Intertek, a total quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, was approved by AT&T as a preferred testing and certification laboratory for the AT&T IoT Accelerator Program. Intertek is the first U.S. lab approved as part of this program, which offers pre-negotiated pricing for PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) and AT&T network certification testing to device makers that want to launch internet of things (IoT) devices on the AT&T network.

HAAS Alert, a Chicago-based startup that alerts drivers of emergency vehicles, completed the first pilot of fleet cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) tests on Sprint’s 5G network in Chicago. The tests by the fleet collision prevention company achieved a 40 percent faster transmission time for alerts because of increased speeds and lower latency, with a decrease in variance of 72 percent on Sprint’s 5G network compared with Long Term Evolution (LTE), the companies said.

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.

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is moving forward with the Automated Streams Analysis for Public Safety (ASAPS) challenge.

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) operational exercise brought together public-safety leaders to test technologies during a disaster response exercise.

Axon’s Body 3 body-worn camera passed carrier certification requirements to operate on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Verizon networks.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-14 Engineering Committee on Structural Standards for Communication and Small Wind Turbine Support Structures seeks participation in its Drones Ad Hoc Group as the group begins efforts to build industry-specific knowledge around the use of unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology.

Inseego, a supplier of internet of things (IoT) device-to-cloud solutions, announced that its USB800 modem is now available for public-safety, government, small business and enterprise customers on the AT&T network, as well as public-safety subscribers on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) platform.

Leah Wansley joined the FIRST iZ team as chief brand pilot and will oversee the company’s branding, marketing and public-relations efforts.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded Planck Aerosystems $200,000 to begin testing its autonomous small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) in operational settings.