US Ignite finalized plans and will shortly begin construction on a dedicated 4G/5G network using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band for internet of things (IoT) research at Fort Carson, Colorado, a U.S. Army installation.

Nokia extended its agreement with AT&T to support global enterprise customers with internet of things (IoT) connectivity using its WING solution and IoT ecosystem. AT&T’s enterprise customers will be able to connect and manage a multitude of IoT devices on their networks, leveraging Nokia WING’s capabilities, including increased performance and flexibility, and lower latency.

Percepto announced a strategic investment of $45 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) to launch a transformative solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones, as special class aircraft. This is a crucial step to enabling more complex drone operations beyond what is allowed under the Part 107 small unmanned aircraft rule, including package delivery.

Sierra Wireless report results for its third quarter ended September 30.

Ericsson completed its acquisition of Cradlepoint, a provider of wireless WAN edge 4G and 5G solutions for the enterprise market. The investment is key to Ericsson’s ongoing strategy of capturing market share in the rapidly expanding 5G enterprise space.

The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) launched an online platform designed to help internet of things (IoT) vendors receive, assess, manage and mitigate vulnerability reports.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) released a user survey to capture how companies, organizations and agencies use the “Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0),” which was published by the ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC) in June 2020.

Airbus highlighted hybrid solutions advantages and features during a demonstration event dedicated to the contributors of a Finnish government-funded research program in Oulu, Finland, between 28 September and 2 October. The aim of the event was to demonstrate the progress made by the twenty Priority research program participants towards the future of critical communications.

FIRST iZ was named a second-place winner in the Technology and Innovation: Hardware-Platform category of the XCELLENCE Awards by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). FIRST iZ was selected from a pool of accomplished applicants. Winners will be announced during the Technology Innovation XCELLENCE awards ceremony during AUVSI XPONENTIAL on Tuesday, October 6.