📰 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 116,000 analog water meters with AMI smart water meters, providing affordable access to safe and sustainable drinking water.
🌐 IoT cloud platform provider Golioth completed a round of seed funding to develop solutions for IoT infrastructure, bridging the gap between hardware and cloud.

🌍💧🚘🌼 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 real-time info🌼. Solidaridad & Telensa light up Playa del Carmen with smart streetlights💡. San Diego reboots its Advanced Metering Infrastructure program💧📡, and South Tyneside Council partners with North for a cutting-edge CCTV control center📹. Stay tuned for more! #SmartCities #Innovation #EcoTech 🌐🌿

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🚀🌎 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 WestConnex with cutting-edge sensors and analytics for better traffic management. 🚦🇦🇺

Hold on, there's even more! Miovision is fueling its smart-city tech expansion with funding from TELUS Ventures, Maverix Private Equity, and Export Development Group. Meanwhile, Citron & Infogrid are powering up building management and IoT solutions, thanks to investments from Northzone (Infogrid) and Eiffel Investment Group (Citron). 🏙️🌿

#IoT #SmartCities #Investment #Kurrant

🌟 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 & Electric is on a mission to build a resilient grid 💡 by installing 700k smart electricity & gas meters!

4️⃣ PlanetWatch teams up with TEA Group 🌱, providing environmental monitoring data from Italian Airqino sensors!

5️⃣ Moro Hub & Bidgely collaborate to harness AI & smart meter data for energy efficiency 💚 and grid management in Dubai!

6️⃣ Dubai's RTA expands Smart Pedestrian Signals project 🚦 for improved safety and traffic light efficiency!

Innovation never stops! 💪 Let's stay connected to shape the future! 🚀 #SmartCities #AI #Innovation #Sustainability #TechNews

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👉 Vianova and Bridgestone Mobility Solutions are teaming up to optimize logistics management in Paris.

Visit www.kurrantinsights.com for more updates on how technology is transforming cities! 🔍 #smartcities #urbaninnovation #logisticsmanagement #watermanagement #streetlighting #wastemanagement #5Gnetworks

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 journey planning app Citymapper. Chicago City Council has approved a pilot program to test parking enforcement technology and smart loading zones, and Citymesh in Belgium has launched a fleet of 5G-connected safety drones. Additionally, Unabiz has announced another partnership, this time with Senet and the French city of Mulhouse is set to use digital twins to support the transformation of the former DMC textile industrial complex into a sustainable urban district.

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 Connexin; Taiwan's National Development Fund is planning to invest in start-ups and scale-ups in Central and Eastern Europe; Iberdrola and BP have formed a strategic alliance to invest in EV charging hubs in the Iberian countries; Edinburgh is expanding it EV network.

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 PPP agreement with Engie Brasil Energia to modernize and manage its public lighting; UnaBiz The Things Industries will collaborate to make LPWAN technology more accessible and interoperable across the globe.