Unbroken Growth Trend for TALQ Certifications Increases Interoperability in Smart Cities

Published on 2025-10-29

The TALQ Consortium counts 82 members and lists 74 TALQ-certified products

The TALQ Consortium continues to grow its membership base and announces every few weeks new officially TALQ-certified products. The TALQ-certified products include Central Management Software (CMS) and Outdoor Device Networks (ODN; Gateways) for various smart city applications, currently from 47 different vendors globally. By certifying their products according to the Smart City Protocol, manufacturers enable interoperability with a wide range of systems from other vendors. For cities and municipalities, the growing number of certified solutions offers not only greater flexibility and freedom of choice, but also the ability to avoid vendor lock-in when investing in smart city applications—such as Smart Street Lighting, Waste Management, Parking Solutions, Environmental Sensing, or Traffic Control.

Founded in 2012, the TALQ Consortium has developed a globally recognized standard for managing software interfaces used to control and monitor diverse smart city applications. Since 2017, the Consortium has implemented a strict certification procedure to validate the correct implementation of the TALQ Protocol. As public tenders increasingly require compliance with open standards, the demand for TALQ certifications has risen significantly in the past years. The Consortium continues to grow and consists currently of 82 member companies. For manufacturers, certification provides reassurance that their systems are both future-ready and interoperable with solutions from other vendors.

The 74 TALQ-certified products include 31 Central Management Software (CMS) and 43 Gateways (Outdoor Device Networks, ODN). All certified products now feature a detailed list of successfully completed ‘Functional Tests’. These functional tests are essential for giving cities, utilities, and planners clear insights into what each product can do. Each test corresponds to a defined set of technical requirements—explained in plain, accessible language, free from TALQ-specific terminology.

“While TALQ continues to evolve to support new use cases, and more and more cities are asking for full multi-supplier support, a rare combination is required for any solution on the market: the ability to implement new features rapidly, while preserving full backward compatibility with earlier versions, and maintaining quality and compliance with 100% of the use cases.”, says Emmanuel Touron, CEO of Citylinx. “That combination is not accidental. It reflects years of modular design, strong interface abstraction, and rigorous testing culture. It also means that cities, utilities, and integrators can confidently rely on Citylinx to remain interoperable in dynamic, multi-vendor environments, no matter how the standard evolves.”

Or as Hanno Baumgartner, one of the founders of esave ag puts it "We are proud that both our CMS and Gateway have officially been TALQ-certified. At esave ag, we believe in the future of energy efficiency and in empowering cities through open, vendor-independent technologies—values that are fully reflected in the TALQ standard. With this certification, we now offer an interoperable interface for our energy management solutions, enabling cities around the world that rely on TALQ-certified systems to build robust and efficient energy infrastructures."

“Modern cities require solutions that are not only intelligent, but above all secure and scalable. The integration of the TALQ Protocol with ISO 27001 represents our strategic response to the growing demands for interoperability and cybersecurity. In the Smart City context — where lighting infrastructure evolves into a data carrier and a service platform — open standards are essential. They enable seamless integration with other urban systems, reduce the risk of vendor lock-in, and ensure compliance with regulations such as the NIS-2 directive. Today, decision-makers must view lighting not merely as a source of illumination, but as a strategic component of urban digital transformation.” explains Mariusz Ejsmont, Technical Director of LUG Light Factory.

The only place to find all officially certified solutions remains the Consortium’s website where visitors can also download a detailed ‘Capability List’ for each system which includes Functional Tests passed plus further technical details of each solution.

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NOTA DE PRENSA (Español)

El crecimiento imparable de las certificaciones TALQ impulsa la interoperabilidad en Ciudades Inteligentes

El Consorcio TALQ cuenta con 82 miembros y ya suma 74 productos certificados por TALQ

El Consorcio TALQ, creador del Smart City Protocol, sigue sumando miembros y, cada pocas semanas, anuncia nuevos productos oficialmente certificados por TALQ. Entre ellos figuran sistemas de gestión central (CMS) y redes de dispositivos exteriores (ODN; TALQ Gateway) para diversas aplicaciones de ciudad inteligente, actualmente provenientes de 47 proveedores en todo el mundo. Al certificar sus productos conforme al Smart City Protocol, los fabricantes aseguran la interoperabilidad con una amplia gama de sistemas de otros proveedores. Para ciudades y municipios, el creciente número de soluciones certificadas ofrece no solo mayor flexibilidad y libertad de elección, sino también la posibilidad de evitar la dependencia de un único proveedor al invertir en aplicaciones como alumbrado público inteligente, gestión de residuos, soluciones de aparcamiento, monitorización ambiental o control del tráfico.

Nota de prensa Español (pdf)

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE (Française)

Une tendance de croissance ininterrompue pour les certifications TALQ augmente l’interopérabilité dans les villes intelligentes

Le Consortium TALQ compte 82 membres et dénombre désormais 74 produits certifiés TALQ

Le Consortium TALQ, qui a développé le « Smart City Protocol », continue d’élargir sa liste de membres et annonce toutes les quelques semaines de nouveaux produits officiellement certifiés TALQ. Les produits certifiés TALQ comprennent des logiciels de gestion centralisée (CMS) et des réseaux de dispositifs extérieurs (ODN ; passerelles) de 47 différents fournisseurs dans le monde entier pour diverses applications de ville intelligente. En certifiant leurs produits conformément à la norme « Smart City Protocol », les fabricants permettent une interopérabilité avec une vaste gamme de systèmes d’autres fournisseurs. Pour les villes et les communes, le nombre croissant de solutions certifiées offre non seulement une flexibilité accrue et une plus grande liberté de choix, mais également la possibilité d’éviter la dépendance à un seul fournisseur lors de leurs investissements dans des applications de ville intelligente telles que l’éclairage public intelligent, la gestion des déchets, les solutions de stationnement, la surveillance environnementale ou encore le contrôle de la circulation routière.

Communiquè de presse française (pdf)

PRESSEMELDUNG (Deutsch)

Ungebrochener Wachstumstrend für TALQ-Zertifizierungen erhöht Interoperabilität in Smart Cities

Das TALQ Konsortium zählt inzwischen 82 Mitglieder und bestätigt 74 TALQ-zertifizierte Produkte

Das TALQ Konsortium, das mit dem Smart-City-Protokoll einen globalen Schnittstellenstandard für Smart-City-Anwendungen entwickelt hat, vergrößert kontinuierlich seinen Mitgliederstamm und gibt alle paar Wochen neue offiziell TALQ-zertifizierte Produkte bekannt. Zu den zertifizierten Produkten gehören zentrale Verwaltungs- und Steuerungssoftware (CMS) und Outdoor-Gerätenetzwerke (ODN, Gateways) für verschiedene Smart-City-Anwendungen; derzeit von 47 verschiedenen Anbietern weltweit. Durch die erfolgreiche Zertifizierung der Integration des Smart-City-Protokolls in ihre Produkte ermöglichen Hersteller die Kompatibilität mit einer Vielzahl von Systemen anderer Anbieter. Für Städte und Gemeinden bietet die wachsende Zahl zertifizierter Lösungen nicht nur mehr Flexibilität und Wahlfreiheit, sondern auch die Möglichkeit, bei Investitionen in Smart-City-Anwendungen – wie intelligente Straßenbeleuchtung, Abfallmanagement, Parkraumlösungen, Umweltsensorik und Verkehrssteuerung – eine Abhängigkeit von einzelnen Anbietern zu vermeiden.

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新闻稿

TALQ认证的持续不断增长提升了智慧城市的互操作性

TALQ联盟目前共有82名成员，并列出74款获得TALQ认证的产品

美国新泽西州皮斯卡塔韦– 2025年10月29日– TALQ联盟致力于为智慧城市应用打造全球接口标准《智慧城市协议》，持续扩大其成员规模，并每隔数周便宣布推出新的经TALQ官方认证产品。TALQ认证产品包括适用于各种智慧城市应用的中央管理软件（CMS）和户外设备网络（ODN；网关），它们目前来自于全球47个不同的供应商。通过按照《智慧城市协议》对其产品进行认证，制造商能够与其他供应商的多种系统实现互操作性。对于各个城市和市政当局，日益增多的认证解决方案不仅提供了更大的选择灵活性和自由，而且在投资智慧城市应用（例如智能路灯、垃圾管理、停车解决方案、环境监测或交通控制）时，还能避免供应商锁定。

新闻稿 (pdf)