--- title: Blog description: Telensa blogs are a library of resources for all things smart cities --- Connecting a Safer, Smarter Tomorrow. 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Explore how we're shaping the future of connected lighting and urban innovation. ## [Designing Smart Lighting Systems for Long-Term Operation 27 January 2026](https://blog.telensa.com/designing-smart-lighting-systems-for-long-term-operation) ## [FIRST-FIX FUTURE-PROOFING 28 November 2025 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/first-fix-future-proofing) ## [What smart cities can learn from Joondalup's smart lighting journey 18 July 2025 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/what-smart-cities-can-learn-from-joondalups-smart-lighting-journey) ## [Earth Day 2025: What cities can do now to cut carbon emissions 22 April 2025 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/earth-day-2025-what-cities-can-do-now-to-cut-carbon-emissions) ## [Optimal light at night 24 March 2025 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/optimal-light-at-night) ## [International Women's Day: The Role of Diversity in the Lighting Industry 5 March 2025 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/international-womens-day-the-role-of-diversity-in-the-lighting-industry) ## [Protecting Our Night Skies: The Importance of Dark Sky Preservation 21 October 2024 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/protecting-our-night-skies-the-importance-of-dark-sky-preservation) ## [A Fresh Start in Tech: Danny’s Transition into Project Management at Telensa 2 July 2024 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensas-apprenticeship-program-spotlight-meet-katie-our-aspiring-radio-network-planner-0) ## [Experience More Magical Moments with Telensa's Smart Street Lighting System 15 May 2024 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/experience-more-magical-moments-with-telensas-smart-street-lighting-system) ## [Telensa's Apprenticeship Program Spotlight: Meet Katie, Our Aspiring Radio Network Planner 30 April 2024 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensas-apprenticeship-program-spotlight-meet-katie-our-aspiring-radio-network-planner) ## [Solidaridad's Smart Shift: Advanced Streetlighting control system for a Greener, Safer Community. 5 March 2024 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/solidaridads-smart-shift-advanced-streetlighting-control-system-for-a-greener-safer-community) ## [Energy efficiency is no longer a 'nice-to-have', but a 'can't-do-without' 15 February 2023 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/the_time_is_now) ## [Community Service 15 February 2022 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/community_service) ## [Ahead in the cloud 21 June 2021 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/ahead-in-the-cloud) ## [Locally responsive: a review of CMS in the past decade 6 May 2021 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/locally-responsive-review-of-a-decade-of-cms) ## [Streetlight tariffs: the light at the end of the tunnel 13 April 2021 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/streetlight_tariffs) ## [Where have we got to in the Smart City maturity model? 27 October 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/where-have-we-got-to-in-the-smart-city-maturity-model) ## [3 different approaches to metering streetlight energy consumption 27 May 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/3-different-approaches-to-metering-streetlight-energy-consumption) ## [Telensa celebrates major production milestone 6 May 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensa-celebrates-major-production-milestone) ## [Infographic: Top 10 smart city influencers 17 April 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/top-10-smart-city-influencers) ## [Infographic: 5 ways horizontal data sharing can benefit your smart city 31 March 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/5-ways-horizontal-data-sharing-can-benefit-your-smart-city) ## [Ten smart city events to visit in 2020 28 February 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/ten-smart-city-events-to-visit-in-2020) ## [Building data-driven cities on smart streetlight infrastructure: Telensa at the Abu Dhabi Municipal Lighting Conference 10 February 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/building-data-driven-cities-on-smart-streetlight-infrastructure-telensa-at-the-abu-dhabi-municipal-lighting-conference) ## [3 steps to build trust in data sharing 16 January 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/3-steps-to-build-trust-in-data-sharing) ## [Distributech 2020: Telensa and Microsoft demonstrate how utilities can build on the business case for smart street lighting 14 January 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/distributech-2020-telensa-and-microsoft-demonstrate-how-utilities-can-build-on-the-business-case-for-smart-street-lighting) ## [3 ways smart city business models have changed 6 January 2020 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/3-ways-smart-city-business-models-have-changed) ## [Is open technology the answer for smart city progression? 18 December 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/is-open-technology-the-answer-for-smart-city-progression) ## [Infographic: an alliance to unlock all the benefits of LED conversions 17 December 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/infographic-an-alliance-to-unlock-all-the-benefits-of-led-conversions) ## [How can North American LED street lighting conversions benefit from Telensa’s alliance with Eaton Lighting? 4 December 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/how-can-north-american-led-street-lighting-conversions-benefit-from-telensas-alliance-with-eaton-lighting) ## [Telensa and Microsoft at Smart City Expo 2019: innovation now for the smart city of tomorrow 28 November 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensa-and-microsoft-at-smart-city-expo-2019) ## [Telensa and Microsoft demonstrate the practical future of smart city applications in Barcelona 15 November 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/-smart-city-expo-world-congress-2019) ## [Event: Telensa Smart City Forums 15 November 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/event-telensa-smart-city-forums) ## [\[Kainos + Telensa\] x Aston University Design Week 8 November 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/kainos-telensa-x-aston-university-design-week) ## [What is a smart city and how have smart cities evolved? 5 November 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/what-is-a-smart-city-and-how-have-smart-cities-evolved) ## [Infographic: how to implement a mass-scale smart street lighting deployment 28 October 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/how-to-implement-a-mass-scale-smart-street-lighting-deployment) ## [Let’s kill big brother 21 October 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/lets-kill-big-brother) ## [10 tips for a successful smart city project 14 October 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/10-tips-for-a-successful-smart-city-project) ## [Three key insights for utilities for a smart street lighting roll-out 7 October 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/three-key-insights-for-utilities-for-a-smart-street-lighting-roll-out) ## [Infographic: Using Your Connected Streetlight Central Management System to Meter Energy Consumption 27 September 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/infographic-using-your-connected-streetlight-cms-to-meter-energy-consumption) ## [Using Your Connected Streetlight Central Management System to Meter Energy Consumption 27 September 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/using-your-connected-streetlight-cms-as-an-electricity-meter) ## [3 Top Takeaways from Power & Utilities Australia Conference 2019 13 September 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/3-top-takeaways-from-power-utilities-australia-conference-2019) ## [Webinar: How to become a data-driven city 12 June 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/webinar-how-to-become-a-data-driven-city) ## [Funding smart city applications: why connected street lighting is different 21 March 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/funding-smart-city-applications-why-connected-street-lighting-is-different) ## [Telensa Top 50 Smart City Influencers 20 February 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensa-top-50-smart-city-influencers) ## [Smart street lighting is the seedbed for a smart city… 8 January 2019 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-street-lighting-is-the-seedbed-for-a-smart-city-) ## [Infographic: Traffic Adaptive Street Lighting 13 November 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/infographic-traffic-adaptive-street-lighting) ## [10 smart city events you need to go to and why 26 July 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/10-smart-city-events-you-need-to-go-to-and-why) ## [Traffic Adaptive Street Lighting: What is it and how does it work? 8 June 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/traffic-adaptive-street-lighting-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work) ## [9 smart city applications that will benefit citizens 31 May 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/9-smart-city-applications-that-will-benefit-citizens) ## [Smart cities: a glossary of terms 17 May 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-cities-a-glossary-of-terms) ## [Smart Cities: What about smart suburbs and the villages of tomorrow? 25 April 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-cities-what-about-smart-suburbs-and-the-villages-of-tomorrow) ## [Smart cities: think cost savings, not technology touting 11 April 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-cities-think-cost-savings-not-technology-touting) ## [Telensa Interview at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 1 March 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/telensa-interview-at-mobile-world-congress-barcelona) ## [Spreadsheet, not datasheet - network choices for the smart city 20 February 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/spreadsheet-not-datasheet-network-choices-for-the-smart-city) ## [Smart street lighting is driving smart city projects 13 February 2018 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-street-lighting-is-driving-smart-city-projects) ## [Improve your city air quality by using hyper-local data collected from smart sensors 25 October 2017 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/improving-city-air-quality-with-hyper-local-data-from-smart-sensor-networks) ## [Smart suburbs - the new smart cities? 15 June 2017 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-suburbs-the-new-smart-cities) ## [Smart Cities and the rise of the Chief Data Officer 2 February 2017 Read more](https://blog.telensa.com/smart-cities-and-the-rise-of-the-chief-data-officer-cdo-share-tweet-share-email-share) - - - **Americas Region**Telensa Inc. **Email**[sales@telensa.com](mailto:sales@telensa.com) **HQ and EMEA Region**Telensa Limited Iconix 3 London Road Pampisford Cambridge CB22 3EG UK **Sales & General**+44 (0) 1223 677050 **Support**+44 (0)1799 399200 **Email**[sales@telensa.com](mailto:sales@telensa.com) **Asia Pacific Region**Signify Innovations Australia Pty Ltd **Email**[sales@telensa.com](mailto:sales@telensa.com) **© Telensa 2026** - [Terms of use](https://www.telensa.com/terms-of-use/) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.telensa.com/privacy-policy/) - [Cookie Notice](https://www.telensa.com/cookie-notice/) **[Contact](https://www.telensa.com/contact/)** - [Americas Region](https://www.telensa.com/contact/#offices) - [HQ and EMEA Region](https://www.telensa.com/contact/#offices) - [Asia Pacific Region](https://www.telensa.com/contact/#offices) ![](https://www.telensa.com/wp-content/themes/Telensa/img/footer-logos-v5.png) Cookie Settings