Across The Wire

1. Ubicquia To Acquire Industry Leading Smart City Platform CityIQ From GE Current, A Daintree Company 5/4/2020

   Ubicquia, the global leader in simply connected, simply smart streetlight smart city and small cell platforms, today announced that it has acquired all CityIQ assets including technology, related patents and contracts with major customers and cities across the US and Canada

2. Parsons Corporation Launches Touchless, Biometric Sensing COVID Solution 5/4/2020

   As parts of the world prepare to reopen during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, society must reactivate while remaining committed to the health, safety and security of global citizens

3. Spencer, Massachusetts To Monitor Road Conditions And Improve Public Safety With CIMCON NearSky Platform 4/30/2020

   CIMCON, the leading global provider of smart city technologies, today announced that Spencer, Massachusetts, a town of approximately 12,000 people, is planning to add road condition monitoring as part of its recent LED streetlight conversion project

4. Fluor Selected As Preferred Bidder For Highways England Smart Motorways Alliance 4/28/2020

   Fluor Corporation announced today that Fluor Limited, the company’s UK operation, was selected by Highways England as the preferred bidder to provide production management services as part of the Smart Motorways Alliance in the United Kingdom

5. Trimble And Purdue University Collaborate To Improve Highway Work Zone Safety 4/28/2020

   Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it is developing a slowdown alert service that proactively notifies commercial drivers to slow down if there is a drop in road speed ahead to reduce back-of-queue accidents, particularly in work zone areas nationwide, based on the research of, and a collaboration with, Purdue University and its Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP)

6. NYC DOT Announces New Effort To Encourage Contactless Payments For City Parking Meters 4/21/2020

   Today, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new effort to discourage cash payments at the City's parking meters and encourage contactless parking payment by smartphone

7. Cape Coral Turns To CIMCON To Enhance Public Safety In Revitalized Downtown 4/21/2020

   CIMCON, the leading global provider of smart city technologies, announced today that it has been working with the city of Cape Coral, Florida, to improve the quality of life and maintain public safety in the city's vibrant downtown district

8. Lundby Tunnel In Gothenburg Improves Safety With Kapsch Trafficcom 4/7/2020

   The Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket assigned Kapsch TrafficCom (Kapsch) to upgrade Lundby Tunnel in Gothenburg

9. Granite Awarded $79M Segment Of A Multi-Phase CMGC Project To Reconstruct Highway 101 In Southern California 4/6/2020

   Granite announced today it has been awarded a $79M contract by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to construct the Highway 101: Carpinteria project in Santa Barbara County, California

10. Samea Innovation Selects Sequans Monarch Technology For New Smart Building IoT Solution 4/2/2020

    Sequans Communications S.A. announced that Samea Innovation, provider of wireless products and design services, is using Sequans’ Monarch GM01Q module to provide the LTE connectivity for its new Sensoriis Smart Building Wireless Sensor