Tata Communications, a leading digital infrastructure provider, and MOTWANE, a technology based electronic and IoT company manufacturing electronic test and measurement equipment with in-house R&D capabilities, have successfully completed India's largest deployment of smart streetlights for Jamshedpur Utilities and Services (JUSCO), India's only comprehensive urban infrastructure service provider. The new streetlights are underpinned by Tata Communications' public Internet of Things (IoT) network ased on LoRaWANTM technology in India, which is the largest of its kind in the world.

With 300 lights, JUSCO's project in Jamshedpur is the biggest smart street lighting deployment of its kind in India. It will pave the way for a total of 15,000 lights to be installed in the city in the next 5 years.

The smart street lighting market in India is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 42.2% during the period of 2016-2022. One of the key reasons for this growth is the government's mission to reduce the country's carbon footprint. This includes replacing traditional high-intensity discharge lamps (HID), which consume a lot of energy and generate a lot of heat, with more energy-efficient smart street lights.

Tata Communications partnered with MOTWANE, to successfully deliver an end-to-end solution of smart streetlights for JUSCO. This encompasses the device to application, and network to platform services. The system enables smart features such as switching the lights on/off or dimming them remotely from the central command centre. The lights can be adjusted in clusters depending on need in each location, which helps reduce manpower costs and energy consumption further.

Shares of the company gained Rs 2.3, or 0.36%, to trade at  Rs 640.00.  The total volume of shares traded  was  203 at the BSE (9.23 a.m., Thursday).