Making brighter cities

Connecting a Smarter, Safer Tomorrow

With over 15 years of experience and a steadfast commitment to innovation, Telensa consistently delivers results through its proven range of smart street lighting control solutions. Empowering cities, utilities and government organisations worldwide, Telensa enhances energy efficiency, sustainability, and community safety.

Explore our journey so far—watch our video to see how we’ve grown!

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About us

Telensa’s smart streetlight control system has a footprint of over two million lights covering entire cities and regions. This means we are perfectly placed to pioneer new, different and cost-effective ways to develop the smart cities of tomorrow, making urban spaces work better for everyone.

Telensa delivers a proven business case, with technology that has been tried and tested for over a decade. Streetlight infrastructure can easily be adopted for city-wide sensing, an efficient means to collect, protect and apply data to enhance city life. In effect, our many streetlight connections act as a sensing array, providing place, power and connectivity wherever people live, work and travel.

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We are very excited to welcome Telensa as part of Signify. With its talented team and proven track record, we are adding a well-established technology and competitive offering to fuel the uptake of solutions for smart cities around the world.

Harsh Chitale
Division Leader Digital Solutions at Signify

Our journey

2022
  • Launch of a technology-neutral smart streetlight architecture
  • Associated British Ports use Telensa to deepen their commitment to the environment
  • Telensa supports its worldwide footprint with appointment of new global sales head
2021
  • Telensa deploys major smart street lighting project in Uberlândia, Brazil
  • Telensa acquired by Signify to expand offering for smart cities
  • Telensa first to demonstrate that TALQ2 enables interoperability at scale
2020
  • TALQ certification confirms Telensa as the industry standard Central Management System (CMS) for streetlights with controls
  • Berg Insight names Telensa as global #1 in smart street lighting
  • Telensa awarded Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) Certification, enabling cities to financially benefit from smart street lighting energy savings
2019
  • Australian cities of Darwin and Palmerston select Telensa for their smart street lighting
  • Northeast Group again names Telensa as global #1 in smart street lighting
  • The Urban Data Project announced with Cambridge as launch partner city
2018
  • Deployed as part of City of Edinburgh Council’s 64,000-light energy efficiency program
  • First smart city deployment with Essex/Hertfordshire – smart lighting, traffic, waste, drainage, air quality
  • Sunday Times Export Track 100 – ranked #4 with annual growth of 189%
2017
  • Manufacturing moved to Sony, Wales
  • First Middle East deployment on Dubai’s flagship canal bridges
  • Won Amazon Growing Business Award after 3x revenue growth in 2 years
  • First major APAC deployment in Wellington New Zealand
2016
  • Northeast Group ranks Telensa as global #1 for smart streetlight market share
  • First traffic-adaptive highway lighting deployed in Suffolk UK
2015
  • Global footprint reaches 1 million lights controlled by Telensa tech
  • $18m investment to accelerate international growth and smart city portfolio
2014
  • First major US deployment in Georgia US – now world’s largest system
2012
  • 50% UK market share – one in ten of the UK’s streetlights covered
2010
  • First major city deployment with Amey in Birmingham: 100,000 lights
2005
  • Telensa gets started with a UK government Carbon Trust grant

Awards

  • The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2018
  • The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2018
  • Amazon Growing Business of the Year: Winner 2017
  • The Sunday Times Tech Track Ones to Watch 2017
  • The Sunday Times SME Export Track 100 2017
  • The Sunday Times SME Export Track 100 2018
  • The Global Cleantech 100: One to Watch 2017