 Feb IoT NetworksCity of Altea Expands LoRaWAN Network for Citywide IoT Coverage

Altea deploys 25 new LoRaWAN access points to achieve citywide IoT coverage and support the remote reading of 18,000 smart water meters.

4 Feb VideosurveillanceFrench Court Bans AI Surveillance Software, Setting Precedent

A Grenoble court orders the town of Moirans to stop using Briefcam algorithmic video surveillance, ruling the software breaches GDPR privacy laws.

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