Australia's first Smart Cities Week will be held in Sydney from 29–31 October 2018. [ + ]

Melbourne's Metropolitan Rail Service has selected Extreme Networks to deliver network infrastructure to support its CCTV network. [ + ]

ABB will supply a microgrid solution to ElectraNet's Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration (ESCRI) project. [ + ]

Control Logic has partnered with Finnish company TOSIBOX to exclusively distribute the latter's products in Australia. [ + ]

ARBS 2018, Australia's international air conditioning, refrigeration and building services trade exhibition, has announced the ARBS Industry Awards winners for 2018. [ + ]

The European Parliament and the Council have reached a political agreement to update the EU's telecoms rules. [ + ]

New legislation will enable an automated driving system (ADS) to drive more automated motor vehicles in place of a human. [ + ]

Construction on the Solar Energy Transformation (SETuP) project Tranche Two will begin this month. [ + ]

Energy Networks Australia has released the first in a suite of guidelines for network companies to support the connection of solar and battery storage to the grid. [ + ]

New Energy Solar and SolarBuddy will deliver more than 20,000 lightweight solar lights to rural communities in Papua New Guinea and parts of Africa. [ + ]

Installing billboard signage presents electrical risks, particularly when near overhead powerlines. [ + ]

Lyon, JERA and Fluence have teamed up to identify and pursue utility-scale battery storage development and investment opportunities in Asia–Pacific markets. [ + ]

Origin Energy has sold its smart meter business Acumen to intelliHUB, a joint venture between Landis+Gyr and PEP. [ + ]

ARENA has announced a $7 million funding initiative for renewable energy to deliver system security services. [ + ]

Standards Australia has adopted KNX, a standard for intelligent building networking, as a technical specification. [ + ]