Paige Wireless deployed a carrier-grade, public LoRaWAN network across the state of Nebraska. The network aims to help industries, farmers, businesses, students and communities.

David Stehlin was named CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Stehlin succeeds Wes Johnston, who after leading the association the past few years, is joining his family as they relocate to Hawaii.

AT&T said it worked with First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) subscribers as Hurricane Dorian’s pathway changed along the Southeast coast and staged network assets for quick deployment to coordinate storm response and aid in recovery.

Wireless carriers continue to lobby the FCC through the CTIA trade association on indoor location accuracy requirements, pushing for phased-in ±3-meter Z-axis accuracy requirements and pointing out challenges with the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD), which would provide dispatchable locations to 9-1-1 centers.

The Department of Interior (DOI) laboratory in Denver, which is on track to conduct Project 25 (P25) Inter RF Subsystem (ISSI) and Console Subsystem Interface (CSSI) conformance testing, should be accredited by the first quarter of 2020. The lab partnered with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) and will use the Valid8 test tool to verify conformance for CSSI/ISSI users.

Sonim Technologies revised its financial guidance for fiscal 2019 and appointed Bob Tirva as interim chief financial officer (CFO).

Intenna Systems, a provider of indoor wireless distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cell solutions, is certified to design and deploy Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Long Term Evolution (LTE) solutions.

The FCC is seeking comment on procedural changes that, if adopted, the commission said would streamline many administrative hearings under the Communications Act of 1934.

The FCC reported that one public-safety answering point (PSAP), Dorchester Dispatch Center in South Carolina, was down Sept. 6 with calls rerouted to the Summerville, South Carolina, PSAP following Hurricane Dorian. By Sept 7, no outages affecting PSAPs in the disaster area were reported.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) announced 2,350 Project 25 (P25) trunked and conventional systems in countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.