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🔥 Kurrantly This Week 🔥 Carbondale Fire Dept. joins Pano AI for 24/7 early fire detection via Elephant Mountain tower cameras.🌲🔍 ALERTCalifornia AI, with 1k+ cameras, aids CA firefighters in wildfire combat. Recently detected a fire in Cleveland National Forest! 🌲🔥📸 Portsmouth Water taps Kraken for digital water management. Aims: 43.3k smart meters by 2030 & 2.5Ml/d water savings.💧🔧 G...

📌 This week on #Kurrantly: 🌃 Philly partner with AMARESCO to upgrade 130k streetlights to LEDs, slashing energy use & boosting community business participation. 💡 🇦🇺 Perth pilots 16k smart water meters. 🚰 🇮🇱 Israeli Wint raises $35M in a funding co-led by Insight Partners and Inven Capital for AI-powered water leak detection.🌊 🔌 Endesa's e-distribución invests €40M in a digital twin...

📰👀 Here are the news from the #smartcities 🏙️ industry that have caught our attention this week in #Kurrantly 🚀 🔌 Australia's largest V2G station powered by Engie launches to boost renewable grids! 📊 IMServ acquires Power Data for smarter UK energy insights. 🚶‍♀️ Dubai introduces AI-powered pedestrian crossings with Derq for safer streets. 🎥 San Diego council approves streetlight camera...

📣This week on Kurrantly, your Weekly IoT and Smart Cities News Roundup for more visit kurrant.com : 🇫🇷 Sagemcom acquires AI specialist Odit-e to boost smart meter data analysis. 💦 Scottish Water introduces an IoT-based system to ensure safe water networks. 💡 Grand Rapids partners with Dimonoff to install smart city streetlighting network. 🔥 IoT startup Dryad secures funding from TELUS Pollinat...

📣 Here are the news from the #smartcities 🏙️ industry that have caught our attention this week in #Kurrantly 🚀 (for more  kurrant.com ) 💲 Swiss Landis+Gyr overcharges 17k #Auckland customers due to faulty water meters 🚮 AI-powered waste management Greyparrot wins Amcor's Lift-Off programme with $500k funding 📈 USDOE calls for AMI data usage projects with $4M funding for improved grid reli...

📣 Here are the news from the #smartcities 🏙️ industry that have caught our attention this week in #Kurrantly 🚀 (for more  kurrant.com ) 1️⃣ Madrid's Canal de Isabel II gears up for digitization with 315K smart water meters from Vodafone Spain💦 2️⃣ Paris joins hands with Vianova and Michelin to streamline logistics using mobility data🚚 3️⃣ Denver extends contract for the "Love My Air&q...

📰👀 Here are the news from the #smartcities 🏙️ industry that have caught our attention this week in #Kurrantly 🚀 (for more kurrant.com ) 🏙️💡 Four French municipalities launched a €35.5 million, 12-year Smart City project focusing on renewing public lighting, enhancing mobility, and improving energy performance in public buildings. 📈 Four Data, a French IoT start-up, acquired customer portfolio...

🌍🚰 Here are the news from the #smartcities industry that have caught our attention this week on #Kurrantly:🚰🌍 1️⃣ Gutermann AG wins a €15 million contract from Acquedotto Pugliese, serving 4 million people in southern Italy, for the largest leak detection project in continental Europe. 🚧💧 2️⃣ Ofwat approves a $2.8 billion plan to install 462,000 smart water meters in England by 2025, focusin...

📣 News from the #smartcities industry that have caught our attention this week on #Kurrantly: GRUPO EYSA and Gijón City Council are set to launch a Low-Emission Zone Parking and Access Control System for diverse user management. 🚦 Fluvius partners with LACROIX for digital transformation, aiming to digitalize its energy and wastewater networks in Flanders with IoT solutions. 🌐 The City of Leduc...

This week on Kurrantly: 🔄 Big moves in the world of ⁠#GreenTech⁠ and ⁠#SmartCities⁠! ⁠Keter Environmental Services⁠ and ⁠Waste Harmonics⁠ are joining forces, leveraging data and technology to enhance their waste and recycling services. Meanwhile, ⁠Rubicon⁠ and Denver are teaming up for optimized waste management.🗑️🤝 🔅🇬🇧 The UK government is taking connectivity up a notch by transforming lamp po...

📢 These are the latest #smartcities news that has caught our attention on #Kurrantly 🍃 Sensoneo bags €6.2M, plans for Taiwan branch & Asian expansion. 💡 Sadales tīkls rolls out 1.1M smart meters across Latvia. 🤝 Rochester Sensors acquires Tekelek Group Europe, eyeing improved delivery & logistics. 🏙️ City of San Diego greenlights 50+ free Wi-Fi kiosks, but critics are wary. ⚡ European...

🌍 Dive into the latest Smart City news that has caught our attention here on Kurrantly: 🇫🇮🔌Finland's largest Distribution System Operator, Caruna, is deploying next-gen smart meters with HAN ports. 🇵🇱💡Stoen Operator, E.ON's Polish subsidiary, announces phase 2 rollout of 400k smart meters. 🇮🇪📡State owned Irish electric utility, ESB Networks, collaborates with Sigma Wireless and Nokia,...

🌟 Our top picks of the week in smart city news🌟 🔌 Northumbrian Water secures funding for the development of hydro-powered smart water meters. The aim is to provide real-time data and eliminate battery limitations. 💧 💡 Eltel wins a contract extension to install 664,000 smart electricity meters for Vattenfall Eldistribution AB in Sweden. ⚡️ 🌍 Metaspectral, a Vancouver-based startup, receives...

📣 This week on #Kurrantly: 🔒 Japanese security firm, Secom, is boosting its #AI capabilities by investing in Eagle Eye and Brivo. ⚡️ Driveco, a French #ElectricVehicle charging company, raised funds to expand its network of charging points accross europe. 🚦 The City of Edinburgh partners with Yunex Traffic to efficiently manage its road networks and achieve environmental objectives. 🍃 Airthin...

This week on #Kurrantly: 1️⃣ Vianova partners with French transport operator RATP to optimize bus lane usage and prevent congestion in Paris using smart cameras and sensors. A significant move since RATP's €1.8m investment in Vianova's seed round in 2020. 2️⃣ Qualcomm is acquiring Israeli vehicle chipmaker Autotalks for $350-400m to enhance its auto-tech capabilities with V2X communication...

📰 This week on Kurrantly ♻️ Recycling company EverestLabs has raised funding to scale its AI-enabled RecycleOS for material recycling facilities, which has seen impressive growth in 2022. 💡 Texan utility company El Paso Electric has partnered with Oracle to support its smart meter rollout, improving services and reducing costs for customers. 💧 The City of Toledo Public Utilities is replacing 11...

🌍💧🚘🌼 This week on #Kurrantly: Métropole Européenne de Lille & Veolia join forces for smarter water conservation💦. Virta powers up with €85M funding to expand their EV charging network🔌. Forton, UK, pioneers the largest hi-tech drainage system trial🌧️. Netmore Group brings IoT connectivity to 76,000 smart water meters💧📶. Tarbes Lourdes-Pyrénées & LifyAir combat pollen allergies with...

This week on Kurrantly: 🚀🌎 NASA's #TEMPO is taking air quality tracking to the next level, monitoring North America with an incredible resolution of 4 square miles and hourly updates! 💨 Meanwhile, Actility and UnaBiz are simplifying LPWAN networking with their seamless integration of LoRaWAN® and Sigfox 0G platforms. 🌐💡 Down under, Citilog and TagMaster are enhancing Sydney's WestConn...

🌟 Exciting news from cities around the globe! 🌍 1️⃣ The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority & Hayden AI join forces for the "Clear Lanes" program, using AI 🤖 cameras to enforce bus lane rules in Washington, LA, and Philly! 2️⃣ Colorado Springs installs Numina sensors 🚶‍♂️🚗 in downtown to collect valuable foot & vehicle traffic data! 3️⃣ Rochester Gas & Electri...

This week on Kurrantly: 👉 Vianova and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions are teaming up to optimize logistics management in Paris. 🌡️ Melbourne is developing a tool to map heat hazards using live weather and climate data. 💧 UK's Ofwat is proposing to accelerate 31 investment schemes including the installation of smart water meters. 🏗️ Wienerberger has acquired Wideco Sweden AB to expand its smar...

🌟💰This week we focus on finance and investment trend news: French AI firm  XXII  secures Series A funding led by  Bpifrance ;  Quantela Inc.  partners with  Starlite Media  and receives investment from  Digital Alpha  to expand their digital retail media network;  BERNARD Gruppe  acquires Hawa Dawa's air quality monitoring solutions; French energy supplier  Sercel  acquires infrastructure mo...

🌍🔋🌳This week on Kurrantly!⚡🚗🌬️ 🇬🇧 Surrey County Council teams up with Connected Kerb for the UK's LARGEST charger deployment! 🚘🔌 🌬️📊 EarthSense sets up air quality monitors in Southampton to track smoke emissions from wood burners! 🏠🔥 🇺🇸 Dallas gets a breath of fresh air with new air quality monitors, thanks to an environmental justice grant from the EPA! 🌱🌇 🐭🚧 Watertown's DP...

Exciting news this week on Kurrantly! The Smart City Expo World Congress has introduced Tomorrow. Building, a new initiative that will focus on construction technologies and sustainable buildings and infrastructures. Hammersmith & Fulham Council in the UK is expanding its air quality sensors network, while Via, a transportation startup valued at 3.5 billion dollars, has acquired UK-based journ...

This week on Kurrantly ComEd is expanding its drone programme with Skydio, Itron has signed a contract with Duquesne Light Company to mesh-enabled streetlight nodes and smart city central management software; Sunderland City Council has installed infrared temperature sensors on its roads connected to the council's new private wireless network by BAI Communications and its city data platform by Con...

This week on Kurrantly: The city of Madrid is testing drone pacakge delivery to mobile targets with Correos the National Postal Service; The city of Toulouse is deploying its own 5g network in collaboration with Alsatis; The UK government is unveiling a new plan to unlock the potential of smart EV charging; San diego wants to “re”install 500 cameras; The City of Curitiba signed a public lighting P...