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The latest news on smart lighting in smart city projects across the world.

Toronto announces streetlight modernisation programme

Toronto announces streetlight modernisation programme

Lighting10 Apr 2026

City’s 2026 Budget sets out a $577m investment through Toronto Hydro Energy Services to fund conversion of energy-efficient LEDs with smart lighting controls.

IoT network specialists team to deliver global IoT coverage

IoT network specialists team to deliver global IoT coverage

Internet of Things12 Mar 2026

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Ubicquia expands intelligent streetlighting ecosystem

Ubicquia expands intelligent streetlighting ecosystem

Lighting05 Dec 2025

Next-gen solutions include AI video accessory that brings adaptive lighting, traffic intelligence, and kerb analytics to existing streetlight infrastructure.

Greater Geelong reaches smart and sustainable city milestone

Greater Geelong reaches smart and sustainable city milestone

Lighting16 Oct 2025

The Australian city has replaced more than 22,000 outdated and inefficient street lights with energy-efficient LEDs, equipped with smart control technology.

Talq simplifies smart lighting tendering for cities

Talq simplifies smart lighting tendering for cities

Lighting16 Jul 2025

Talq Tender Template for smart outdoor lighting is being released in seven languages while Word and Excel editable versions for tender text are also available.

Hyderabad smart city lab deploys smart lighting network

Hyderabad smart city lab deploys smart lighting network

Lighting09 May 2023

Silicon Labs has implemented the next phase of a campus-wide Wi-Sun mesh network at IIITH, which will also be used to develop future smart city appliations.

Talq evolves smart city outdoor lighting protocol

Talq evolves smart city outdoor lighting protocol

Lighting04 May 2023

The latest version introduces a new profile, designed to address the demand from cities to manage and track their street lighting assets more effectively.

Baltimore utility to deploy Itron smart streetlights

Baltimore utility to deploy Itron smart streetlights

Lighting12 Dec 2022

Baltimore Gas and Electric is working with the smart city specialist to connect and manage 260,000 smart streetlights across the utility’s service territory.

Memphis to implement citywide smart streetlighting

Memphis to implement citywide smart streetlighting

Lighting27 Jul 2022

City of Memphis and Memphis Light, Gas and Water are partnering with Ameresco on the LED streetlighting, controls and networking project, designed to reduce energy costs.

Smart city partnership reduces energy usage by two-thirds

Smart city partnership reduces energy usage by two-thirds

Lighting26 May 2022

RealTerm Energy and Ubicquia claim that by converting to LED lights and adding lighting controls, US and Canadian cities reduced energy consumption by 3,721,673 kWh annually.

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Insight Report: The next generation of smart lighting for cities

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